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russian aggressions. cnn's abby phillips, john williams of the "new york times," john kirby and politico. there is no question these two leaders have a personal bond, a personal friendship. there are lots of handshakes, lots of talking how great they get along, but first talking past each other on policy. president macron has said repeatedly the world must stay together, must work together to maintain the iran nuclear deal. the president used the word insa insane, he used the word ridiculous, and anywhere you look in the mideast, iran is the bad actor. >> wherever there is trouble, yemen, syria, no matter where you have it, iran is behind it, and now unfortunately, russia is getting more and more involved. they're not going to be restarting anything. if they restart it, they'll have problems bigger than ever

before. if they restart the nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they've ever had before. >> john kirby, you dealt with this from a state perspective. if you're the president, you're happy about it. if you're president macron, it's ridiculous and never should have been agreed to. what do you think? >> i would go back to trump and say, you know, it's ridiculous to restart it because their breakout went from months to more than a year. that's the reason to keep it there. the other thing i would say to president trump, and macron is probably thinking this, too, hey, you want to be tough on iran, keep the deal, because they would want nothing more than for you to rip it up. they don't want it, either. it's contradictory to say you're going to rip it up because they want it also. >> you look at yemen, you look at hezbollah, you look inside

syria, iran is the bad actor. but we'll never get a comprehensive deal with iran, let's just do this. the president finds it unacceptable. will macron find some way to break through? >> i think the president clearly doesn't like as being perceived of having his hand held. i think that's the narrative going into this whole state dinner was macron was coming to shepherd him along in a particular direction, followed by angela merkel who was going to do the same thing. they were going to kind of tag team him this week. this is a president very mindful of his coverage, and what we saw in that spray just a few minutes ago was the president saying, no, i'm the person in charge, and i don't like this iran deal and i want to get rid of it. the other thing that drives mr. trump is his odyssey of doing the opposite of his predecessor. if he can do something that is the opposite of what obama did, he would do that. for him the only path forward is

to get rid of it entirely. he doesn't buy the idea of fixing it, he thinks that preserves the core of the deal. it is hard for me to see what macron is going to accomplish given the things that drive president trump on this issue are, by and large, undoing what his predecessor did in -- >> a cautionary note on the sort of blustery rhetoric we just heard in that sound bite about the iranians. it was not, what, nine, ten months ago that president trump warned the north koreans of fire and fury and sort of laying down a marker that was even more heated than what we saw there. flash-in regard to tod flash-forward to today and now president trump is in the same kind of negotiations he was with fire and fury last year, saying that he hopes, quote, he and kim jong-un can do something special together. he was going to face fire and

fury last year. the point is, with this president, threats and charm kind of blends together and it's hard to put such value in a momentary comment. >> however, if you are president macron and you are chancellor merkel and you're coming in later this week, the question is how do you do business or which president comment is the final comment? are we doing this or is america going to walk away from this deal? president abe of japan was here last week. they went golfing together. they were on another show. then the president lectured abe on tariffs and trade, saying i'm not going to lift those tariffs right now because your relationship with us is unfair. president macron first criticizes it ran deal yet again and then he lashes into the european union on trade. >> the president and i working on trade. the trade with france is

complicated because we have the european union. i would rather deal just with france. the union is very tough for us. they have trade barriers that are unacceptable. our farmers can't send their product into the european union easily as they should, and we accept their product, so we have to make a change. >> so, again, admiral, to you, because this is your wheelhouse. there are a lot of people out there that say it's time to be more direct. say what you mean. throw the rules of diplomacy on it the window. those with the rules of diplomacy saying you don't talk to your ally sitting across the table. you work it out. >> of course, this guy doesn't do anything the way it's normally done, and i have to give props to macron because he's been out there, too, pushing back on multilateralism and nationalism and even climate change. unfortunately, trump is bringing this out in some of our allies and partners, that they are being forced to be more publicly rigid with him than what would normally be the case, but i

think that's the new environment we're in. >> you see the east room, the two podiums set up. we're told it will take place in about 25 minutes from now, bottom of the hour. we're told they're running a little behind. macron does have this special relationship as both testified, with trump. in the oval office earlier, the president trying to make clear to everybody, yes, this is one of my best friends on the world stage making his trademark joke about fake news. >> mr. president, they're all saying what a great relationship we have, and they're actually correct. it's not fake news. finally, it's not fake news. so it's a great honor that you're here, but we do have a very special relationship. in fact, i'll get that on the record. >> trying to be funny. that's great theater, and it's great television. the question is, to borrow a

phrase from long ago, where's the beef? you have these friendly relationships, but are they advancing the policy ball at all, or are they, in fact, having a retreat? >> i do think there is a lot of emphasis put on the relationships. it was true of and gorbachev. for trump, it's true he doesn't want to do what his predecessor has done, and adversaries can put what they want him to do in those terms, they're going to get results from this president. >> macron has put a lot of capital on the line, and with the president on bastille day last year, and is he going to get the u.s. back in the paris climate accord?

is he going to get the u.s. to not scrap the iran deal? is he going to get u.s. buy-in in syria? is he going to get trump back away from these trade threats he's making? >> to your point, the words are friendly, trump is against the paris agreement, macron is for it. trump wants to get u.s. troops out, macron wants them to stay. as we wait to hear from the leaders, one other thing, at the end of the cabinet room meeting, the president said to macron, i think we really had some substantive talks on iran, maybe more than anything else, and we could at least have an agreement among ourselves fairly quickly. i think we're fairly close to understanding each other. the president of the united states and the president of france, how can they have a one-to-one understanding of the iran nuclear agreement that binds the world, not just the two countries? >> he won't be able to bind anyone else, but trump has three

issues with the iran deal. the fact it didn't deal with ballistic missiles, he didn't think the regime was serious enough, and of course he rails against these so-called sunset clauses where certain enrichment activities can restart after 10 or 15 years. so we've got european and american negotiators trying to work out side agreements to deal with those issues. i suspect that's what he is referring to, that he and macron have a meeting of the minds as to what these side agreements might say. you're right, it's not just between france and the united states. there are other partners in this deal and the eiranian governmen has made it clear, they're not interested in renegotiating a deal. >> they're not going to listen to the united states and be told what to do. much more on this throughout the hour, including a news conference again with the president of france and the president of the united states in about 20 minutes. when we come back, the department of foreign affairs in deep, deep trouble this morning.

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sources telling cnn that isaac son, republican chairman of the veteran affairs committee, has called the white house to suggest jackson's nomination may need to be pulled. so far that call being ignored. the statement from the white house today: ronny jackson has been on the front lines of deadly combat and saved the looifrz of many others -- lives others to service in this country. he's served as the physician to three presidents to ensure our veterans receive the benefits they deserve. he's the chairman and he's trying to be polite to the white house. in public he's saying, let's look at these new allegations, let's vet them, let's give it some time. and the white house is doing the smart thing saying, let's make it go away. >> the nominees want to find a way to say yes to this nominee surrounding jackson, but there are a series of questions that were raised even before this

nomination was sent to the senate. how qualified is he to run a bureaucracy of more than 33,000 employees, treats more than 9 million veterans, a thousand facilities. there is a question about why would this person be qualified to run a bureaucracy this big where the successes of the veterans affairs department are not well known, but the failures are turned into national scandals. it's just a very, very tough job. >> now there are questions about dr. jackson, about these whistle blowing allegations, about abusive allegations in his office. as they look at this on capitol hill, one of their questions is, why do we have to do this? the president likes dr. jackson. he decides he's going to nominate him, which is fine, the president has a right to his people, but normally he would turn to his chief of staff and say, i want to nominate dr. jackson. do the work you need to do and

come back to me, instead of a tweet saying, this is the guy. >> this is not the time to be just starting to hash out some of these allegations, and also for jackson, we don't know if any of this is true and neither do lawmakers. they literally do not know what is true and what's not. either way, he's about to get vetted in public in a very drawn-outwei way in a very clos divided senate where republicans don't have much room for error in confirming these nominees. and the president not only has ronny jackson, but he has several other cabinet-level appointments who he needs to confirm. so republicans are frustrated because they're trying to do the best they can to get this through, but the white house has made it as difficult as possible by putting forward someone who they haven't done the homework on. they're going to have to do it in public and it's going to be painful for everybody involved. >> not all cabinet agencies are created equal. i say that in the context of when lawmakers go home, it's the

senate's job to do confirmation. this is a department you hear about. the care of america's veterans have been a political issue and in some views a political scandal for years here. look, a, it's an election year, b, this is what we hear about when we get home. you needed someone in charge of the department yesterday. let's get past this. >> first of all, it's tremendously difficult to nominate anybody to a cabinet position about whom very little is publicly known. nobody knew anything about dr. ronny jackson when he was nominated, very little in the public record about him. i think that's just starting to emerge right now, but that poses a huge challenge for the white house. and the other thing about this is that the white house itself did no vetting on him before the president chose him. the president didn't give his staff the chance to do any of that vetting. so i think the white house was caught flag-foot oed on this an the senate sort of has their

back against the wall. >> the tolerance of senate republicans for this kind of conduct, i mean, how are they so restrained? the president picks his personal doctor to be the head of the va because he likes talking to him and thinks they have good rapport and he was once good on tv? how is that taken seriously by the republicans? i gather they believe trump is popular with their base, but they're not going to face elections. there is no distinction of being an independent branch of government by a lot of folks on the hill who would never stand for this. >> are we beginning to see cracks in that in the sense that over on the house side you've seen trey gowdy ask questions about scott pruitt. and now a very conservative republican saying he wants to have hearings about pruitt. ryan nobles a little bit earlier today on jackson, the va

nominee, that he might not have to have a hearing because the vote may not progress that far. then he says on pruitt he's very concerned about allegations on spending and about some financial practices by administrator pruitt. inside the white house, some people say he's doing what the press wants policywise, he should stay. some say the headlines are bad, we don't like it, maybe the possibility that he goes. again, you go back to the question that some of this involves conduct back when he was in oklahoma. was he properly vetted before they brought him in? >> and does the president himself care? i think that's the big question mark about pruitt, about jackson. maybe his staff feels one way about it. we know that there are a lot of people in the white house who are frustrated with the pruitt situation and they think he should have been gone yesterday. the president is not there yet. for republicans, i mean, to -- perhaps to answer your question about why republicans aren't saying more, it could also be that they know this is about

trump himself, and that when trump is confronted with people who he perceives as being against him, it shuts down all lines of communication, and i think republicans are very hesitant to really burn that bridge at this stage. i mean, they're already going through a tough midterm. i think they still want to be able to have the ability to work with this president, and trump does take these things personally, he doesn't want people going against them, and right at this moment jackson was his choice personally. pruitt is someone he has decided to keep on in spite of all of this, in part because he likes to work. >> rand paul. >> i think if we're trying to win a confirmation, ronny jackson does not have that on the right or the left to run a department this big. when you lose a jim inhofe, that is a troubling sign. did he go through an fbi background check?

what process led the white house to pick somebody like him for this position? >> to that point, a lot of republicans would roll their eyes at susan collins, fairly or unfairly, saying that's to the right for maine. that does tell you something. up next when we come back, there is an election today in arizona. it's for a republican to hold a seat in the district. so why the gop jitters?

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democrats say in this contest right here, we look at the district, democrat last time unopposed, republican last time unopposed. this should be a safe republican win, right? 71% wide, a much smaller population. you look at those numbers, you think this should be solid republican territory. but we're in the suburban areas where democrats have been much more competitive during the trump presidency. about half of the votes cast by republicans days ago, 23% by independent independents. republicans expect to win this seat. democrats expect republicans to win this seat. they're hoping to keep it close. top democrats say it's a contest and has proven it's a blue 2018 mood.

>> good jobs. schools that can educate our children for the future, making sure we have pension security, making sure we have health care for all, making sure we have an economy that works for everyone, not just a few at the top. those issues resonate everywhere in an election that's going to occur tomorrow in arizona. we're the underdog, but the notion that the republicans are pouring in hundreds of thousands of dollars into that race, that's why jo pyle live. >> republicans have spent a ton of money in this district. is this a big deal? again, we'll count the votes. most americans will be sleeping as this plays out -- >> we'll be awake, john. >> you're going to stay up for this one? the democrats want to say if we're within single digits here, that is a reminder to every other republican, especially running statewide in arizona. >> on anybody's radar screen, the dems haven't filled a

candidate the last two cycles in this scene. i think in your snowbird-heavy suburb, democrats are even contesting it and republicans, to your point, are having to spend over a million dollars combined? even as a precautionary method, that tells you everything about where the energy is in this cycle. >> unlike pennsylvania, 18, which is a republican tilt of the district in 2016. republicans have a voter registration advantage here that i think will play to their benefit in a major way. the republican side expects a high single-digit victory. if they can get that closed up consistent with the roughly 16-point boost that they've gotten over the district in the state and special elections we've had so far on the federal level, that's consistent with a wave. >> you mentioned pennsylvania.

congressman lamb said i'm not going to washington to support the democrats. bring up nancy pelosi? not going there. >> what i think is that congress is going to look pretty different after november. whoever throws their hat in the ring to be speaker, i'm going to be looking at their platform, the issues they're going to fight for. but you also don't know who else is going to be in congress at that time. november is a long time away, and i don't know who else is going to run, quite honestly. >> that tells you everything about how toxic democrats on the campaign trail see leader pelosi this year and do everything they can to revert that quest. part of the challenge for democrats in this district is it does not have the kind of affluent suburbs that congressman lamm enjoyed. this is a different demographic,

younger families, more men, snowbirds, military. it's the best kind of gop district. >> when we see more of this, this is the final message from the republican candidate, debbie lesco. she's hearing there is this giant blue wave coming. she's trying to tap into that saying, maybe, so send me money. >> we cannot allow the democrats to steal this election. we've worked so hard and we cannot let up in these final moments. help me defeat the democrats and stop their blue wave. >> what's a more successful message? sending to washington to protect the tax cuts or sending money to stop the blue wave? >> whatever works to stop nancy pelosi. >> that's the best message the republicans have. their best conversation is taking place in the leadership right now about how many democrats are going to come out and oppose her. right now is has not reached that mass. i don't think there are people planning to depose her, but

that's something they're keeping an eye on. >> the stop nancy pelosi message is fine, but for democrats, what's more potent than that is the stop trump message, which is what's powering the other side. i'm not convinced that a stop pelosi message is going to be what republicans need it to be in order to overcome -- what she just pointed out as a potential money disadvantage. they're going to have to put a lot of money into these races. it's going to take them out of places they really need it. races like this should be relatively easy. they're going to have to really reallocate their money. i think democrats will have a much easier time telling voters, hey, this is about trump. even if the candidate doesn't say that, i think voters understand that on the democratic side, that's the motivation here for november, and that's an easy message and probably easier than nancy pelosi. >> we'll watch this play out as we go through these races. we're going to take a quick break.

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number one, the iran nuclear deal. >> there is a lot of talk about that special relationship, the president going to great lengths to show that he is at least friendly with the french president. we've seen them hold hands throughout the morning, we've seen them smile and laugh. of course, the white house is essentially rolling out all of the bells and when i sistles he. of course, the state dinner coming this evening. the white house is hosting the macrons. will there be anything substantive that come from this? we heard trump essentially belittling the iran nuclear deal. it's unclear if there will be anything substantive from that. we know there is a deadline looming. we don't know what the president will do on the iran nuclear deal. but we do know the president often listens to the last person he hears here, so in the private conversations he is having with the french president, it certainly is something that will

factor into his thinking on the iran nuclear deal. of course, all of this is coming on the heels of that potential summit with kim jong-un. so the question will be, how can the u.s.'s word be valid or taken seriously if the u.s. pulls out of an iran nuclear deal. all of this coming, of course, as the white house is thinking about its own questions of the nominees and nominee ronny jackson, the president very close to him. john, i can tell you the white house is watching that and they're worried about that. those are just a couple questions here that the president will face. we'll see this beyond the hand d sha -- handshake. we know the president will be speaking at a joint press conference tomorrow. the question is what is the substance, john. >> we have the press conference

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to that or will it be a tug-of-war to the very end? >> i think it will be a tug-of-war to the very end, but the fact we're running an hour late today is a sign that the president is talking. they're having lots of conversations. macron is not a miracle worker but at least he has a seat at the table with this president. that matters for something, maybe not everything, but something. >> it will be fascinating to see if the rhetoric changes. this morning the president said the deal was bad, used other tough words. macron is saying the world has to stay together, we have to stay together, meaning stay in it. if we read between the lines at the opening statements, we can probably get it figured out. >> three examples in the last three months: gun control, daca and tpp. what do those topics have in common? those were topics discussed in the west wing with the president and people at the time wanted to tell the people what they wanted to hear. so he took a certain stance on those three issues that he ultimately didn't follow through

with. >> and when he was standing next to macron, he made some comments suggesting maybe he's willing to reenter the paris accord agreement. i would add a strong dose of caution about what the president says here as to whether it's really a policy pronouncement or whether he's just thinking aloud. >> let's listen, the president of france on the left, the president of the united states on the right. let's listen in. >> thank you very much. melania and i are truly honored to welcome french president macron, mrs. macron, to the white house. thank you very much. it's a great honor. we're thrilled that the first official state visit of my presidency is not only with a great friend but with a leader of america's oldest ally, the

republic of france. today in our nation's capitol, the stars and stripes proudly fly alongside the tri-colored flag, a symbol of the world and to the world of unity, fraternity and friendship that forever links our nations together. 40 years after the end of our war of independence, the great general lafayette traveled to george washington's home at mt. vernon to visit the grave of the father of our country. president macron, we're deeply moved that nearly two centuries later, the president of the republic of france made that same tribute last night. that was a beautiful evening, thank you. thank you very much. this past summer, melania and i had an incredible visit with you and brigitte in paris to

celebrate bastille day. we were awed by the beauty of your country and the grateful hospitality of your incredible people. they are incredible people. together we commemorated the 100th anniversary of america's entry into the first world war. we remembered the french and american patriots who shed their blood together in defense of civilization. their noble sacrifice will echo through time forever and a mortal tribute to our people and to our freedom. during the horror of the first world war, more than 1 million people were killed or injured from chemical warfare. in the aftermath of that horror, civilized nations came together to ban chemical weapons. two weeks ago following syrian

dictator bashar al-assad's barbaric use of chemical weapons against his own people, the united states, france, and the united kingdom joined together to strike at the heart of the syrian chemical weapons program. these actions were designed to establish a strong deterrent against the use of these heinous weapons. president macron, i thank you for your leadership in this effort. and it was a well-executed effort at that. and i thank you, the members of the french military, for their courage and their great skill. the united states and france are also cooperating to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. we are grateful for france's key partnership in our campaign of maximum pressure on the north korean regime.

as you know, i will soon be meeting with kim jong-un as we seek a future of peace, harmony and security for the whole korean peninsula and, in fact, for the whole world. however, in pursuit of peace, we will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations. the campaign of maximum pressure will continue. france and the united states also agree that iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. and that regime must end its support of terrorism all ov. all over, no matter where you go in the middle east, you see the fingerprints of iran. i also want to thank president macron for france's vital contribution to our very successful campaign against

isis. as we drive these isis killers from syria, it is essential that the responsible nations of the middle east step up their own contributions to prevent iran from profiting off the success of our anti-isis effort. very rich countries are in the middle east. they have to make major contributions. they have not been doing it as they should. a major topic that we discussed a little while ago. they have to step up tremendously, not a little bit, but tremendously their financial effort. mr. president, on behalf of the american people, i again express our solidarity in the wake of the terrorist attack in southern france last month. i share the confidence you conveyed at the memorial service for the heroic colonel beltrom,

that in time we will receive the eternal right in fight and justice. we know that we must be strong within to defend ourselves from threats outside. we will do what we must to protect our countries. you are our oldest ally, and you are truly one of our great allies, and we appreciate it. we will always be there for you. both the united states and france are dealing with a challenge that has gone on for a long, long time. it's uncontrolled migration. in the united states we are taking strong action to regain control over our borders and over our sovereignty. it's gone on for too long.

and we've slowed it down very substantially, but we're going to stop illegal immigration. i know that you face similar challenges in france, and mr. president, i admire the leadership you have shown in addressing them in a very honest and direct fashion and not always popular. both of our elections owe much of the success to the desire of everyday citizens to be heard, to be listened to, and to have control over their own nations and their own futures. let us demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will always rein. at all times it will rein. during our meetings today, we also discussed the robust economic relationship between our countries. the united states is setting records in business, and we will continue. and i know that france will be

setting records under your leadership very soon. we look forward to exploring increased opportunities for bilateral trade and investment based on the principle of fairness and, importantly, reciprocity. mr. president, thank you again for accepting our invitation to the white house. it's been such an honor. the foundation of our friendship draws from the deepest wells of civilization and is sustained by our people's love of their history, culture and liberty. for two centuries, the alliance between france and the united states has been the cornerstone of freedom. now the strength of this mighty alliance is in our hands linked together by fate and destiny. i am confident that our future has never, ever looked brighter. thank you, mr. president.

>> thank you. >> translator: thank you, mr. president, donald. thank you to you and your first lady for our warm welcome. let me tell you how pleased we are to get together with your delegation. we are honored to be your guests for three days with this wonderful visit, and the honor you made, you made it by attending bastille day in paris. in both speeches earlier today when we referred to the deep bonds between our two countries, these go back to the founding revolution of your country and have been true through both our

histories. these bonds are based on our deep adapting to freedom and peace. even though they have been threatened, we stood by one another. and we celebrated that last night, the four of us, by going to mt. vernon given that no one else could illustrate as well as george washington this trend for the commitment and the bonds between our two countries. mr. president, please allow me to go back to a number of issues which are fundamental for not only our relationship but beyond. the first topic is iran. you said, once again in front of the press, what your position was during the campaign, and as well as the president of the

united states. it's not a mystery. we did not have the same starting positions, expenses, and neither you nor i have a habit of tending our expenses or going with the wind. that being said, i can say that we have had very frank discussions on that, just the two of us. you consider that the iranian deal leads to tpp. the one with iran is a bad deal. for a number of months i've been saying this was not a sufficient deal, but it enabled us until at least 2025 to have some control over their nuclear activities. we, therefore, wish from now on to work on a new deal with iran. what we need, and i believe on

that our discussions allowed us to shed light on our convergence of views. we need to cover four topics. the first one is to block any nuclear activity of iran until 2025. this was feasible thanks to the summit. the second is to halt any activity. the third is to be able to put an end to any ballistic activities of iran in the region. and the fourth one is to generate the conditions for a political solution to contain iran in the region and yemen and syria and iraq and lebanon. on these topics, i did not change. i constantly said that we needed to find the framework so that together and with the paris of

the region and with the iranian leaders manage to find a deal. i therefore would like us to commit to that effect in the weeks and months to come. this is the only way to bring about stability. france is not naive when it comes to iran. we have also a lot of respect for the rein in people, which through their history, its history has always shown its trends. we do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. each time we tried to unilaterally replace sovereignty fo for the people, we brought some more terror. for our allies, we want stability. i believe the discussions we've had make it possible to open the way, to pave the way on a new