discusses her memoir, daughter of a cold war. >> i met putin and 91 in st. petersburg. >> was he deputy mayor then? >> yes. i was running my business consulting firm. i have a client that wanting something to do with the port of st. petersburg. i was meeting with the real mayor and they substituted the deputy mayor, putin. i knew putin had been kgb. i was negative about it, he came in and was equally negative. he did not want to meet with an american women. i think he was very suspicious of woman. he had no guarantee. he was the cold this, he had the coldest ice i have ever seen.

very big, blue, cold eyes. all i could think of was i wonder what was happening as he was interrogating me. >> earlier today, president trump hosted a cabinet meeting at the white house where members talked about issues including economic growth, trade relations, and the president's recent meeting with glad amir putin. this is 50 minutes. >> thank you for being here. at today's cabinet meeting i have just returned from a historic trip to europe where we have made incredible progress

for achieving greater peace, security and prosperity for america and our allies. and for the entire world. the meetings with nato, the united kingdom and russia were a tremendous success. i think you'll see that when it will play out over some years. there were a tremendous success. at home, our economy is thriving and booming like i would say, never before. people are looking and trying to find times and there has never been a time like this. we. more than 3.6 million jobs since the election. were in the longest positive job growth streak and history of our country. at least on record. unemployment has fallen for every demographic group. every group. african-american unemployment has reached its lowest levels by far in history. hispanic unemployment is at its

lowest levels in history. asian unemployment is at its lowest level in history. women's unemployment is at the lowest level in 65 years. so, those are tremendous numbers. the consumer and business optimism pulls have reached the all-time high, highest number ever recorded. in today's meeting we will focus on an important issue, workforce training. thus part of our commitment to buy american, hire american and frankly, to make america great again. pretty soon have to take that word again out. we are moving at a level that few people with thought possible. including job numbers and growth. big numbers have come out are ready. i guess the becoming out over the next few weeks and i expect they will be good.

i always talk about growth. growth solves a lot of problems and he see that happening. we will hear from ivanka, from secretary or cost us, secretary -- and administrator mcmahon about actions were taken in partnership with the private sector at state local governments to expand vocational educational, career and technical training, and on-the-job training. were doing this because so many companies are moving back to the united states, like nobody thought possible. many people. we train people. we need the people who no trades. we are starting an intensive program of training people so when these great companies come into the country, many left years ago and are coming back now, whether it be the regulations of the tax cuts, it

they're coming back and a means jobs. you have seen nothing yet. we the people to really take these jobs. i will have a positive impact on immigration. we have to be able to provide jobs and provide the people that are running these massive companies with labor. tomorrow, i'll make a big announcement about workforce training initiatives which aims to give every american citizen opportunity to achieve their american dream. i want to have choice like we have now with the veterans all approved. instead of standing in line for two weeks or one week, or three months, they can go out see a dr. and we pay for. turns out to be less expensive and they are loving it. nobody thought it was possible

to get that. also i want choice. if they don't like their job they can go get another job in the find one that they love. the love clean up in the morning and going to work. tremendous numbers of companies are coming back into our country. tremendous dollars are coming back. we have hundreds of billions of dollars pouring back into our country because of the tax cuts it. reform. were allowing the big companies to have billions of dollars off sure another coming back in. used to be virtually impossible to get money brought back into our country. now, you look at apple and they're bringing in $250 billion and putting that to work in the united states.

other companies are bringing in billions and billions of dollars. we never seen anything like it. ultimately the number could be $4 trillion. these are not numbers that anybody has heard of, it has never happened before. but it is happening under the trump administration. with that i would like my daughter to start, this has been an important issue, women's issue in this issue to, any women's issue is very important to ivanka. in the issue of workplace employment and jobs and training has been really at the top of her list, could you say a few words. >> absolutely. >> the press would you like to stay or leave?

>> thank you president and thank you to the trump administration quid pro quo policy. we see the economy is growing, unprecedented deregulation and tax cuts have been a central component to the success. gdp growth last year surpassed all expectations. -- was at 4% and 3.7 million jobs added since the election. america's economic future was grim. there are millions of americans ready to join the workforce. more people have been discouraged and sitting on the sidelines are throwing the back into the ring and decided to look for a job. our strong economy has brought a

long-standing issue to the forefront. employers having trouble finding enough workers with the right skill. job openings exceeds the unemployed people in the country for the first time in history. as we know, a robust labor market is great for the american worker. wages are beginning to rise after almost a decade of stagnation. people are going back into fields. however, current public investment in education was to minimus after the age of 25, looking at the economy they must continually update their skills and changing employer needs at an increasingly changing digital economy. ball employers skill back. [inaudible] this is beginning to change in this administration is seeking to accelerate these commitments.

already, the administration is taking critical steps to ensure all americans have a pathway to a good paying job. tomorrow, president trump will take another important step to prioritize vocational education so we can create and build american jobs for american workers. president trump will sign an executive order to establish the national council for the american worker and a separate advisory board. the counselor will work to develop a national strategy and bring together cabinet level leadership to build on the work already been died. the secretary has been working hard over the last 17 months to ensure that the skills align with those. secretary acosta is looking at increasing access to vocational

education. secretaries mattis has shown tremendous leadership in the transition of military service members of the time the service comes to the close. director mulvaney has put forward an exciting and ambitious plan to merge the department of education and labor so we can holistically think about the role of education. and administrator mcmahon has been traveling around the country and listening. now for the first time in a long time now that these regulations have occurred there looking at skilled labor. in addition to the u.s. government counsel, and advisory board cochair, thank you secretary the bring together some of the most prominent

employers in the country's largest employers to create public-private partnership and develop recommendation for the implementation of this strategy. recognizing the american workforce is our greatest asset, tomorrow president trump will call upon the private sector and industry leaders and invest in the advancement of our current future workforce. we are asking to sign the pledge to the american worker and commit to expanding apprenticeship, creating common on-the-job training and providing -- to those near retirement with concrete opportunities to obtain skills and enable them to contribute to the economy and provide for themselves and their family. we will continue this campaign. we will continue to engage the private sector to have more people sign the pledge. whether there's opportunities or

skills -- we . [inaudible] these are real jobs, these are new opportunities for growth. we are confidence the industry will partner with us to accomplish our goals of filling all vacant jobs. will be looking for governors letter sure that is the president visits the state i look forward to working with you and the private sector to ensure that they are all provided an

opportunity to thrive. i also like to thank our team for their help and of course -- who has enjoyed his time as governor. thank you for your leadership and for enabling us to develop a holistic solution. >> thank you very much. wow. so, if that were ivanka smith the press would say that was totally brilliant. as ivanka trump, they will say she was okay. that was great. that was really great. unbelievable. just want to tell you that we have had very good sessions with

mexico and with the president of mexico were doing well in our trade agreement. we might do it separately with mexico and will negotiate with canada at a later time. but were having good discussions with mexico. on july 25 the leaders of the european union will be coming to see us at the white house. as you know, i have made no bones about it, that massive trade barriers where farmers cannot sell there. they have other barriers on cars and other things, even medical equipment where it's very difficult to sell into the european union. they will be coming on july 25 to negotiate with us. we set if we don't negotiate something fair, we have

tremendous retribution which we don't want to use, but we have tremendous powers. including cars. you know what were talking about with respect to cars and tariffs on cars. they know better than you do in all of us to what that means. they're going to come and try to negotiate a deal. we have good relationships. they will come to the white house on july 25. that will be interesting to see what happens. mexico is coming along and we have had really good discussions with them. i think we can say that's pretty for advanced and getting closer all the time. with that, i would like tests secretary acosta to take over the stage and say a few words. >> you're doing a fantastic job by the way. >> thank you. as you mentioned, we have a tremendous economy, record the

lot employment, the federal reserve is estimating it will go lower. this is the first time since we have kept the data we have that we have more open jobs and job seekers. we have been implementing apprenticeship since the election. there's been 300,000 new apprenticeships created. this year we will see commitments for at least 300,000 additional apprenticeships. were working on reentry initiatives for when an individual leaves prison. the best we can do for the individual and for society is to help them find a job. we are working diligently on the reentry initiatives. we are addressing the opiate crisis by incorporating job training and education. when somebody leaves treatment they're ready for a job. were also looking at the

licensing initiatives. states have various occupational license. it's often a barrier for entry. you signed an executive order on military spouses. that order took important steps to make it easier for military spouses to find jobs as a service person. or work with the department of defense. more generally state occupational licenses are barrier to entry. we had more than a million individuals who could be working now who according to federal reserve study are not in the workforce because of state licenses. that's a problem. we are working aggressively to bring more individuals into the workplace. this month saw the first uptick in the unemployment rate. it's important to highlight reason why. more people found jobs, but for the first time we had a record

number of people coming off the sidelines saying we want jobs too. 601,000 americans said that we are now ready to look for a job. that is great news. people are starting to reengage and look for jobs. that's what the economy needs. i think the initiative will build on the work that we been doing but bring us together in a unified way. >> could you maybe discussed for a moment people coming out of prison over the years have just been -- they've had a problem getting jobs. now, for the first time may be ever into the large extent because what we have done in creating this enthusiasm in the economy, people are hiring people out of prison and they are loving it. i am. it will place a friend of mine had ten people another ten

people he said these are incredible people. it's all because of the economy that he did it. he was having a hard time getting somebody. would you explain what's going on. it's such a big topic and affects so many people. and they have that or that people did not like him for the first time people coming out of prison are able to get jobs and really have a productive time for them and their family. you might want to explain that. >> i was in las vegas about three weeks ago. i was visiting john who spoke in the rose garden here and he runs prisoners for help, reentry program. his program goes into the prison and works with individuals in

cooperation with the prison system and the district attorney to provide skills and education before someone leaves. when they leave prison, they have a number of businesses that are working with the program that are ready to hire them. i spoke to the businesses that were there and they said, we hire these individuals because they are great employees. because they have been in the prison system, they don't want to go back. they are incredibly dedicated. as impressive they had some individuals who had been through the program and had jobs. they said that when we take a job were taking it not just for us but for those coming behind us. if we mess up, if we don't do a good job we are costing not just our own job but the jobs of all those others because the employer may not hire other other prisoners. i thought that responsibility

that it was not just for them but for future inmates needing jobs, that spoke to the quality of that program into the reason why so many employers in this program for successfully hiring. i looked at the metrics unemployment rate was higher than a lot of colleges. that says a lot about how successful these programs are. >> there's never been a time like this with people coming out of prison getting jobs. the economy is turning out to be our best friend. >> did you have so many cameras shooting you from the back. thinking is you have a good head of hair. you're doing a great job and we appreciate it. >> mr. president the regulatory

reform is created a new way of growth in our factories and technology industry. along with demands of thousands of skilled workers. the economy is a godsend for many millions of americans who want to be part of the workforce and now has the opportunity to participate productively in our economy. a lack of trained workers is a major issue for employers. needs to be addressed by this council and the cochair of ivanka trial. since november 2016, 876,000 new jobs have been created in industries that produce goods. including 411,000 construction

jobs, 374,000 manufacturing, and 91000 mining. this past june alone, 53000 new jobs were created in those industries including 36000. these sectors produce the technological innovation -- jobs needed for a modern industrial economy. it's imperative to keep this moments of going. for example, fox, last month from a 10 billion-dollar factory in mount pleasant wisconsin. they employed 13000 workers making lcd screens. fox counted 100 other companies that are expanding will need thousands of skilled workers adept at digital technology throughout the entire business

enterprise. they will also need staff at the highest end of the skill spectrum. we do not have enough of them. in 2016, there is 4000 fewer americans down, graduate students than there were in 2009. over that same time the number of four full-time some graduate students increase by almost 70000. they're mostly returning to their country after they finish their education. highly trained technologists and engineers spoke with international security issues. one of the biggest risks in the military contractor's faces when foreign nationals steal their

intellectual property just last week apple phone criminal charges with the chinese employees first stealing ice cream. that engineer is accused of providing trade secrets to apple principal competitor. training other americans will substantially reduce such risk. the burden is falling directly on employees. organizations with more than a hundred employees spent $91 billion on worker training last year. almost 30% more than in 2016. about one half% of the total

economy. these numbers echo what we experience in the task force. that task force accomplished a great deal as you heard from the secretary. outlining the department of labor is making the apprenticeship system. president trumps new executive order now creates a national council for american workers to look at systematic issues that span the entire training system. it also establishes a new american workforce policy advisory board to be housed at the department of commerce. we will raise awareness of the job opportunities that are available for skilled american workers. we will recognize the companies and organizations that are successfully closing the skills gap. i look forward to sharing this

with secretary acosta and ivanka trump. working with all the members of the council and with the american workforce and advisory board. >> thank you. i thought i would ask secretary pompeo to give us a talk on some of the most recent activities and may be touch on -- for a few minutes. >> perhaps i'll start with north korea. i traveled to pyongyang for the third time. we made progress on some issues, there's a lot of work to do and it may take time. so all take place against the backdrop of the existing sanctions. the north koreans reaffirmed their commitment to denuclearize. for making progress on the

border others important issues for those families that we think will have the first remains return. progress is being made. still a fair amount of work to do. but we find ourselves hopeful with making a strategic plan change. i was with you in brussels, i understand the issue this is the first time i have seen the leaders of nato understand fully the responsibility that have to make sure they spend the money they need to protect themselves from the threat of russia. people let me clear this obligation in our continued commitment to support them and also the need for burden sharing. they take this obligation seriously, they understand the view of this and that their increase in their defense spending will make them safer and stronger. it's a fantastic outcome.

and then we went to mexico city and a lot of delegation, we met with the president there in the incoming president, again, there's many issues on our plate. we make clear the migration issue must be resolved. we need strong borders. we talked about trade. they'll be more in the coming days to look at resolving nafta. we talked about other issues that set the tone that follows the president's conversation to shortly after the ballots were counted in mexico. it was interesting to see the mexican government transition it.

they were conducting an election in a way that they did with respect. and then to join the president in helsinki. i met with my counterpart in the president's discussion with president putin set the conditions where we can find overlapping space. counterterrorism, russians on treaties, but we cannot begin to have important dialogue to put that relationship in a place where we reduce the risk to the united states from threats from russia. overall appositive meetings we have had. >> thank you. thank you mr. president. back to the issue of workforce development, thank you for your commitment for leading opportunities for all american workers. when we look at our k-12 system

in the eye people coming up, our country has followed behind our international competitors. today we are 2030 reading, 25th in science and 40th in math. we have significant opportunity to improve things for young people. there's a fundamental disconnect between education and the preparation of our young people in today's economy and the opportunities there. what were doing and what were working toward from a higher education perspective is working with congress to authorize short-term grants that can be used for some of the programs the secretary has alluded to. today there are fewer traditional students pursuing higher education. we need to acknowledge there are many more baby worries to

provide education to students. we are working on reforming accreditation and regulation that stifle innovation and creativity when it comes to higher education. we are deploying $200 million that you have suggested be invested in stem education. the competitive program will be running this fall. were working closely with congress to reauthorize the perkins act which will provide more opportunities to access these opportunities both in high school and into higher education. were working to support the merger between the departments of labor and education. knowing our future depends on a nation that's prepare for the opportunities here today and will be with us tomorrow.

i look forward to working with my fellow cabinet members to pursue these opportunities and options. >> secretaries are, could you talk about what were doing about drug pricing? >> thank you. we, of course last year approved a record number of generic dru drugs, saving consumers already billion dollars to the system so far. we change how we pay for drugs, reducing out-of-pocket expenditures by $320 million. we had a suite of proposals that were waiting on congress to enact in our senior drug program. we will put more of the burden on the middle man who had those programs. we have a blueprint for prescription drug pricing. we just close the comments time

and that a few days ago. we received over 3000 comments. this is a complex area were talking about the reform of $400 billion of the american economy. president trump is seeking input from experts. over the next several weeks will roll out some major initiatives as part of the drug pricing plan. last week we announce will reduce what we pay for new drugs in the senior drug program. yesterday we announced a major reform of the over-the-counter program so that every citizen can get drugs cheaper and without prescription. this morning we rolled out a strategy so that's to create a generic like market for high cost biologic products. so we rolled that out this morning, over the next several days we have a suite of actions

coming. i will not give the media the benefit of until it comes out. >> pfizer had a major drug price increase. we spoke to them and they rolled it back to zero. we very much appreciate what they did. we did not like the increase but they responded properly. we appreciate that very much. linda. >> thank you mr. president. to reiterate part of what was said this morning, the tax cuts, regulatory rollback, it has created a boom in our economy, small businesses are growing, i hear about the lack of skilled

workers. if you can respect the position of small businesses as big businesses grow their making better benefits, not only to attract perhaps workers from other big businesses to work for them. the small business guy it's crash because he can't compete with the increase of wages and benefits. so how we will help our small businesses. small business are big business. we focus on training of the skilled workforce. we will put together a nationwide plan for helping support incubators around the country and accelerators. they are doing an incredible job of training workforce coming out

small businesses are growing there. i do we take them there, they are actually providing more skilled workers. it will be a great plan to correlate that on a nationwide basis. there has been a lot discussed. in charleston west virginia yesterday i toured a small business there on the campus of the bridge way. on that campus, one whole area of technical innervation. when you go in all of this is in the training program at community colleges being

provided by the business, workers, spend two days on campus and three days of a company. they're earning about $40000 for the whole time of being there. so that is something they can use. that's the kind of program that they will be fostering. thus a calibration were looking for so if it's not a skilled worker by the public-private partnership. it's just a good story everywhere. i keep hearing many thanks for the tax cut regulatory rollback. >> celinda has done an incredible job. because i have known her and her husband vince for a long time they do a great business.

linda was a very big part of that. for those that don't know, she was a very big part of it. thank you for what you're doing. you're doing a fantastic job. then carson you can say a few words. >> one of the big initiatives going on that we put together a section three passport. section three of the fair housing act says that if you're receiving hud funding there's an obligation to hire, train or give contracts to the low income people in that area. people have found all kinds of reasons to -- we have almost finished reformulating it so that will remove the barriers. i think that will make a big difference. also with the gathering of the information about the

apprenticeship and training program so that when somebody comes in, they are not confused. we have a tremendous workforce. they're just waiting to be trained. if we make it available to them i think a lot will take advantage of it. >> if i could ask because it's in the news, sonny perdue, secretary of agriculture, i love the farmer so we are breaking down barriers. these trade deals have been so unfair to our farmers, workers and companies. were talking about it all of the time. we are breaking down barriers so our farmers can sell their goods to other countries like they sell their goods to us. one of the examples is canada,

they charge her suntory products 275% tariff, 275% that's not appropriate or fair, there's a big imbalance even though people don't think there is. there's a big imbalance between canada and united states. perhaps you can talk about the farmer. and understand what were doing. were doing it as rapidly as possible and taken strong measures. it's not fair, i won't mention specific countries. but certain countries have barriers that make it on impossible for farmers to sell into those countries. yet they sell all sorts of products into ours, unrestricted. very unfair. >> you understand that you're taking this fight on their behalf. i use the metaphor yesterday it's a little bit like weight loss. that's it little painful but

it's important for later on. >> obviously you may not need those countries but you talk about that their plan very unfairly and they've had barriers for many years. we understand that you're the first one that are are very anxiously awaiting this in dealing with mexico. there with you and hurting economically. their strong american values and they believe you're an american first president. they want to be with you. >> i will say that if you look at soybeans, who looked at a chart that came out recently, five years before that soybeans had been cut in half pricewise. i have only been here for a little more than a year and half

with my but i would tell you that soybean is way down so something has to be done. over a 15 year time things have been trending down. you have to bear with it. >> mr. president, it is good to have you back after a successful week of international engagement. it should come as no surprise to the american people that you are focusing on american jobs. i truly believe that we are here in large measure because of the connection you made to working americans. i believe this government initiative that you set into motion tomorrow with the council

bringing together a broad range of cabinet agencies is a reflection of the promises we make for working americans. to think that were at a time when there's more job openings in america than people looking for jobs. the efforts reflected here this is an administration that believes all on his work is honorable. i have seen how you interact with working americans across the country. you want people to know how to make things and grow things. this commitment of skills education is a reflection of that. i'm excited to be working with you on it. having had the experience i see how enthusiastic the american people are. i want to thank ibaka chop for

her work in this area. and all the cabinet members who are working so much. this will be a centerpiece and a legacy. after we finish our work here. it will pay dividends for the american people. >> thank you all very much. >> is russia still targeting the u.s.? >> thank you very much. >> we are doing very well and probably as well as anybody has ever done with russia. there has been no president, ever asked tough as i have been on russia. all you have to do is look at the numbers, look at sanctions,

look at ambassadors, look at what happened in syria recently. i think president putin knows that better than anybody, certainly better than the media. he understands it he's not happy about it. he shouldn't be. there's never been a president test tough on russia than i have been. >> thursday the senate banking committee holds a hearing for president trumps nominees to lead the consumer protection bureau. the stress five at 10:00 a.m. eastern as he spent three. friday they hold the summer meeting in santa fe, new mexico. governors will discuss future technology and attend workshops on workforce equity, women in leadership and economic opportunities. cli friday at 11:00 a.m. eastern

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