court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the world. your satellite or cable provider. sanders took questions on issues including the president's announcement on import tariffs to be placed on steel and aluminum. the presidents relationship with attorney general john sessions and marks by russian president vladimir putin about missile defense and arsenals. this is 15 minutes.

reverend graham passed away. godpent the same message, loves you. we should stop and consider this more often. the president and first lady will also be attending the funeral in north carolina tomorrow. talk about some positive bill. it empowers federal, state, and local prosecutors to hold websites accountable for supporting the sale of sex trafficking victims. as you may recall, the present and he ivanka trump met with officials and advocates at the white house purity made it clear this administration will fight to hold sex traffickers accountable and to ensure survivors have the support they need. this ill is an important step forward and the white house itreciates the house taking

on. this is an issue that threaten safety of the american people. the four previous administrations, the senate has confirmed the fewest nominees. half of the residents highly qualified nominees are still waiting on confirmation. today, we have another example. nominatedgo, we had a commissioner. his primary responsibility would be to help safeguard american borders keeping both terrorists and weapons out of our nations while facilitating lawful international trade. kevin should prevent terrorists and contraband from entering the nation, yet he is still awaiting senate confirmation. senator schumer should stop playing the safety and security of the american people at risk and immediately confirm him. with that, i will take your questions. the president announced

terrorists that would take part next week. he announced that even though the fine details have not yet been worked out whether there are any exemptions, the dow is down 500 points as a result of this third some of our allies are saying the actions are unacceptable. why did the president announced them now, particularly before the details had been worked out. sarah: we won't get into any details until the details are finalized. he intends to do this next weekend. >> is he concerned about the results are affects it is had so far? intereste president is -- interested in the men and american that have been forgotten. this should not come as a surprise to someone. the president has been talking

about this for decades in certainly something he talked about regularly on the campaign trail and something he is trying to make clear today. the details and the announcement & it will take place sometime next week. >> the president talks about stock market reaction to his presidency. beingsurprised about this down after his remarks about tariffs, and do have any details why he decided to announce it today as it seems cut -- sudden? sarah: this is something the president has been talking about for a long time. it is not a surprise and we will continue to do what we can to protect american workers. this is something that he thinks is vitally important. tois announcing his intent

make things happen next week and we will have more details on that. >> did he make that decision today? sarah: this is something he has wanted to do for a long time. schedule.sn't on our sarah: he hasn't told you guys everything first, but he has been talking about it for a long time. >> there were competing events. plans that thee president has had for a long time. he has made his intentions clear . i don't think it came as a surprise to anyone. until the details are finalized, i will get into any more specifics. the number of members of bendingdiffracted to .nd travel

the present talked about this. does he plan on draining this? -- if you'reis not asking if he is getting red of some of the on the congress, i have no information on that. be more looking at responsible for taxpayer dollars. he says he has confidence in these people. there are -- sarah: starting with the v.a., the president is happy with the

job he is doing with modernizing the v.a. he supports those efforts. been reviewing these actions and making sure that we are being very responsible with taxpayer dollars. this is something the president has asked all of his team to go back and look at. >> senator mcconnell said next week the senate would not be moving forward.

withe president has met state and members of the videogame industry to see what they can do on that front. this will be an ongoing process and something we don't expect to happen overnight, but something we will continue to be engaged in and look for the best ways possible to make sure we are doing everything we can to protect schools across the country. >> does the president want to get rid of the attorney general? sarah: no. 's jared still a value member of the administration? >> he will continue to focus on the work he is doing and we will push forward. questions about conflict of interest given meetings he had with executives and companies they gave his

family millions of dollars? sarah: i would refer you to the statement put out by his lawyer. back on the amounts and it of the tariffs -- announcement of the terrace, is he in just it -- is he interested in what it affects the allies? sarah: he is doing every thing he can to protect american workers. that was what his announcement was specifically geared towards. this isn't something he shied away from or something he has not spoken about regularly and often. he won't stop talking about it. is the president concerned about any retaliation coming from nav companies impacted? -- any of the companies impacted? sarah: not that i am aware of. >> a was put out in regards to

the terrace and it was said that it will increase in american people and protection is week instead of strong. you would expect this policy from a leftist administration. you have a comment? sarah: i don't know that the president will or should ever apologize for protecting american workers and certainly not to sen. sasse. >> you said you won't get into details at this point, so if there are details should we read into it that there will be exemptions for certain countries? sarah: i am not going to get ahead of the final details out next week. at this point, there is no additional information to share as this is being finalized. >> has the president made up his mind which country you might exempt or is considering?

sarah: again, i am not going to get into any details but i don't have anything further to add. we are tight. jordan? set foryesterday it was replies on security at the white house. >> we are having conversations with the committee and we will work on that. i can go any further. >> do think you might answer the committee's questions? sarah: we are going to continue working with them. >> this week the president expressed frustration with the attorney general and the department of justice as it relates to the process looking sa abuses and what would he like done differently? sarah: he has concerns about the process. nothing makes the problems cleaner than what was outlined

in both the republican and democrat memos. the fbi used political campaign material to get a warrant to spy on american citizens. they failed to disclose to the judge that the dossier was funded by the clinton campaign and the dnc, even as it was used to spy on people close to the trump campaign. that alone shows us that the process needs to be looked at closely and reformed to make sure we're doing everything we can to protect the privacy of american citizens. >> in regards to between, can you elaborate on the relationship between the president and the two -- attorney general? sarah: the president made his frustrations very clear. i don't have anything else to add. >> what was the president's reaction of what to the mayor of oakland, california when she tipped off residence there was an imminent immigration coming? is digested from a looking into a? sarah: i think it is outrageous

a mayor would circumvent authorities and put them in danger i making a move such as currently under review by the department of justice. you are verse two providing details, is the present going to couple it with any policy to mitigate the effect on the auto industry? sarah: i know have anything more to add. >> do you have a reaction to president putin's rhetoric and invincible weapons? sarah: president putin has confirmed what the united states government has confirmed all along which rest has denied care russia has been developing destabilizing weapons systems for over a decade in dreck of its treaty obligations. president trump understands the threats and is determined to protect our homeland and preserve peace through strength.

u.s. defense capabilities are and will remain second to none. now because of the new defense 70 -- $700all of billion. america is moving forward to modernize our nuclear arsenal and sure -- ensure our capabilities. first, can questions you confirm or deny that the president has made a decision to vote for the outside for a successor to communications director rather than promote from within? sarah: the decision on that has not been made. >> the other thing is, the president has a good relationship with the senator of west virginia, pennsylvania. has he been in touch with either of them to discuss further the proposed universal gun ban that has been focused around last week? sarah: they were both part who

attended the meeting. the president also spoke with senator toomey. discussions are ongoing. i can't say where we fall into position on that piece of legislation at this point. he is continuing to have conversations and will continue to be engaged with members of congress across the board. attorney general jeff sessions was due to be at the white house today. the president have an opportunity the president have n opportunity to talk with them? sarah: not that i'm aware of. >> the president said yesterday that he would sign a bill and then you said if the house in congress have a bill that does deal with safety and gun violence come is the president committed to sign in whatever they passed? sarah: the president is not

going to unilaterally say without seeing that piece of legislation. he does want congress to come together and put forward a piece of legislation that addresses the safety in a schools and gun violence specifically. he laid out a number of things he would like to see in that. we are hoping that congress will continue working with us and put a strong piece of legislation forward. sarah: the president is headed over to speak at the opioid summit momentarily. to white house there was a briefing on inter-korean talks are the south korean government is saying they plan to send a special envoy soon. how does the president feel about the dialogue between north and south korea? is he concerned.

wants toe president continue working with south korea as a strong ally. we havekorea as a strong ally. we have no daylight between the two of us. we will continue conversations. the ultimate goal is to denuclearize the peninsula. that is what we are focused on. thank you so much. i am going to move out. the president will be speaking in a few moments. >> president trump met leaders of the steel and aluminum industry. he announced he is going to put tariffs on products with into the united states. there would be