treaty allies and the risk of conflict in theegion is the product of chinese aggression, notestern threat inflation. russia'lati of its unprovoked war of aggression t ukraine threate american interests and is the responsibility of vladimir putin. entrusting the coordination of e intelligence community to someone who struggles to acknowledge these facts is an unnecessary risk." that was senator mcconnell, the only republican to vote against tulsi gabbard's domination. she's in route to munich to meet with allies there on her first trip, her first day. this is michael in madison, wisconsin. democrat. caller: i want to say that shows how stupid mcconnell is. he shouldn't be messing around

with our money and our government. we're going to leave this and go to the white house where the president and prime minister modi is holding a press conference. you're going to live coverage on c-span. president trump: great honor. i'm thrilled to welcome the prime minister of india, narendra modi. we spent time in india and he is a pleasant man and it's a pleasure to give you the same hospitality you showed myself and melania when we traveled to your country five years ago, so hard to believe it was so long

ago. it was beautiful, opened the cricket stadium, 129,000 seats. i think the largest stadium in the world. it's a incredible period of time. there's an alliance with you and the world's largest democracy and i believe the world's largest country in terms of the number of people. and today the prime minister and i are announcing a framework to strengthen those ties further economically and the u.s.-india compact for the 21st century is a historic initiative that will deepen every aspect of our partnership and friendship. starting this year, we'll be increasing military sales to india by many billions of dollars. we're also paving the way to ultimately provide india with the f-35 stealth fighters. in 2017 my administration revived and reinvigorated the

quad security partnership and in our meeting today, the prime minister and i reaffirmed that strong cooperation among the united states, india, australia and japan and it's crucial to maintaining peace and prosperity, tranquility even in the indo-pacific. in addition, the united states and india will work like never before to confront the threat of radical islamic terrorism, a threat all over the world, actual limit today i'm pleased to announce we have approved the extradition of one of the plotters and evil people of the world, and having to do with the horrific 2008 mumbai terrorist attack to face justice in india. so he's going back to india to

face prosecution. we want to bring fairness and reciprocity to our trading relationship. as a member of good faith, prime minister modi announced the reductions to india's unfair, very strong tariffs that limit u.s. access into the indian market very strongly, and really it's a big problem, i must say. india imposes a 30 to 40 and 70% tariff on so many of the goods and in some cases far more than that and as aen example, a 74% tariff going on cars which makes it almost impossible. today the trade deficit with india is almost $100 billion. prime minister modi and i will agree to begin negotiations to address the long running disparities that should have been taken care of over the last four years but they didn't do

that in the u.s.-india trading relationship with the goal of signing an agreement. and we want a certain level playing field, which we really think we're entitled to. and he does, also, in fairness. we're going to work on that very hard and we can make up the difference very easily with the deficit with the sell of oil and gas, l.n.g., of which we have more than anybody in the world. the prime minister and i also reached an important agreement on energy that will restore the united states as a leading supplier of oil and gas to india. and hopefully will be the number one supplier and a groundbreaking environment for the u.s. nuclear industry. india is reforming its laws to welcome u.s. nuclear technology which is the highest level in the indian market. this will bring safe, clean, and affordable electricity to millions of indians and tens of billions to the u.s. civilian

nuclear industry in india. and under the framework, we are announcing today the united states and india are also joining forces to ensure that artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies are developed by the two of the most, really two of the most advanced nations intellectually and otherwise technologically anywhere in the world. there's an incredible relationship. this is where it seems to be heading. it's a very complex subject but seems to be where people want to be and want to go and we're leading right now by a lot. but other people will try to catch us. i don't know if they'll be able to. we're going to make it available and make tremendous amounts of electricity available and let the people that are buying the electricity make their own electric plants, electric

generation plants and we've never done it in our country but will get it done quickly. lee zeldin and his company will get approvals in rapid form and calling it a national emergency and that's exactly what it is. so we're going to remain at the top of the a.i. or artificial intelligence for a long time to come and will be working very closely with india and other countries on that but right now with a leader with quite a bit. we agreed to work together to help build one of the greatest trade routes in all of history. it will run from india to israel to italy and onward to the united states connecting our partners by ports, railways, and undersea cables, many, many undersea cables. it's a big development and a lot of money is going to be spent and we've already spent some but will be spending a lot more in order to stay advanced and stay the leader. i'm pleased to report with

today's announcements, the friendship between the united states and india is the strongest, i believe, it's ever been. i think our relationship is the best it's ever been between the two leaders of the two countries and it's an honor to say that. i'd like to now invite the prime minister to say a few words and then we'll take some questions. and we appreciate you all being here. thank you very much. prime minister midi: your excellency, president trump. delegates of both countries. friends from the media. namishcar. i'd like to, first of all, express my heartfelt gratitude to my dear friend, president

trump, for the grand welcome and hospitality accorded to me. president trump's leadership has been instrumental in nurturing india-u.s. ties and making them vibrant. i could feel today the same enthusiasm, the same enthusiasm, the same energy, the same commitment that we had worked with during our first discussions today. highlighted our pride in our accomplishments during his first term. the deep mutual trust that we share.

and also the resolve to attain new goals. we also agreed that the partner ship and cooperation between india and the u.s. can shape a better world. friends, the people of america are aware of president trump's motto, make america great again. or maga. the people of india, too, are focusing on both heritage and development as the move forward at a fast pace and with a firm resolve to ensure a developed india by 2047. if i were to say this, borrowing

an expression from america, our vision for a developed india is to make india great again, or miga. when america and india work together, that is when maga, when it's maga plus miga, it becomes mega, a mega partnership for prosperity. and it is this mega spirit that gives new scale and scope to our objectives. friends, today we have also set ourselves the target of more

than doubling our bilateral trade to attain $500 billion by 2030. our teams will work on concluding very soon a mutually beneficial trade agreement in order to ensure india's energy security, we will focus on trade in oil and gas. investment in energy infrastructure will also increase. in the area of nuclear energy, we also discussed increasing cooperation on small modular reactors. friends, america plays an important role in india's

defense preparedness. as strategic partners, we're moving forward actively towards joint development, joint production, and transfer of technology. in the times to come as well, new technologies and equipment will enhance our capacityies. we have decided to launch the autanoma alliance and a defense cooperation framework for the next decade. we'll be prepared. defense interoperability, repair and man instance will also be its key component.

friends, the 21st century is a technology driven century, close cooperation in the area of technology between countries that believe in democratic values can give new direction, strength, and opportunities to the entire humanity. india and the u.s. will jointly work in areas of artificial intelligence, semi conductors, quantum, biotechnology and several other technologies. today we also agreed on trust which stands for transforming relationships, utilizing strategic technology. under this, our focus will be on

establishing strong supply chains for critical minerals, advanced materials, and pharmaceuticals. we have also decided to launch a recovery and professing initiative for strategic minerals like lithium and rare earths. we have had close cooperation with the u.s. in the area of space. the nesar satellite, developed with mutual cooperation between israel and nasa will soon be flying into space on an indian launch vehicle. friends, partnership between india and the u.s. strengthens democracy and strengthens

democratic values and system ises. we will work together to enhance peace, stability, and prosperity in the indo-pacific. the quad will play a special role in this. during the cold summit scheduled to be held in india this year, we will expand cooperation in new areas with our partner countries. under the imec and i2u2 we'll work together for the development of economic corridors and in the area of connectivity. india and u.s. will stand strongly together in the fight against terrorism.

we agree that in order to eliminate cross border terrorism, we need concrete actions. and i'm very grateful to president trump that in trait, genocide in india, that criminal will now be handed over and i'm grateful to president trump and appropriate action will be taken in the courts in india. friends, the indian community living in the u.s. is part of our cooperations. in order to further deepen our people-to-people ties, india will soon open new consulates in los angeles and boston. these will be new consulates.

we have invited the american institute to open their offshore campuses in india. president trump, i am grateful to you for your friendship. and strong commitment towards india. the people of india still fondly remember your visit in 2020 and hope that president trump will come and visit them again. on behalf of 1.4 billion indians, i invite you to visit india. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. ok. thank you very much.

excellent. we'll do a few questions. please, go ahead. yeah. blue shirt. reporter: thank you, mr. speaker. the people welcome you and the extradition back home, we'd like to ask you a question, the last several years we've seen several groups in u.s. raising their voice and talking about terrorism activities in india. do you think that would come true in the u.s. as well? we'll be welcoming you to extradite -- president trump: i can't understand. go ahead back there. reporter: you both spoke about

combating isis and are both excited about this partnership upcoming, and i was curious, how much more confident are you with president trump leading this country that there will be peace through strength and you will have a successful partnership with the united states versus biden's incompetence and weakness the last four years. it's your question but i'll answer it. but i agree with you. gross incompetence. we're going to have a fantastic relationship. and it's like the whole world has been set back four years because of the weak leadership of the united states. but i think we've taken care of it in just three weeks, it seems to me even some of the media that we wouldn't prefer has been writing that this is a much

different country right now, that the world has a light over it, not only our country but the whole world. the prime minister told me that before, too, even over india. the world has a light. they need the united states to be strong and powerful but good. and i think that's happened in a very short period of time. but i will tell you, we're going to have a fantastic relationship and it will make both countries much stronger. go ahead, please. reporter: ok. i'll take my colleague's question forward. president trump: ok. fine. reporter: the question is about the fact you decided to extradite the criminal and india is happy to have him back to bring him to justice but there are many other elements in the

united states of america, particularly pal stane separatists who have been working against indian interests, how is the united states of america going to cooperate on that front with india. there have been allegations that have been leveled against indian agencies by the biden administration, are you going to relook at that with tulsi gabbard as d.n.i. president trump: i think india had a good relationship with the biden administration. they wouldn't sell them oil and gas which is a good thing to do and a lot of things happened i thought weren't appropriate between india and the biden administration, but as you said, we're giving a very violent man, it seems to me. i don't know he's been convicted yet or will be but let's assume he's a pretty violent person. we're giving him back to india immediately and there are more to follow because we have quite a few requests. so we work with india on crime

and we want to make it good for india and it's very important. so that kind of a relationship is very important to us p. go ahead, please. reporter: thank you. mr. president, you've repeatedly called india a big abuser of trade and said it is really difficult to do business in india because of tariffs. you announced reciprocal tariffs today. i'm hoping you can speak about what kind of reciprocal tariffs india can expect. are you willing to make any concessions and how can india head off these tariffs? i also have one for the prime minister. president trump: sure. india has been to us just about the highest tariffed nation anywhere in the world. they've been very strong on tariffs and don't blame them necessarily but it's a different way of doing business. it's very hard to sell into india because they have trade barriers, very strong tariffs. we are right now a reciprocal

nation. if it's india or anyone else with low tariffs, we'll have the same. whatever india charges, we're charging them. whatever another country charges, we're charging them. it's called reciprocal which i think is a very fair way. we didn't have that. i was going to do that in my other term and we had the greatest economy ever in the world. there's never been an economy like we had and then we got hit with covid and had to focus on that and i wasn't really in the mood to be putting it on italy and spain and france and india, frankly, and a lot of other countries because the world was very troubled until we got rid of that nightmare. but we had the strongest economy anywhere in the world during that fairly long period of time during my first term, as you know. and we didn't do the tariffs. we would have done the reciprocal tariffs but i decided on a humane basis not to do them

because of the fact there was such suffering all over the world. the last thing we needed to talk about was trade problems. but now we do. we see a tremendous future for our country but it's time after 40 years or 50 years of abuse we'll do -- this isn't india, this is among a lot of nations, the european union is very, very difficult for us. they tax our companies at levels nobody has seen before. they take advantage of a lot of things so we're not happy about that. china of course is terrible. and we've never taken in 10 cents until i was president. we've taken in hundreds of billions from china since i've been president in the first term and now. and we have to do that just as a mechanism of fairness and that's what i've done and we are being reciprocal with india, whatever india charges, we charge them, so frankly it no longer matters to us that much what they charge

because whatever they charge -- i had discussions with india in the first term about the fact that their tariffs were very high and i wasn't able to get a concession, so we're just going to do it the easy way and just say whatever you charge, we charge. i think that's fair for the people of the united states. and i think it's actually fair for india. reporter: are you willing to make any concessions, sir? president trump: go ahead, please. ask the prime minister. ask to the prime minister, please. reporter: thank you, mr. president. the u.s. is giving a lot of push to curb illegal immigration and india has been cooperating on this issue. how does india see this issue in the larger context, thank you. prime minister modi: i don't think this is a question about

india only but even globally you can talk about this issue. and we are of the opinion that anybody who enters another country illegally, they have absolutely no right to be in that country. and as far as india and the u.s. is concerned, we have always been of the same opinion and that is that any verified indian who is in the u.s. illegally, we are fully prepared to take them back to india. however, it doesn't stop there. these are children of very ordinary families and they are lured by big dreams and big

promises. a lot of them are brought in without them knowing about why they're going to a country. and in fact, they are connected with a human trafficking system and we have to make sure that we fight against this system as far as the u.s. and india's concerned. i think what we should do is make efforts to make sure we uproot from within the system so we can reduce or remove human trafficking and the vulnerable, young people of india are fooled coming over as illegal immigrants. and our bigger fight is against this system that encourages such gangs to thrive and i can tell you that india will completely support your endeavor in achieving this.

reporter: thank you, mr. president. a question for the prime minister modi, if i may. did you discuss any possible business deal with elon musk during your meetings today, mr. prime minister? and mr. president, i wanted to ask you, today you spoke about hoping to have threeway talks with president z and president putin. what would you say to the european leaders and oral lies that you may be concerned that you're patently more keen to speak to america's adversaries than its am lies, thank you. president trump: i'll go first on this one. we had some talks and we told the european union, and the nato people, largely they overlap, you have to more money because it's unfair what we're doing. we're doing a tremendous amount more, probably $200 billion more going into ukraine, using for

ukraine to fight and europe has not really carried its weight in terms of the money. it's not equitable. and we want to see a counterbalance. we want to have them put up more money. they have to do that. at the same time, we had a very good conversation with president putin yesterday and i had a very good conversation in both cases with president zelenskyy and think we'll be able to do something and be able to make a deal. i hope so because it's a horrible war. it's a very terrible bloody war with 1.5 million soldiers dead on the battlefield lying all over the fields like nobody has seen anything like it certainly since world war ii. so i think we'll do something and we're working with president zelenskyy and president putin and i know president zelenskyy wants to make a deal and i also feel that i know that president putin wants to make a deal.

i wanted to know that before i began any detailed discussions. but the meeting and the conversation also the meeting with steve witcoff in moscow was a very successful one and my phone call with him was a very successful one. please. prime minister modi: you asked a question regarding elon musk. i've known him for a very long time. i was not even prime minister at the time when i first met him. i was chief minister. and today he came to meet me along with all of his family, with his children, so we had a nice discussion. as far as e.v. is concerned, the e.v. -- the word e.v. has a copyright and that is one person who has a copyright for the word

e.v. and that is trump. reporter: thank you, mr. president. can i ask whether you discussed at all the case of one of the wealthiest men in asia and perceived as an ally of prime minister modi and have you asked the president to take action on that case? thank you. president modi: firstly, india is a democratic country, and our culture and our thought, philosophy, which basically means the entire world is a family. every indian is my own family member. and when it comes to such personal matters, two leaders of two countries will not get together on the topic and discuss anything on a individual

matter. president trump: go ahead. please. sir, go ahead, please. reporter: thank you, mr. president and thank you, prime minister. mr. president, you have suggested with regards to the russia-ukraine war, you suggested several things that ukraine should give up the idea of nato membership, the territory seized in 2014 by russia. what should russia give up? president trump: russia has gotten themselves into something i think they wished they didn't. if i were president, it would not have happened, absolutely would not have happened and it didn't happen for four years. if you look what has taken place under president bush, they lost a lot. under president obama they lost crimea. and under bide tennessee looks like they could lose the whole thing. under trump they lost nothing. ukraine lost nothing. they didn't give up anything.

you look at the other three presidents surrounding me, they gave up a lot. i think that when you look at ukraine and when you look at the mess they're in, it's got to be ended and it's got to be stopped. russia has taken over a pretty big chunk of territory, and they also have said from day one long before president putin, they said they cannot have ukraine be in nato. they said that very strongly. i actually think that was a thing that caused the start of the war. and biden said it and zelenskyy said it and i think that was one of the reasons, one of the starts of the war. but long before putin, they said you cannot have ukraine going in in any way into nato. and i start from that standpoint. i think everybody knew that. now, if a better deal can be negotiated,and if they can make

a deal they can do that, i really don't care. i want that bloodshed to stop. i don't want to see -- we have an ocean between us and the site of death, we're calling it the fields of death. we have a big ocean in between us. this is more important for europe. we shouldn't be in to have to equalize. they'll have to do it fast but have to equalize. but as far as the negotiation, it's too early to say what's going to happen. maybe russia will give up a lot, maybe they won't and it's all dependent on what is going to happen. the negotiation really hasn't started. but i will say as far as nato is concerned, from many years before president putin, i will tell you that i've heard russia would never accept that and ukraine knew that and wasn't in and never requested to be in until more recently. that's the way it is and i think that's the way it's going to have to be. go ahead, please.

please with the tie. reporter: mr. president, you spoke about prime minister modi as a tough negotiator, who was the toughest negotiator today and who has a better negotiating tactic? president trump: he's a much tougher negotiator than me and much better. there's not even a contest, ok. yeah, go ahead. please. reporter: i'm from a&i. how do you see this relationship between india and the united states to counter china and what is your vision when it comes to india brokering peace in the ukraine and russia conflict? president trump: i think we have a very good relationship with china. i got along with president xi until covid. that was a bridge too far. but until then i got along with

president xi very well and were very close as leaders go. i don't want to be naive, but as leaders go, i think we were very close. i think china is a very important player in the world. i think they can help us get this war over with ukraine and russia. and i look at india, i do see the skirmishes on the border which are quite vicious and i guess they continue to go on. if i could be of help, i'd love to help because that should be stopped. that's been going on for a long time. and it's quite violent. but i would hope that china and india and russia and the u.s. and all of us can get along. it's very important. you know, the power of weaponry today, not only nuclear but nuclear in particular, the power of weaponry is very important. i said before that i had very constructive talks in my first term with president putin about

the denuclearization of the two countries and then we were going to go to china after we worked some kind of a deal. and we had the confines of a deal. i thought -- he really wanted to do it and so did i, denuclearize. and it's such a beautiful term when you think about it. in other words to bring it down because the power of those weapons is too great. and i did speak to president xi about that and i was also getting a very good response. he's building a very strong nuclear power. he's not close to russia or the united states but will soon and catch up in a period of four or five years, they say. but it would be a great thing if we could on a military basis -- we're going to spend this year, lets say $950 billion on military. russia without the war was spending close to $100 billion and without the war, i can't tell you and china is spending $450 billion.

we're over $900 billion. and i said, you know, it doesn't make sense. we're spending the money against each other and we could spend that money for better purpose if we got along. and i'll tell you, i think something like that will happen. first, when i left, as you know, four years ago, we didn't have israel and the middle east and didn't have october 7, a disaster. nothing was happening. iran was not going to do anything because iran did not have much money at that point. they were broke. they were totally broke. they didn't have money for hamas or hezbollah and you didn't have russia with ukraine and never would have happened but now i come back and i have the whole world is on fire so i have to put out the fires but after i put out the fires, i'm going to meet with china and meet with russia and see if we can de-escalate it and bring it down, the military, especially as it pertains to nuclear.

please. reporter: have you had conversations with president trump about de-escalating the conflict in russia and ukraine, as you know, i have been in constant contact with both russia and ukraine. prime minister modi: i've visited both countries and many peoples are mistaken and feel that india is neutral. i'd like to clarify, india is not neutral. we have taken a side. and we have taken the side of

peace. and it is based on this principle. and i said it is not the era of war p. and it is my conviction that solutions cannot be found on the battlefield. ultimately, you have to come to the negotiating table, and india has constantly made efforts that there are talks that take place where both parties are present. it is only then that we will find a solution. the efforts being made by president trump, i support them, i welcome them and i would like president trump is as successful as soon as possible so the world is on the path to peace once

again. president trump: everybody, thank you very much. thank you very much. i very much appreciate the prime minister visiting our great country and appreciate it. we have so much in common. all i want to do is have peace and strength and lots of different things together. but a relationship with india and the prime minister has never been better. thanks very much. thank you. >> earlier today the senate diciary committee voted along party lines to send kash patel's nomination for f.b.i. director to the senatfofull consideration. watch the committee meeting tonight at 9:00asrn on c-span. c-span now, our free mobile app or online at c-span.org.

>> span's washington journal, our live forum to discuss the latest issues in politics and public policy. in washington and across the country. coming up friday morning, david super, a professor at georgetown law school and discuss the legalities of president trump and elon musk through the government of government efficiency. and the visiting fellow at the heritage foundation, stephen more, talks about the president's economic agenda. c-span's washington journal, join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. >> saturdays, watch american history tv's 10 week series, "first 100 days." we'll explore the early months

the presidential administrations with historians and authors and through the c-span archives and look at accomplishments and setbacks and examine how events impacted presidential terms and the nation up to up to the present day. this saturday, the first 100 days of ulysses grant, he was a famous civil war general who won the white house in 1868. his campaign slogan was let us have peace. issues during grant's first 100 days included reconstruction, the payment of civil war debt, voting rights, and the fight against the k.k.k. watch american history tv series "first 100 days" saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 2. >> c-span, democracy unfiltered. we're funded by these television companies and more, including midco. >> where are you going? or maybe a better question is,

how far do you want to go? and how fast do you want to get there? now we're getting somewhere. so let's go p. let's go faster. let's go further. let's go beyond. >> midco supports c-span as a publicervice, along with these other televion providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> members of congress joined protesters at a rally to protest against closing the agency and talk about investing in public school systems and protecting the rights of parents and students. this is an hour and a half.