charles: got to leave it there. thank you very much. at home, thank you as well. see you tomorrow. lou: good evening, everybody. president trump arrived in warsaw, poland just a few hours ago. warsaw his first stop on european trip that will take him to hamburg, germany for the g20 meeting this friday. at that meeting, president trump will for the first time be face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin and world leaders discussing how to deal with north korea's first launch of intercontinental ballistic missile. the united states and south korea responded by holding joint drills, firingmissiles into the waters off south korea.

but it was likely all a waste of energy and ordinance. kim jong-un seemingly unfazed and mocking the united states saying icbm was a gift to the united states on its independence day. today, the meeting on the north korean threat seemed to accomplish little if anything at all. listening to ambassador nikki haley, it was clear the united states was caught flat-footed by the north's missile test and had little in the way of specific recommendations to discuss with other member states. fox news senior correspondent rick leventhal at the u.n. with our report. >> the secretary-general strongly condemning the launch of a ballistic missile of intercontinental range conducted by the dprk. this action is yet another brazen violation of the relevant security council

resolutions and constitutes a dangerous escalation of the situation. >> outrage and warnings, but no new sanctions from the united nations security council meeting in emergency session over north korea's historic launch of intercontinental ballistic missile. the u.n. passed 15 resolutions against north korea in the past 11 years making it among the most sanctioned countries in the world, international condemnation has so far done nothing to stop the regime of kim jong-un from testing missiles and developing the nuclear program. in pyongyang, north korea's dictator celebrated the launch urging scientists to keep sending big and small gift packages to the yankees, suggesting he was hitting america on the nose on independence day. >> japan insists north korea dismantle all missile program, japan will never accept a nuclear armed north korea. >> reporter: u.s. ambassador to

the u.n. nikki haley insisted the meeting be open hoping to make it difficult to defend the rogue nation. china faces intense pressure now since chinese ambassador is this month's security council president as part of the regular rotation and beijing accused of economically supporting neighbor providing the truck used to launch tuesday's icbm. >> there are countries that are allowing even encouraging trade with north korea in violation of u.n. security council resolutions. such countries would also like to continue their trade arrangements with the united states. that's not going to happen. >> reporter: haley says the u.s. is prepared to take military action but prefers not to. and will propose a new resolution in the next few days that would punish any nation doing business with north korea, saying if we stick together, restrict the flow of currency and oil to the rogue nation and singled out china

which she says supplies 90% of the imports to pyongyang but china and russia have veto power on the security council so any action that would single them out might be a long shot. lou? lou: rick, thank you very much, reporting from the u.n. president trump this morning made it clear, china is not to be trusted on the issue of north korea. the president tweeted this -- and the president is correct, china's trade with north korea grew nearly 40% in the first quarter compared to the same president a year ago. that fact will no doubt make for a tense bilateral meeting when the president meets with chinese counterpart at the g20 friday. here in the united states, a new york city police officer gunned down, assassinated, in what attorney general jeff sessions described as a

cowardly murder in cold blood. fox news correspondent david lee miller has the latest on this disturbing event and the war on police in this country. >> reporter: new york city's police commissioner is calling wednesday's early morning fatal shooting of a police officer an assassination. >> based on what we know right now, it is clear this was an unprovoked attack on police officers who are assigned to keep the people of this great city safe. >> reporter: 12-year veteran, miosotis familia was sitting in the passenger seat of a mobile command center when a gunman fired through the window striking her in the head. her partner road for help. . >> reporter: minutes later, other officers arrived at the scene. anticrime scene consisting of sergeant and police officer in

uniform as they confronted him, he drew a revolver, the silver revolver was recovered at the scene. >> reporter: the gunman was 36-year-old bronx resident alexander bonds, during confrontation with police, a bystander was shot in the abdomen. there is nothing to suggest the shooter or officer familia knew one another. bonds has a long criminal history when. 15 years old he was accused of attacking a police officer with brass knuckles two. years ago conditionally released from prison after serving six years for robbery. for many new yorkers the fatal shooting is reminiscent of the ambush killings, they were sitting in a police vehicle when shot execution style by a lone gunman. >> she was on duty, serving

this city, protecting people, doing what she believed in and doing the job she loves. >> reporter: according to the national law enforcement memorial officers fund, so far this year, 67 officers have lost their lives in the line of duty. that number was 57 for the same president one year ago. that's an increase of 18% in fatalities. in new york, david lee miller, fox news. lou: officer familia is the seventh new york city police officer to be killed this year. in 2016, law enforcement fatalities spiked at the highest level in five years. 135 police officers killed in the line of duty. nearly one in three officers fatally shot killed in what were deemed to be ambush attacks. and to give you a sense what some of the officer deal with daily, new york city, the nation's largest have 334 homicides in 2016, the nation's

third largest city, chicago, registered 762 homicides, the most in two decades and more than new york city and los angeles combined. and over the july 4th weekend in chicago, more than 100 people were shot. 14 people were killed. chicago, nearly 330 murders already this year. we're coming right back with much more. stay with us. senate republican leadership still doesn't have the votes on health care, but the trump administration remains, well, hopeful. >> very hopeful, very confident that the president can have the bill on his desk this summer. lou: ed rollins and michael goodwin join me on the president's efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. and a show of force, the united states conducting joint missile drills with south korea after north korea's icbm launch.

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. lou: the white house says the national left-wing media is grossly exaggerating the number of states that refuse to comply with voter data requests from the election integrity

commission. however, it remains difficult to gauge the true level of resistance to the president's efforts to clean up voter rolls or on to identify the reasons for the pushback. fox news correspondent kevin corke with our report. >> reporter: from coast-to-coast and in states red and blue, strong resistance to the white house's attempts to obtain details about american voters. in an effort the white house says to shore up the nation's election systems and fight voter fraud. white house voter integrity commission seeking publicly available information when and only when recorded by an available from state voter rolls, including first and last names of all registrants, addresses, dates of birth, political party, last four digits of social security numbers and more. while the headlines make state oppositions seem almost unanimous as is often the case. the headlines can be misleading. while several states are refusing to cooperate, many

others have agreed to release voter information. fox news reporting shows 25 states declined to take part while the white house says 14 plus the district of columbia. while we found 18 states agreed to comply in part, the white house says the number's actually 20 and reports to the contrary are fake news. the president took to twitter to question why there was so much resistance -- that drew a sharp retort from maryland's attorney general who called the request for voter data repugnant and only to intimidate voters and indulge president trump's fantasy that he won the popular vote. >> giving the federal government one trove of all of this information about all of these voters in one place does present privacy concerns not that the government can't maintain information security as we know hacking is a thing

but in the wrong hands it would be too easily misused. >> reporter: backers say misuse of the system is the primary concern of the commission noting 2012 pew research study that found almost two million dead voters on voter rolls and almost three million people registered in multiple states. that study did not find evidence of voter fraud. time for a little calendar gazing. july 19th is the first day the president's commission is scheduled to meet, that is also the day, you will find this interesting, that the dnc is expected to convene a meeting of voting rights commission. no coincidence there as you can imagine. lou? lou: kevin, thank you so much. a lot of data there and it's interesting that there is so much confusion about who's resisting providing the data and why there would be real resistance to help us understand that and so much

more in the day's developments. joining me now, the president's man on so many occasion, ed rollins, he served on three presidential administrations, the chief political adviser to the house republican leadership. he is the dean. and pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the "new york post," michael goodwin, both fox news contributors, and quickly want to commend michael for a brilliant this weekend on the media and how we got here. it is the best of the best writing on the issue, so congratulations. >> thank you very much, appreciate it. lou: ed, turn to you quickly, we just heard from kevin, from others, the confusion about what states are complying with the commission. what is going on? why would there be such retiscence? >> shouldn't be, these are all public documents. the bottom line is anybody can get them if you go to all the states. my sense of the commission is

to eliminate the problems we had before, and i don't see any issue at all. they are guaranteeing their stuff is safe. lou: how can you choose this data? >> you can't, it's public information. lou: i don't understand that. >> unfortunately a partisan issue, the president said three to five million illegals voted, and so all the blue states are -- lou: you think that's an overstatement? >> i have no idea. lou: you think we ought to know. >> i think we ought to know. every state ought to care who's voting in their elections. lou: even california? >> even california. lou: come on. not california, or new york, chicago, illinois? what do you think? >> i don't think so. at the end of the day, i don't think there were three million illegal voters, i think i've argued that point here. lou: you've got just as much evidence to support your viewsa the president does his.

>> i think there -- he's correct, three, five, ten million registered illegally, they move, die, we lose two million people every year who vote, and we don't correct it. i've been in a few campaigns where they have voted, so -- [laughter]. lou: we're not going to discuss that. >> something like the margin in the electoral college was decided by something like 100,000 votes. lou: i want to get to governance, nikki haley, the ambassador of the united states calls emergency meeting today, and we didn't ask -- we had no specific ask, no specific recommendation, and i didn't hear a lot of caterwauling from people who felt threatened. it was a strange moment. >> the whole korean thing is a strange moment.

we are as close to engagement at any time since 1953. a hot spot for -- that's put many presidents losing sleep over the years. i think they are doing things they shouldn't be doing and need to figure out how to stop them, and i think we're right on the verge of that, and need the world to be behind us because it's going to create economic chaos, let alone the danger to millions and millions in south korea. lou: when you say, as you hear ed say, the world behind us, the european union made it clear, they want to be part of any effort to stop north korea's ambitions, development of further icbm delivery systems. why isn't there in place a reaction? today, i didn't hear from the european union. i didn't hear from asia. japan, we did hear from. south korea was basically silent. what in the world?

as ed says, this is a peculiar moment? >> it is a -- here you have a little fly spec of a sgliegz but that's the situation every time, i say bulldoze it, move onow let's talk about our interests, national interests, but this president has been great at, but right now, we're looking, i believe ed's right, we're looking into the abyss here, and the prospect of having to use as much advanced weaponry as possible to stop north korea. if not necessary, china. >> certainly feels it's coming to a head quickly now. it's been going on a couple of decades, a tit-for-tat game. they get relief from sanctions and start the game over again. there's no more playing field left. lou: you talk about the united nations being feckless, spineless, directionless, unprincipled, but look at the

administrations that preceded the obama administration which set a new standard for feckless. the bush administration, the clinton administration, which was the first to basically say go ahead, we're not going to do anything. wink and aversion of their eyes and the clinton administration set a precedent that was carried through until the inauguration of donald trump. >> we sit here and talk about the ten million people in seoul who definitely worry about and 28,500 men and women on the border. has been there as many as 50,000. it's been the trip wire, what saved that war from ever occurring. lou: there is so much bs around this issue. half of korea's population lives within range of north korea's rockets, missiles. about 50 miles from the border, and we've known that. we didn't need a trigger.

we didn't need 50,000 or 60, or 28. we need some sort of idea of what the hell do you do about a crazy little s.o.b. who insists on having an icbm with a nuclear warhead attached? >> i think trump's opening idea of getting china, making nice to china, making a deal with china, china didn't come through. lou: they haven't for a single administration. i think the president is also right, he had to try. don't you agree? >> absolutely. lou: now what? >> i would not be afraid to give nuclear weapons to japan. i think the koreans are more afraid of japan than any of us. lou: well, if they are more afraid of japan than any of us, they're not nearly as smart as i thought they were. >> they've invaded each other in the past and brutal to each other. lou: i think china has a new

face on it, if you will. >> it does. lou: this is going to be as tough a decision as any president has made, i think, since vietnam. >> and a very critical week for him. lou: absolutely. ed, thank you, michael, thank you, appreciate it, gentlemen. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. the question is straightforward, do you believe the united states will have to go war against north korea and possibly china? cast your vote on twitter at lou dobbs. we'd like to hear from you. follow me on twitter, "like" me on facebook, follow me on instagram. our twitter followers fired up about new thriller called putin's gambut, ana tweeted us to say -- that's modestly prevents me from responding to that. of course, you are right.

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. lou: a few thoughts on democrats who can no longer control their venomous rhetoric and outright lies, even though they must surely now realize they are only further damaging their party and all but eliminating the dems remote chances of being competitive in the midterm elections. the dems carrying out a campaign of ignorance and scorched earth mindlessness since president trump was elected. obama's failed administration worked in final months to insinuate trump collusion with the russians, the dems streamed for recounts and before the president's inaugural, congressman john lewis declared trump not to be a, quote, legitimate president! dems escalated their billious rhetoric and self-destructive addicts, dems destructive cabinet confirmations waiting 25 days on average before

nomination and confirmation. the left has made outrageous calls for impeachment since day one despite no evidence of any kind of collusion or obstruction or anything in a yearlong investigation. as we learn, it was president obama who, in fact, failed to react upon learning of russian intervention, and not our elections but specifically in the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign. congressman al green had the audacity to call for impeachment on the house floor in may. congressman brad sherman lost his mind in last month actually went so far as to draft an article of impeachment. last month, nearly 200 democrats filed a lawsuit against the president claiming he is violating the emoluments clause, knowing there are no

such grounds and only adding to the weight of the dems' brand as for losers only. more than two dozen delusional clownish dems pushing a bill to create a congressional commission that would declare a president unfit for office. that is how desperate, how lost the dems are. standing for nothing other than obstruction. nastiness and nonsense. they've made themselves a pathetic and cartoonish bunch, all of them, now only inflicting wounds upon themselves, their allies and the left-wing national media, senator schumer and leader pelosi have finally outdone themselves and their party, and in so doing, have at long last served the national interests beautifully, and we thank you. now our quotation of the evening. this from martin luther king, jr. who said --

did i mention a brand? yes, i did. we're coming right back. stay with us. the trump administration asked for a special meeting of the u.n. count is but what did that accomplish, if anything? . >> north korea's destabilizing cheryl: breaking news this morning. president trump in the polish president said to address the world ahead of the 220 summit. good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. >> i am via gabriel and for lauren simonetti. a press conference moments from now. let's listen.

>> the president of the united states of america, president trump. i'm glad the president is visiting warsaw, the first visit paid by president trump. our bond in the hall quality between poland and the united states. it also is that we accept each other on many different areas including security with nato. today, this is one of the top picks of our discussion we had followed by a plenary session. we talked about the presence of american soldiers in poland. security including the eastern

flank of nato. we discussed generally the situation in europe. apart from that they mentioned ukraine. we talked about the upcoming 2017 which will take place in baylor is. we also talk about the modernization and already entered into agreement between poland and the united states on purchasing patriot missiles. so the implementation of that program. we also have the implementation of another program we discussed about other things implemented in the next two years in the security of poland. i am delighted after these conversations, i have a feeling

that the united states is taking very seriously: security and is also thinking very seriously about the united states of america as our loyal ally. the president said very strongly the strengths of the polish community, the polish americans, whom he met even before election and, mr. president once again, thank you very much for that. thank you for noticing british americans than polish people in the building of the prosperity of the united states being apart from that, ladies and gentlemen come in the economic contract not been a military way, but security. [inaudible] and arrived to poll in july in the united states.

they have turned out huge and successful. there were no problems to shape that gap. this opens up the power to more contracts. i hope in the near future there'll be a long-term conflict entered into the united states and through this we will diversify supply of the hugely important material to poland. in a few moments, we will attend the summit where we also discover issues pertaining to energy security and the development of the transatlantic bond between europe and the united states. we will also talk about the development and infrastructure in central europe. but we are also going to have

the development of the european union in the member state. whenever we talk about implementation, we are looking at this from the european perspective. we want to implement through the development of interest rapture to increase competitiveness of our countries and the entire european union. i hope they will bill to do that. and in cooperation of the united states that is going to be beneficial for our country. once again, welcome. i am hugely delighted with your visit. thank you on behalf of the entire society at the polish people. thank you, mr. president. mr. president of the united states, donald trump, the floor is yours. >> tiamat very much, mr. duda.

thank you for your hospitality. it has been quick that the people of poland have been so fantastic. as you know, the polish americans came out in droves. they voted in the last election and i was very happy with that result. i just want to thank you and i want to thank them. it is a majestic nation, it really is. it is a spectacular place. so the most beautiful sights. really very inspirational. your rich in history have been absolutely unbreakable spirit. that is something we learned over the course of many years. the president tonight concluded a meeting in which we reaffirmed our enduring bonds of friendship that have united their citizens for a long time, but we've never been closer to poland and i think we are right now.

poland is not only a great friend that an important ally in part air with respect to our military. we've had great cooperation with poland. we've fought shoulder to shoulder in many different counters, particularly the act the role and taking to defeat isis where we make tremendous side of the tremendous teens you will be hearing about over the next period of time and other terrorist organizations. poland has been there with us by training iraqi special forces and reconnaissance missions and just about anytime we requested, they were there. brave polish soldiers have fought and worked side-by-side with americans in iraq and afghanistan on on behalf of all americans i want to salute you. i want to thank you. i also want to thank the polish people for their kindness to more than 5000 american troops

stationed in your country. our strong ally and once with poland in nato remains critical to defer contact between great powers never again ravages europe and that the world will be a safer and better place. america is committed to maintaining peace and security in central and eastern europe. we are working with poland in response to russia's actions in destabilizing behavior and we are grateful for the example: test set for every member of the nato alliance by being one of the few nations that actually meets its financial obligation. as you know i've been pretty hard on some of the members of nato and the money is pouring in i can tell you. i was criticized, mr. president, but i can also say the people of

nato aren't criticizing me. they're very happy. far greater than it would have ever been. past time for all countries and all countries in the nato alliance to get going and get to their obligations. i can save poland has been right there and you will exceed that number and i appreciate that and so do a lot of other countries. i congratulated president duda on poland's recent election to the u.n. security council. we also discussed our mutual commitment to safeguarding the values at the heart of our alliance, freedom, sovereignty and the rule of law. poland joins the security council at a very critical time. it's a critical time frankly for the world as you see what's going on. not only must we secure nations from the the threat of terrorism, but also confront the threat from north korea. that's what it is. it's a threat.

we will confront a very strongly. president duda and my column on nations on this thread and north korea that there are consequences for their very, very bad behavior. we also discussed the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in syria and the need to defeat isis and other terrorist groups are they controlled territory and populations. we have five very hard and powerfully against isis. in fact, we've made tremendous gains far greater than has ever been made with respect to that group. while the cities of raqqa and most noble of the eliminated as murderers and butcheries can we require serious as a situation that does not advance iran's destructive agenda and does not

allow terrorist organizations to return. we also reaffirm any nation that values human life can never tolerate the use of chemical weapons and we won't tolerate it either. we agree to work to expand congress between our countries. we support the initiative and america stands ready to help poland and other european nations diversify their energy supplies so you can never be held hostage to a single supplier, or as we sometimes call it, a monopoly. i'm pleased to report the first shipment of natural gas arrived in poland last month and there'll be many more coming. maybe we can get your price up a little bit, but that's okay. tough negotiator. we look forward to the economic ties between united dates in poland through trading relationships and that is a balanced and reciprocal one.

we walked reciprocal trade relationships. i said before the united states has made some of the worst trade deals ever in history. that is going to change. that's going to change. the friendship between our people dates all the way back to the american revolution. want time. i look forward to this enduring bonds of faith and freedom when i address the entire polish nation in a little while. we have a big crowd, mr. president. that is what the word is. so president duda, thank you again for welcoming melania and myself your beloved homeland. together we can make the partnership between our two nations stronger than ever before. special people come a special and it's an honor to be here. thank you. [speaking in native tongue]

transcode thank you, mr. president. now we have time to take questions on behalf of the united states. is there any question from the u.s. side? >> thank you, mr. president. in light of north korea's latest icbm testing, and do you think they are beyond rejection or are you willing and ready to launch military action against them? if i may, i have to ask about this. since he started the whole wrestling video thing, what are your thoughts about what has happened since then? cnn when after you and threaten to expose the identity of the person responsible for it. >> yeah, i think what cnn did was unfortunate for them. as you know they have some pretty serious problems. they have been fake news for a

long time. they have been covering me in a very dishonest way. do you have that also by the way, mr. president? with cnn and others. it is equally as bad despite the fact i made them a fortune with the apprentice, but despite that , cnn has taken it too seriously and have hurt themselves very badly. but we want to see in the united states is honest, beautiful, free, but honest price. we want fair price. it's an important thing. we don't want fake news. by the way, not everybody speaks news. we don't want fake news. very bad for our country. we'll see what happens. i don't like to talk about what i have planned, and but some pretty severe things we're thinking about. that doesn't mean we are going

to do then. i don't dry red lines. president obama drew a red line and the one that made it look a little bit better. that could've been done sooner and you wouldn't have the same situation you have right now in syria. i think we will just take a look at what happens over the coming weeks and with respect to north korea. it's a shame they are behaving this way, but they are behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it. thank you. thank you, david. >> mr. president, since we are speaking, your party has significantly clamped down on press freedoms in the last year it appears to be weakening the power of the national ports as well. do you think people who live in other modern democracy, are wrong to criticize you for eliminating which reporters can cover the parliament?

[speaking in native tongue] >> translator: so, to respond to your question, sir, the media is very significant indeed. when we look at the situation in poland in every case, i can give you an example of polish magazines with two different broadcasters. as an example, one of those broadcasters did not report about my visit to croatia. the republic of poland was preparing that segment because this broke after poland. i believe this is the reality arrived at the media in poland was announced to the liberty and freedom of america. poland, the words they are also

in the former president was in office, one of the magazines was visited by special services and recordings which are compromising politicians of the previous ruling authority. so the freedom was under threat. we do take care. thank you, mr. president. the first question, polish television. one question, please. >> i represent polish television. one question concerning energy because those of you mentioned energy. my first question goes to president trump. and what time perspective do you think the contract could be entered into to ensure lng gas delivery and to question

president duda. could it become a hub for the transportation of american guests to receive? >> good question. we can enter a contract within the next 15 minutes. do you have anybody to negotiate. we are becoming a great exporter of energy. very soon will be a very great exporter of energy and we've taken a lot of unnecessary regulations out of our process and we are doing things we haven't been able to do for a long time. we are blessed with great land we didn't even know 15 years ago in terms of what was under our feet and we find out through technology that we are truly blessed to have this incredible wealth under our feet and we are going to be an exporter of energy. it's already happening. anytime you're ready we can do

additional contracts. we partied down the one that we can do many additional contracts. thank you. >> i can give you a solid answer. it is not the president of poland who was assigned a long-term contract for eligibility to poland. [inaudible] it is most important, however, the very line given by u.s. administration, but in incentive given by americans for us to buy gas and there's already great lies. and after the negotiation and after the conclusion of those negotiations there will be a

long-term contract for deliveries. answering the second part of the question, can gas and nor can gas will slow. the answer is yes i'm convinced the answer is yes then they are going to talk about this all so under the framework of the three c's initiative. this is connected to the establishment of the energy corridor along the north-south exit. these are opportunities for ukraine. this is of primary importance with president trump. the future is very rosy on this plan and we in our part according to the nader going to develop our capacities and

regard the reception of lng gas. media is public. mr. obama, thank you very much. the questions developed come you mentioned military cooperation. i went to find out from both of you presidents weather during your exchange, were there any guarantees extended assuming they are making troops in poland as long as there is press from the russian side and how do you see the future presidents come in the future in poland? >> well, we didn't discuss guarantees and we weren't really in the position to discuss guarantees, but certainly we have been here a long time. we have quite a few troops here. up to 5000 we will continue to do that and we will continue to work with poland, but we did not discuss guarantees.

>> sera, first and foremost is the security situation we have here. the context of what is happening in the context of the 2017 maneuvers, which we have already mentioned and from that point of view, there is no doubt that the presidents are american troops and nato troops in poland, if we add to this the situation, then it is absolutely clear that we are going to discuss it further and we made initial agreement to make next year in the house. we agreed the united states next year will be work out. that year is important and for the polish-american independence. i would like me, myself and mr. president to stress the

importance because it shows contribution of the people. very briefly because the president has got to attend the summit appeared perhaps mr. president trump will select the next trellis. >> thank you, mr. president. a two-part question if i may. we definitively say russia interfered in 2016 election? >> i think it was russia and it could have been other people in other countries. i said it very simply. it could very well have been russia, but i think it could've been other countries. i think a lot of people interfere. it's been happening for a long time, for many years. the thing i have to mention is barack obama when he was president found out about this in terms of if there were russia, found out about it in august.

the election was in november. that's a lot of time. you did nothing about it. why did he do nothing about it? he was told it was russia by the cia as i understand it was well reported. they say he choked. i don't think he choked. what happened if he thought hillary clinton is going to win the election and he said that's not do anything about it. had he thought the other way he would've done something about it. he was told in early august by presumably the cia that russia was trying to get involved or meddling pretty strongly with the election. he did nothing about it. the reason is the thought hillary was going to win and if he thought i was going to win, he would've done plenty about it. that's the real question is why did he do nothing from august all the way to november? his people said he choked. i don't think he choked. >> a follow-up on that.

you against the u. it was russia. intelligence agencies have been far more definitive. they say it was russia. why won't you agree with them? >> i heard it with 17 agencies. that's a lot to even have that many intelligence agencies. plus check it. we did some heavy research. it turned out to be three or four. it wasn't 17. many of your compatriots had to change reporting and apologize and correct. with that being said, mistakes have been made. i agree i think it was russia, but was probably other people and/or countries and i see nothing wrong with that statement. nobody really knows for sure. i remember when i was sitting back listening about iraq. weapons of mass destruction. everybody was 100% sure that iraq had weapons of mass

destruction. guess what? that led to one big mass. they were wrong and it led to a mass. it was russia and i think it was probably others also going on for a long period of time. my question is why did obama do nothing about it from august all the way to november and he did nothing about it and it wasn't because he choked. >> two questions. thank you very much. >> very brief follow-up. >> it was two questions. thank you very much. >> president duda, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you, everybody, very much. tranter is somewhat abrupt ending to the conference had been monitoring out of warsaw at the palace. that was polish president andre

duda and president trump. the question from a reporter focusing on the collusion between russia and the russian -- brush it interfere with u.s. election. but also a lot of talk about north korea. several topics were covered. his comments about north korea and the ballistic missile test was also covered as well. once again, cheryl casone. this is "fbn:am." wherefores early this morning as we bring you that press conference out of warsaw, poland. a very busy day. >> good morning to all of you again. i am someone. but the president said during his speech as there are consequences for this very, very bad behavior. when asked what the consequences would be, he didn't specify that information we are still waiting for as far as what he will do and what he will ask. >> he specifically said severe things, which is something

picked up today throughout the afternoon. he also said i don't draw a red line when it comes to north korea, but it's a shame they are behaving this way. the secretary of state rex tillerson is closely monitoring the situation in north korea. i believe we've got blake irving standing by live in hamburg, germany, the next stop for president trump heading there later this afternoon. of course, the meeting between angela merkel and president trump is going to be one of the more high-level meetings he will hold later on in the day. good afternoon, blake. >> good afternoon. good morning to you guys in the states. it's about 11:00 a.m. here. president trump look at here to germany later today. we will meet with angela merkel ahead of the g20 summit tomorrow and saturday he will be meeting with a slew of leaders among them, which sets the table as he saw the press conference. russian president vladimir putin comes tomorrow. right now