polish people. >> that does it for the affiliates, we are on fox news channel for continuing coverage of this big visit and the g 20 in a couple days. log on to foxnews.com. >> good morning, you're watching an early addition of "fox and friends" first on this thursday morning. >> we begin with top story a few seconds ago, donald trump and polish president due to --duda addressing a press conference. heather: more on the reaction to what donald trump had to say, hi, kristin. >> reporter: a lot of ground

covered in this press conference. let's start with the most urgent threat, north korea, donald trump saying they are behaving in a very dangerous manner and there are going to be real consequences for that bad behavior. the first question donald trump was asked is are you willing and ready to launch military action against them. donald trump responded by saying we will see what happens. i don't like to draw redlines but i have some severe things we are thinking about. as to what those severe things are he doesn't like to talk about it but he did say this. listen. >> we will take a look at what happens over the coming weeks and months. they are behaving in a very dangerous manner and something has to be done about it.

>> reporter: the other big issue that came up at the press conference was of course russia and allegations of russian meddling in the with election, donald trump said definitively he said i think it was russia that was behind this russian interference in the us election but he also said something he has said in the past, he also says he thinks it could be others, other countries as well. donald trump suggests he took another big swipe at his predecessor, former president barack obama. >> obama when he was president found out about this in terms of if it were russia, found out about it in august. he did nothing about it. why do nothing about it? >> a few other issues covered at

this press conference, poland wanted donald trump to reaffirm his commitment to nato and he did that. may be not using as strong a language as the president would have liked but reaffirmed the us commitment to nato and all the us troops that are here in poland, thousands of them dedicated to the alliance's build up that went into effect after russia, in 2014, they talked about trade, poland started buying or liquefied natural gas, donald trump said maybe we will get the price up a little bit. >> president duda is a great negotiator and he is trying to get the price up.

>> the whole nato thing, negotiation tactic -- why would you want to reward countries that are not paying their full share by giving them the guarantees that no matter what we will protect you. they will never pay. >> he heads off from here after spending 16 hours in poland, he's going to head to germany, meet directly with angela merkel, very vocal against donald trump in a lot of ways. >> a number of things that were not a good start for the meeting with vladimir putin, natural gas into poland, that takes away from russia trying to get away from that, talking about troops in nato, and a fan as well.

>> talking about in terms of the future of american troops in poland and about 5000 american troops. >> president trump said 5000, it is somewhere in there. >> what did you think of the questions from the american media? a lot of people will be talking about that today? >> it is dumbed down. we are more obsessed with wrestling videos and stuff like that then we are with real policy. if you see how complicated, the situation between north korea, syria and russia, we are sitting on a powder keg in a lot of ways.

>> that was the first question by north korea, the cnn wrestling video, that says so much about american media and that is why people are -- >> before anybody got an answer, that is going to guide -- something the president is passionate about. and it got that way. there you have it. heather: the former us army intelligence officer and former advisor, thank you for joining us. we have a lot to say about it. >> i thought it was a great >> particularly great from poland's perspective, poland came into this wanting reassurance that poland's interest, the united states once

a lot of things, we want help in syria and iran and north korea, from a cost-benefit analysis of foreign policy, the foreign policy that candidates trump, made a lot of sense to say we will grant russia freedom of action and certainly way in exchange for helping north korea, in fact trump gave a strong pro-nato speech where he stressed major themes including prevention of power conflict. and in the presence of us troops. from american foreign-policy's perspective, though the long-held american values. rob: we are going into the vladimir putin donald trump meeting in two days, nothing in

that press conference sounded good to vladimir putin. the natural gas thing, troops on the border thing, the president say russia meddled in the election, to make this meeting more awkward. >> the great irony of this administration is donald trump has been more hawkish on russia then any of the previous presidents, obama, george w. bush, clinton, hw bush during the cold war. this has been extremely hawkish administration as katie hendrix pointed out, syrians in syria backed by russia, that might make this awkward. heather: the last question cut off and russian meddling in the election, will this force donald trump's hand now and force him to bring that up in the meeting regardless whether he was going

to or not? >> reporter: that is the meme that will dominate the next couple days, the only thing anyone talks about. the polish president and donald trump both bonding, really hate the media, poland like the united states has been run by a red center government, and they really dislike. >> the press in europe and stuff. they do media really well. telling me an interesting story, what do i watch in italy? what should i pay attention to? if you want the truth, both sides, no immediate forum, the left or the right.

there is nothing that shows you everything, have to pick one side or the other. and the last six or eight months. >> the advantage, we don't have a state-owned broadcaster, the polish president takes the second question is you heard from a private television company. it must be so frustrating, that are state-funded, and the situation in poland as well. heather: more topics in reference to the g 20 summit, the situation with north korea will be front and center. one of the most important things that will come out of this, what china's reaction will be, and to

back down. >> this administration, to take the deal russia and china offered yesterday or two days ago, if we seize large-scale military exercises with south korea, they will deliver some sort of goods on north korea missile program. and backed up into a corner. >> what of self korea is willing to do that. south korea is more willing to talk things out in north korea,

that is possible. >> this is a great diplomatic risk, south korea is a more dovish member of the anti-china sort of alliance in east asia pacific. we can count on australia and increasingly able to count on vietnam. a place where the battle would be fought. west german dead east germans have a slightly more dovish attitude towards the north, regardless who the president is. rob: one more question, north korea on its own isolated is the quickest war ever facing the us and our allies. would china go to war for kim jong-un, could you see china entering into a war with the united states and its allies

over kim jong-un? >> no. what i would suggest do they would go to war for the same reason they went to war in 1950 and us ground forces approach the yellow river, the border between china and north korea. if they thought there were going to be us troops on their border they would go to war. if there was an air campaign against north korean missile sites i don't think they would fight us. >> china has the same issue, what has changed is north korea has this intercontinental missile that can reach the united states. what makes us think that is going to make china change their plans? rob: more continuing coverage of donald trump's joint coverage. heather: donald trump face-to-face with vladimir putin for the first time tomorrow. is this the first test of his presidency? ♪

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tripadvisor. the latest reviews. the lowest prices. heather: donald trump preparing for the first face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin on the sidelines of the g 20 summit. rob: here with what to expect, national security expert rebecca heinrich, thanks for coming back. what will happen now after you have seen the speech? it has changed a little bit. >> a great speech. the president will go into this meeting with vladimir putin, so many things, the president did a good job reforming support for nato, these issues will come up again. the administration in talks with

russia, we need to see vladimir putin understanding the united states will pursue its interest in not capitulate every time russia complains about something the united states is doing and an understanding out of this meeting. >> the russia collusion issue, you heard that is one of the last questions, and bring out that issue with his meeting with vladimir putin friday. >> i don't think a lot of things forced donald trump's hands, the president again is going to have to steel out vladimir putin in this meeting. it doesn't make sense to bring up something intentionally to antagonize, the mutual interests

to understand, anytime russians object with the united states, will continue standing strong to stay the course. >> are you worried about a personality clash. the leadership styles are very different, but they both have a bullheaded approach to running things, natural leaders and big egos as well and this meeting in poland, a lot of things were very anti-russia, troops on the border and take away business from russia in regards to sending natural gas to poland, and show him up.

>> tried to game it to see what russians would like. >> donald trump is speaking, let's take this. >> ahead of schedule, under budget and ahead of schedule. nothing like it. energy infrastructure essential to the rebuilding effort, we hope the nations will advance the same goals to achieve for our people, doing tremendously, at an all-time high, 16 years is the lowest. our military is getting stronger, we are rebuilding it adding billions of dollars, the best equipped in the world, we are adding many millions of

dollars of brand-new equipment and the united states is doing very strong. we have taken off restrictions and people are moving hard. when i say the stock market is at an all-time high they picked up in market value, $4 trillion since november 8th which was the election, $4 trillion a lot of money. everyone else is getting rich. i'm very happy. greater access to energy markets, fewer barriers to energy trade and development and strengthening energy securities what we are looking to. the 3 c's initiative, and very quickly, already beginning the critical products that open us up to greater access, totally open and have access to energy

markets, such as floating lng terminal on the croatian island of kirk. did you hear of it? you know about that. the interconnect her, this project and many others, their energy sources, suppliers, also applied, hungary and austria for pursuing a pipeline from the black sea. we approve the pipeline, the keystone pipeline. it was under consideration for many many years, and it was dead and approved it in my first day of office. another pipeline besides that,

dakota access. energy resources hoping the 3 c's nations achieve much energy diversification. the people of poland for receiving the shipment. let me be clear about one crucial point, we will never use energy to coerce nations. and a monopolistic situation. and competitive markets for global energy trade. a dependable partner on the export and sale of high quality and low cost energy resource and technology. the best technology for fighter

jets and ships and equipment, military weapons, nobody even close and that is acknowledged. and as you buy military equipment you will be thinking only of the united states with the expanded trade and new infrastructure, safe, responsible and environmentally friendly. the common sense approach to protecting natural resources, one that responsibly balances economic growth, job creation and energy security, we invite all countries to achieve this objective. they empower nations around the world, to be faithful stewards of natural resources. lifting millions out of poverty and into great and beautiful futures.

the 3 c's initiative will not only prosper but ensure that nations remain sovereign, secure and free from foreign coercion. the 3 c's nations will stand stronger than they ever stood before. the free nations of europe are stronger. they bring greater peace, prosperity and safety to all of our people. this issues in the green energy frontier. and the great exporter we have become is going on in this country. and thrilled to join you today and to know the united states supports your bold efforts, these will improve countless

lines. america will be our strongest ally and steadfast partner in this historic initiative so congratulations to everybody, we stand ready, willing and able to help with energy needs as they come along. heather: this is at the 3 c's summit including 12 nations, between the three sees, white is called 3 c's, adriatic, baltic and black sea. talking about energy reliance, reliant on the past in russia for the export in oil, the united states getting more involved. rob: a lot of them are trying to, together to form a stronger

economy and bond between 12 of these nations they could use each other's help and are wrapping around these sees in northern and eastern europe. rob: most of them under control of the soviet union until the 1980s, soviet states, former communist and now moving along. donald trump showing support, hopefully helping them get their economies in order and boost them up. heather: fair trade and equal trade, that is what he is establishing with south poland. that spring and rebecca heinrichs to talk about this, the president of croatia, what did you think of the statements you just heard, you were talking about the subject. >> this is so interesting, what he is doing, staying the course without mentioning russia by name, talking about not using

oil or energy for coercion, he is talking implicitly about russia, really remarkable to see the president stick with what is good for the united states, and if russia wants to get on board it is welcome to. if it does not, russians have to deal with it, the united states will not bend to the will of the russians anymore. we are going to stick with what is best for our own country and our allies and it was pretty remarkable. rob: why do you think it irritates so many of the european leaders, this america first kind of idea we have, nationalistic in some ways, it is nice to see a president that is actually thinking of his own people first instead of trying to make america a force for the world. why does that bother people like angela merkel so much, the polish president seems to embrace it. >> the european countries have

moved to the left like our own political left in the united states and they see the world as a global community, they like barack obama because he saw himself as the leader -- leading from behind but just representing the world, representing interest of the united states, european countries benefited from this idea that we don't have individual sovereign nations but this is classical american founding stuff. our founding fathers understood the united states must care for itself throughout the ages. that doesn't mean we will go it alone every time but it means we are going to put our own interests first. it will rub some of these countries the wrong way that have gotten used to the united states not minding our own business but meddling in other countries and taking care of them as well. it will be an adjustment but i said this for a while, i think donald trump's approach to nato and the european union is going to end up pushing them to understand they got to get on

board, a stronger alliance. heather: there has been discussion of from leaders in the eu that this initiative and regional gathering of these countries not against them but giving them more power and that is another sign that donald trump is trying to say to them, put poland in more of a leadership position in this area of the country as well. >> every country has its own interests. what donald trump is trying to do, figure out which countries based on their own interests are going to align with the united states. for too long the united states has tried to bend to the will of everybody else but donald trump won't do that anymore. some of these countries care more about climate change, a lot of countries like the germans because donald trump withdrew

the united states from the paris accord but we're going to look at all the different threats the united states, which ones are the most imminent and we need to deal with now and prudently carefully sift through those and handle once we can handle. my darren business, other countries that can work with united states are welcome. >> which is the way most of the world treat itself, might itself first and his criticism from donald trump -- thank you. >> those who are willing to work with us. i believe we are going to go to another fox news alert. and polish president duda and donald trump addressed a news conference. rob: the president coming down strong on north korea and nato allies, hitting that to present and spending on their own defense, kristin fisher in the

press conference, kristin. >> let's start with russia, one day away from donald trump's first face-to-face with vladimir putin and active press conference that wrapped up 30 minutes ago, he said definitively that he believed it was russia behind meddling in the us election. he also said older countries could have been involved as well. the big question is will donald trump bring this up face-to-face with the first time with vladimir putin. at this press conference, barack obama, for not doing more, in august from the cia, three month before the election. here's what he said moment ago, listen. >> barack obama when he was

president found out about this in terms of if it were russia, found out about it in august. the election was in november. that is a lot of time he did nothing about it. why did he do nothing about it. >> reporter: as for the most urgent threat, north korea, donald trump directly addressed today at that press conference, he said the north korea behaving very dangerously and there will be consequences for that bad behavior. the first question he was asked is are you ready and willing to take military action against north korea? donald trump said i don't know, we will see what happens. he doesn't like to try redlines but he did say we have some pretty severe things we are thinking about, here is what he said. >> we will take a look at what happens over coming weeks and months with respect to north

korea. it is a shame that they are behaving this way but they are behaving in a very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it. >> reporter: donald trump was making these remarks when standing next to the president of poland and donald trump laying out how important an for

leader, the german chancellor and the hope of the g 20, angela merkel. rob: thanks so much. more reaction to the president's message to our european allies, former u.s. army intel officer, nato commander andrew peake and former cia intel analyst fred fleischer. we start with you. what do you think about the way the president has handled, start with the nato contribution. i don't think anybody talked about the fact that so many of these countries never met that obligation. the president has a way of shaming people by putting it out that you are not coming to the bargaining table, why would i say we are all going to defend one another when you don't -- you are not equipped to defend me, why should i defend you.

>> this position caused so much hysteria among the foreign policy establishment and the media when in task asking army nato allies to pay more in defense funding has been a policy in the united states for the past we for decades going back to the nixon administration. henry kissinger writes about this in his memoirs. like many of trump's seemingly outlandish positions, this is one that bears some fruit and makes sense. >> i agree with that but what i think is so interesting about this trip to poland is how donald trump has tried to set the stage for the g 20 summit which i think is going to be very tense, he will be elected by other nations, there will be protests against him but he is going to poland, laying out his agenda, backing and how i strongly, sending a message to russia and saying to germany and other nations this is our

policy. i am not going to be intimidated. >> i don't think he will be intimidated by much but he will get a lecturing but i don't know -- back to you for a second. the meeting everyone is talking about, in the wake of what we heard in that speech, the president not showing a lot of support for vladimir putin in that speech, how do you think that changes this meeting in 48 hours. >> even in these impromptu remarks on energy security i was surprised how anti-russia his tone was. he spoke over and over about energy independence and the black sea pipeline, the reason the united states is creating a black sea pipeline in eastern european states is to prevent russia from bullying countries like ukraine, poland, romania, bulgaria with their gas

monopoly, their energy supplies. vladimir putin looks at those words, attendance and words, the president is thinking long-term how to circumvent russian influence and prevent russia from dominating eastern europe which we might have hoped for given his rhetoric on the campaign trail. heather: there are implications involved in syria, isis, bashar al-assad and the situation going on with north korea and russia had conversations with china, warning both of us america, the united states, south korea to halt at least temporarily our large-scale military action, what do you think will be discussed on both of those counts? >> the president has a lot to talk about concerning syria, isis and north korea but concerning his approach to russia and what was said today about these economic deals, the president wants to negotiate

from a position of strength. he is meeting with vladimir putin, vladimir putin knows about the deals, if he wants to deal with the president, he is going to have to negotiate and the president is putting forward an agenda that will give vladimir putin a lot to think about. >> the economic stuff to have a little leverage with north korea. >> our approach to russia before the obama administration, basically walked over. the last meeting in syria was held in russia, turkey and iran. they didn't bother to invite the united states. credibility was so low. our credibility based on what mister trump announced today is very significant and he is going to meet with vladimir putin in a position of strength. >> do you think vladimir putin and donald trump get along?

>> i think they do. they are both very confident in their own strength, very confident in their national power and confident in using national power, you asked earlier why america first rubs western european elites so badly and it is because they and people like the polls have different experiences with nationalism. they claim nationalism and things like america first for starting world war ii but in poland they look at polish nationalism and believe in individualism as a factor that allowed them to shirk off communism and russian domination so i think that is -- lennar putin and donald trump see eye to eye at least in the sense of their own uniqueness and the power of their countries. >> in terms of poland's experience that is one of the other things donald trump is going to include in his speech, president fisher is going to say the polish experience as you were speaking to that reminds us

defense of the west ultimately rests not only on means but the will of its people to prevail. exactly what you were talking about. >> thank you for joining us this morning. it has been a good talk, an interesting morning. continuing coverage of the trip to poland at of the g 20 summit. we will have more on it. that's it? he means book direct at choicehotels.com for the lowest price on our rooms guaranteed. plus earn free nights and instant rewards at check-in. yeah. like i said. book now at choicehotels.com

>> fox news alert, donald trump calling out north korea moment ago vowing the rogue nation will suffer the consequences after successfully launching a test missile capable of reaching the united states. >> more of that message. >> reporter: what a morning after meeting with the polish president duda, vowing we must

confront the threat. >> we call on all nations to confront this global threat and publicly demonstrate to north korea that there are consequences for their very very bad behavior. >> this comes as the administration sent a strong message to the united nations yesterday warning patients is running out with north korean aggression calling on all nations to help with economic and trade pressure in the wake of the icbm missile launch. you have ambassador to the united nations the kaylee making it clear the us is prepared to use military options. >> the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. one of our capabilities lies with considerable military forces. we will use them if we must.

but we prefer not to go in that direction. >> haley want other nations about trade with north korea in violation of security council resolutions, in particular warning china, north korea has risen significantly, the president's optimism the china would lead the enforcement on this issue may be waning. so much for china working with us. this is interesting as we watch the president meeting with vladimir putin and chinese resident in hamburg in the next 24 to 48 hours. we will see if this comes up, what comes of the message being sent to all nations of the g 20, the pressure has got to be put on north korea. >> the idea of putting pressure on chinese banks to fund north korea and stuff like that, i maintain why on earth would china ever go to war or support

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heather: some other news, fox news alert breaking overnight, representative steve scalise is back in the icu in serious condition, doctor saying the house majority whip has an infection after being shot in

the hip at that baseball practice. rob: a bit of a setback today, this all happening last month, the targeting of republicans, opening fire on a baseball field as a practice for big game the next day. he has been in the hospital for ever since and had several surgeries, complicated set of surgeries, the gunmen was killed and that shoot out. heather: deadly police ambush skyrocketing since the beginning of the year. the nypd officer executed while sitting at a mobile command unit in the bronx after we celebrated 4 july, marianne rafferty, with

more on that. >> the family -- the mother of 3 was assassinated simply for the color of her uniform. >> she was sitting in the vehicle, if anything else could be more than that. >> he lived a life of crime and incarceration and had a burning hatred for the law. >> they cannot stand. each and every one, folks on the street. we need your help to watch our backs as we watch yours. >> at the height of the deadly year for cops, statistics this

year alone, assassinated in 2017, 18%. the national law enforcement memorial fund, 67 officers have been murdered so far this year suggesting a grim trend, a total of 135 officers in 2016, the deadliest year for police in five years, tributes pouring in for officer family a, her hometown in the bronx area of new york, remembering her as a hero. >> her partner's 911 cause. the time is 6 minutes until the top of the hour. more on donald trump's trip abroad as he prepares for the g 20 summit up next.

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heather: we are back with this, a fox news alert. rob: that's right. the president, the latest on president trump's trip overseas, moments ago our commander-in-chief discussing energy reliance at the three cs in poland. heather: before that he held a press conference with polish president touching on everything from the security to economy and election meddling and north korea. >> just take a look at what happens over the coming weeks and months with respect to north korea. it's a shame that they are behaving this way, but they are behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and

something will have to be done about t barack obama, when he was president, found out about this in terms if it were russia. found out about it in august. he did nothing about it. the reason is he thought hillary was going to win. rob: there you have it. up next on the president's schedule, here you see it a meeting with the president of croatia followed by a wreath laying ceremony an. heather: a very busy schedule today. he willed me with angela merkel where the northeast asia security dinner. rob: tomorrow is the big winner with president putin. >> heather: first face-to-face meeting between the two. and a lot to bring up. rob: curious to see how they get a long and so much to talk about. we have been talking about for the last two hours.

heather: north korea will come up and whether or not he will bring up the collusion issues and russia's involvement in our election remains to be seen. rob: isis and syria, everything else e the world is a complicated place. heather: it is. rob: "fox & friends" begins right now. heather: bye-bye. steve: well, this is a fox news alert. it is 6:00 in the morning here in new york city. it is 12 noon in poland where the president of the united states in the last hour concluded a press availability with the president of poland just about an hour from now a major speech about the directions of the free world e. brian: this arguably is one of america's greatest allies and big fans of president trump. they equate both candidates now candidates of respective countries running very similar campaigns and very similar beliefs. when the president of the united states decided to make first prestop to the g 8 in poland this was a major boost for that country trism the fun has just begun. ains ain't that's right. after that 15-minute press conference this morning, maybe an hour ago,