productive summit where my top priority was getting other nato members to pay their full and fair share and the prime minister was right there with me. i want to thank you, prime minister, for the united kingdom's contribution to our common defense. the uk is one of the handful of nations, five out of 29, not good, but it's going to get better really fast, in addition to the united states meeting the 2% gdp minimum defense spending commitment. during the summit i made clear all nato allies must honor their obligations and i'm pleased to report we have received substantial commitments from members to increase their defense spending and to do so in a much more timely manner. in our meetings today, the prime minister and i discussed a range of shared priorities including stopping nuclear proliferation. i thanked prime minister may for

her partnership in our pursuit of a nuclear free north korea. it's been a tremendous help. the prime minister and i also discussed iran. we both agree that iran must never possess a nuclear weapon. and that i must halt and we must do it and i'm going to do it and she's going to do it and we're all going to do it together. we have to stop terrorists. we have to stop terrorism and we have to get certain countries and they've come a long way, i believe. the funding of terrorism has to stop and it has to stop now. i encourage the prime minister to sustain pressure on the regime and she needed absolutely no encouragement because she, in fact, also encourages me and we're doing that and we're doing that together. very closely coordinated. the united kingdom and the united states are also strengthening cooperation

between our armed forces who served together in battlefields all around the world. today we viewed several u.s./uk special forces demonstration. we saw some demonstrations today frankly that were incredible. the talent of these young, brave, strong people. we saw it at the royal military academy. seamless cooperation between our militaries is really just vital to addressing shared security threats. we have threats far different than we've ever had before. they've always been out there, but these are different and they're se veevere and we will handle them well. we recognize the importance of border security and immigration control. in order to prevent foreign acts of terrorism, we must prevent terrorists from gaining admission in the first place. border security is a national

security problem. in the united states we are working very hard to get the democrats to give us a couple of votes so we can pass meaningful and powerful border security. i also want to thank once the brexit process is concluded and perhaps the uk has left the eu, i don't know what they're going to do, but whatever you do is okay with me. that's your decision. whatever you're going to do is okay with us. just make sure we can trade together. that's all that matters. the united states looks forward to finalizing a great bilateral trade agreement with the united kingdom. this is an incredible opportunity for our two countries and we will seize it fully. we support the decision of the british people to realize full self-government and we will see how that goes. very complicated negotiation and not an easy negotiation. that's for sure. a strong and independent united

kingdom is a blessing on the world. prime minister may, i want to thank you again for the honor of visiting the united kingdom. a special place. my mother was born here, so it means something maybe just a little bit extra, maybe even a lot extra, and we had an wonderful visit. last night i think i got to know the prime minister better than at any time. we spent a lot of time together over a year and a half, but last night i was really embarrassed for the rest of the table. we talked about lots of different problems and solutions to those problems and it was a great evening. as we stand together this afternoon, we continue a long tradition of friendship, collaboration and affection between ourselves and also between our people. the enduring relationship between our nations has never been stronger than it is now. so madame prime minister, thank you very much. it's been an honor. >> thank you.

now we will -- we're going to take four questionings each. i'll start off with laura. >> thank you very much, prime minister and mr. president. mr. president, you seem rather to have changed your tune from what you said earlier this week when you said that on the current brexit plan that would probably kill the possibility of a trade deal with the uk. our countries are meant to have a special relationship, yet you publicly criticized the prime minister policy and her personally for not listening to you this week. is that really the behavior of a friend and and prime minister, isn't the problem for you that some of the things that mr. trump has said about your brexit plan are right? it will limit the possibilities of doing trade deals easily in the future. can you also tell us how it felt for him to criticize you in the way he did in that interview? >> maybe i'll go first because i didn't criticize the prime minister. i have a lot of respect for the prime minister. unfortunately, there was a story that was done which was, you

know, generally fine, but it didn't put in what i said about the prime minister. and i said tremendous things. fortunately we tend to record stories now, so we have it for your enjoyment if you'd like it, but we record when we deal with reporters. it's called fake news and we solve a lot of problems with the good old recording instrument. what happens is that the prime minister as i really just said, she's going to make a decision as to what she's going to do. the only thing i ask of theresa is that we make sure we can trade, that we don't have any restrictions, because we want to trade with the uk and the uk wants to trade with us. we're by far their biggest tradi trading partner and we have a tremendous opportunity to double, triple, that. so if they're going a slightly different route and they want

independence. it's just the definition. if they're going to go a certain route, i just said i hope you're going to be able to trade with the united states. i read reports where that won't be possible, but i believe after speaking with the prime minister's people and representatives and trade experts it will absolutely be positive. so based on that, and based on just trade in general, and our other relationship which will be fine, but the trade is a little bit tricky. we want to be able to trade and they want to be able to trade and i think we'll be able to do that. okay? and i think she's doing a terrific job, by the way. >> thank you, mr. president. just to confirm what the president has said, laura, there will be no limit to the possibility of us doing trade deals around the rest of the world once we leave the european union on the basis of the agreement that was made here. just to be clear that is an agreement that delivers on the brexit vote that we had in 2016 here in the uk that delivers what i believe is at the forefront of the people's minds

when they were voting to leave the europe union. so at the end of these negotiations, we will ensure that free movement will come to an end. the jurisdiction of the europion court of justice here in the uk will come to an end. the sending of vast sums of money will come to an end. we will come out of the policy and we will ensure by not being in the customs union that we are able to have an independent trade policy and do those trade deals around the world. as you've heard from the president, the united states is keen for us. we're keen to work with them. we will do a trade deal with zmem wi them and with others around the rest of the world. >> jonathan, go ahead. mr. president, two questions, if i may. the first one, now your british trip is coming to a close. could you tell us the three or four things you hoped to achieve in your meeting with vladimir putin. and the second question, what's

the benefit to america of having tens of thousands of american troops stationed in europe? thank you. >> so i'll be meeting with president putin on monday. we go into the meeting with a tremendous meeting that we had with nato. most of you have reported it correctly. it was certainly testy at the beginning, but at the end everybody came together and they agreed to do what they should do and actually what they've committed to do, which you fully adhere to. you didn't have a problem, but some people did. we left that meeting i think probably more unified and wealthier as a group than ever before. so we go in strong. we'll be talking to president putin about a number of things. ukraine. we'll be talking about syria. we'll be talking about other parts of the middle east. i will be talking about nuclear proliferation.

because we are massively, you know what we've been doing, we have been modernizing and fixing and buying and it's just a devastating technology. and they likewise are doing a lot. and it's a very, very bad policy. we have no choice. but we are massively big and they are very big and i'll be talking about nuclear proliferation. that would be a great thing if we could do. it's not only us. it's not only russia and the united states. it's other countries also. but we're the two leaders. we would be the leader. they would be second i guess china would be third. i think we'll all be talking about that. to me, i think that would be a tremendous achievement if we could do something on nuclear proliferation. we'll be talking about other things. i know you'll ask will we be talking about meddling and i will absolutely bring that up.

i don't think you'll have any, gee, i did it, i did it, you got me. there won't be a perry mason here i don't think. i never know what happens. but i will absolutely firmly ask the question and hopefully we'll have a very good relationship with russia. the prime minister would agree . we have a good relationship with russia and china and other countries is a good thing, not a bad thing. hopefully that will happen. [ inaudible question ] >> the troops where? well, look, there is a benefit. there's a psychological benefit and a military benefit. there's also a benefit not to do it. i was prepared to do something somewhat harsh but people came together in the end. it wasn't a threat. tfgs it was an unfair situation.

we were paying 90% of the cost of nato and nato is really there for europe much more so than us. it helps europe no matter what our military people or your military say, it helps europe more than it helps us. that being said, it is a great unifier. we have 29 countries and there was a lot of love in that room. when you say 10,000 troops, we have a lot more than 10,000 troops. >> tens of. >> oh, i thought you said 10,000 in germany we have 52,000 troops. that being said, we're helping europe, they're helping us, we're all together and i'm fine with it. >> and by the way very importantly they're now paying their way in a much more rapid fashion. >> francis. >> prime minister, i wonder whether you agree with the president of the united states

that immigration has damaged the cultural fabric of europe. and president, perhaps you could elaborate on that. what do you mean by that? >> i think it's been very bad for europe. i think europe is a place i know very well and i think that what has happened is very tough. it's a very tough situation. you see the same terror attacks that i do. we see them a lot. we just left some incredible young men and women at sandhurst and they were showing us cells and showing us things that frankly 20 years ago nobody even thought about, probably a lot more recently than that. i just think it's changing the culture. i think it's a very negative thing for europe. i think it's very negative. i think having germany and i have a great relationship with angela merkel. great relationship with germany. but i think it's very much her

germany. i think it's very much her other parts of europe. and i know it's politically not necessarily correct to say that, but i'll say it and i'll say it loud. and i think they better watch themselves because you are changing culture. you are changing a lot of things. you're changing security. look at what's happening. you take a look. look at what's happening to different countries that never had difficulty, never had problems. it's a very sad situation. it's very unfortunate. but i do not think it's good for europe and i don't think it's good for our country. we're as you know far superior to anything that's happened before, but we have very bad immigration laws and we're -- i mean, we're doing incredibly well considering the fact that we vuirtually don't have immigration laws. we have laws so bad i don't even call them laws. it's just like you walk across the border and you put 1 foot on the land and now you're tied up in a lawsuit for five years.

it's the craziest thing anyone's ever seen. i would just make that recommendation to europe. i've made it very loud and clear. i made it yesterday. 29 countries total. and that's the way i feel. >> the uk has a proud history of welcoming people who are fleeing persecution to our country. we have a proud history of welcoming people who want to come to our country to contribute to our economy and contribute to our society. and over the years, overall immigration has been good for the uk. it's brought people with different backgrounds, different outlooks here to the uk. and has -- we have seen them contributing to our society and our economy. what is important is that we have control of our borders. what is important is that we have a set of rules that enables us to determine who comes in to our country and of course that is what as a government we have been doing for a number of years and will be able to continue to do in the future. >> mr. president.

>> you spent the week taking on nato allies, criticizing prime minister may on her own soil and i i wonder are you giving russian president vladimir putin the upper hand heading into your talks given that you are challenging these alliances that he seeks to break up and destroy? >> that's such dishonest reporting, because of course it happens to be nbc which is possibly worse than cnn, possibly. possibly. let me explain something. we have left nato with more money, with more unity, with more spirit than nato probably has ever had. we have a strong and powerful nato. when i became president, we didn't. we had people that weren't paying their bills. we had people that were way down, that weren't following their commitments. in addition to that we become an oil exporter which would not have happened under the past regime or a new regime if it weren't us. we have built up our military

$700 billion and then next year as you know $716 billion. when you look at russia, whoever it is in russia are saying gee, we riwish trump was not the victor. we have been far tougher on russia than anybody. look, i'm not going to go down 100 years, but certainly we have been extremely tough on russia, including the fact that when the prime minister called, when they had a horrible thing happen right here very close by, she asked would i do something and i -- maybe i'd let you tell the number and it was far greater than anybody else, including the prime minister. we expelled how many people? and germany did three as an example. so germany, big country, powerful country, they did three. the fake news doesn't want to talk about it. so it really is. we have been very strong on

russia. with all that being said, if i had a relationship with putin, i don't know him. i met him twice, maybe three times, two and a half times. most of you were there when we did. we met him at the g 20. if we could develop a relationship, which is good for russia, good for us, good for everybody, that would be great. if i had a relationship with china, you know we're in a big trade situation with china as an example where we're behind every year for many years, $500 billion. it's not going to happen anymore. so if we got along with countries, that's a good thing. if we got along with china, russia, that's a good thing, not a bad thing. >> i take your point about what happened at the end of the nato -- >> the headline you see isn't the headline. yes, there's fighting. you've got to put up more money. we have to be stronger. we have to be headlined. the headline he sees isn't what's happening during the morning. the headline he sees is what

happened in the afternoon where we came together as one. they're putting up billions of dollarings. i'll give you an example. you know this is a confirmed number. $34 billion more was raised since i became president in nato. that means that the other 28 countries have put in $34 billion more into nato. do you think putin is happy about that? i don't think so. but we have a lot of false reporting in this country. i don't think you have that in country, do you, prime minister? go ahead. ask the prime minister. >> the question is while president trump it will "the sun" i think the deal she is striking on brexit is not what the people voted for. is he wrong? and i wonder if he could get your reaction to him saying boris johnson would be a great prime minister. >> the agreement that we've put on the table, as i said earlier in response to laura's first

question, this does deliver on the vote of the british people. the british people voted to leave the european union and i heard the turn of phrase the president used earlier, but let me be very clear about this. he will be leaving the european union and we are leaving on the 29th of march, 2019. as we leave the european union, we will be delivering on what people voted for, an end to free move pent, an end to sending vast amounts of money to the european union every year and an end to the european court of justice every year coming out of the common fishery policy, coming out of the common alculture policies and ensuring by coming out of the customs union that we can have an independent trade policy that allows us to negotiate trade deals with the united states and other countries. that's what the british people voted for and that's what we will be delivering. peel deliver it in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods and meets our commitment to the border in between northern ireland and ireland.

and l respond. they said unrelated. we have the tape you can get it from sarah. we taped the entire interview. they asked about boris johnson and i said he would be a great prime minister. he's been saying very nice things about me as president. i think he thinks i'm doing a great job. i am doing a great job i will tell you in case you haven't noticed. boris johnson would be a great prime minister. i also said that this incredible woman right here is doing a fantastic job, a great job. and i mean that. and i must say that i have gotten to know theresa may much better over the last two days than i've known her over the last year and a half. yesterday i had breakfast, lunch and dinner with her and i said what are we dog tomorrow?

oh, you're having breakfast and lunch with theresa may and i'm going to see you later on again. i've actually gotten to know herbert than ever. i think she's a terrific woman and she's doing a terrific job. that brexit is a very tough situation. that's a tough deal between the borders and the entries into the countries and all of the things. she's going to do the best. the only thing i ask is that she work it out so that we can have very even trade because we do not have a fair deal with the european union right now on trade. they treat the united states horribly and that's going to change. and if it doesn't change, they're going to have to pay a very big price and they know what that price is. they're coming over on july 25th to see me and hopefully we can work something out. they have barriers that are beyond belief, barriers where they won't take our farm products. they won't take many of our things including our cars. they charge us tariffs on cars far greater than we charge them. you know all these things. last year, theresa, we lost $151

billion with the european union. so we can't have that. we're not going to have that any longer. thank you. >> mr. president, how would you characterize your relationship with the united kingdom? more special than any other countries? by the way, on farm products, i think on the prime minister's deal, you wouldn't be allowed to export many farm products to the uk. would that be a problem for you? prime minister, the president said yesterday that he gave you advice about how to negotiate brexit. that you didn't take that advice. i wondered what that advice skpwas and whether you have any regrets about not taking. >> a lot of people give me advice about how you to negotiate with the european union. my is gting ohere ne ase've been going through these negotiations, there been

skeptical voices from you about what we would achieve in december. we've got that joint agreement on citizens rights and those other issues. we've got the imple men tmentat period in march. we've put forward the two proposals. the two that were put forward were not acceptable. we said no and that's why we have put our own proposal on the table. in answer to one of the questions, it delivers on the brexit deal but also ensures that we can have smooth trade with the european union in the future. in terms of the united states, in trade with the united states, there will be questions on some of the trade issues about the standards we have here for certain products and how we want to deal with those in the trade deal. that will be a matter for the negotiations. >> so i would say i give our relationship in terms of grade the highest level of special. we start off with special. i would give our relationship with the uk okay. now especially after this two days with your prime minister, i

would say the highest level of special. am i allowed to go higher than that? i'm not sure. it's the highest level of special. they're very special people. it's a very special country. as i said, i have a relationship because my mother was born in scotland. so very important. as far as the advice, i did give her a suggestion. i wouldn't say advice. i think she found it too brutal. i can see that. but i don't know if you remember what i said. i did give her a certain amount of -- i gave her a suggestion, not advice. i would give her a suggestion. i could fully understand why she thought it was a little bit tough. and maybe some day she'll do that. if they don't make the right deal, she may very well do what i suggested she might want to do. it is not an easy thing. look at the united states how the european union has taken advantage systematically of the united states on trade. it's a disgrace. it's not an easy negotiation.

>> john, go ahead, john. no. john robert, go ahead. cnn's fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. john roberts of fox. let's go to a real network. >> thank you, mr. president. some people have suggested the relations between the united states and russia are at their lowest point since the end of the cold war. you have stated many, many times that you think it's important to have a better relationship with russia. is there any way for relations between the united states and russia to improve as long as putin continues to occupy crimea? >> yes, i think so. i think i have a very good relationship with president putin if we spend time together. i may be wrong. other people have said it didn't work out, but i'm different than other people. i think we're being hurt very badly by i would call it the witch hunt.

i would call it the rigged witch hunt after watching some of the little clips. i didn't get to watch too much. i'm here. it's a different time zone. after watching the man that was testifying yesterday, i'd call it the rigged witch hunt, i think that really hurts our country and it really hurts our relationship with russia. i think that we would have a chance to have a very good relationship with russia and a very good chance, a very good relationship with president putin. i would hope so. >> what is your thinking about improving relations with russia while they continue to illegally occupy another country? >> yes, they do. if you're talking about crimea, again, but president obama failed very badly with crimea. i don't think he would have done that if i were president. he took over crimea during the obama administration i think you will admit. we'll have to see what happens. i'm not bad at doing things. if you look at what i've done

compared to what other people have done 160 days in, there's nobody even close i don't believe. so let's see what happens. but this was an obama disaster and i think if i were president then he would not have taken over crimea. during the obama administration he essentially took over crimea. i don't think he would have done that with me as president, john. >> if i could follow-up, you have taken on many things you say your left with by the obama administration that you say you have fixed. this is something you inherited from the obama administration, the occupation of crimea. how do you fix it? >> we're going to see what happens. it's a process. if i knew, i wouldn't tell you because that would put us at a disadvantage. but we'll see what happens. we'll see how it all comes out. i just want people to understand that crimea was another bad hand i got handed north korea. we're doing very well. you saw the letter yesterday.

we're doing very well. we haven't had nuclear testing. we haven't had missile launches. we haven't had rocket launches. some sites were blown up. we got back more hostages, our prisoners even before i left. a lot of good things are happening. there's some good feeling. it's probably a longer process than anybody would like, but i'm used to long processes too. we haven't taken off the sanctions. but when it comes to crimea, that's something i took over, john. there's nothing much i have to say about it other than we will look at that just like i'm looking at many other disasters that i've taken over. i've taken over a lot of bad hands and i'm fixing them one by one. i know how to fix them. >> president trump says that he made suggestions to you on what to do brexit. can we ask if you would make a suggestion on him h hdle his meeting withputin?

>> we've been talking about this today which what is important is that the president goes into this as he is doing, from a position of strength. and also from a position of unity in nato. i think that is very important. obviously, we have discussed the activity of russia. including the use of a nerve agent here on the streets of the united kingdom and the impact it's had. i welcome the strong response the united states gave to that. we had response from around the world. i think the important thing, in particularly following the nato summit, the president is going into this meeting with president putin from the position of strength and unity around the nato table. jason? >> thank you, jason gross, the daily mail. prime minister, in the comments yesterday, your own mps sort of sided with donald trump, really,

and said this deal that you signed here at clerks is going to be bad for trade. why can't you convince your own mps it's a good idea? and mr. president, you have said lk away from talks to show them that you mean business? >> first of all, on the issue of trade deals, as i've said earlier, what we're -- negotiating and when we come out of the negotiations, i want to see and we will have our ability to have independent trade policy. set our own tariffs. to be an independent member of the wto. to negotiate around the world. we're looking at the united states and other areas. we're looking at issues like, the -- possibility of some trade deals around the pacific area, too. we will know gauche yat those trade deals. i want to have a good

relationship with the european union. the united kingdom is looking for and can know gaucnegotiate relationship with the united states and around the rest of the world as well. that is what would be good for jobs, people's livelihoods, prosperity here in the uk. >> well, if you remember, i was opening turnberry, the day before brexit. we had an unbelievably large number of reporters there. because everybody was there, i guess, because of brexit. and they all showed up on the 9th hole, overlooking the ocean. and i said, what's going on? all they wanted to talk about was brexit. they asked my opinion. i think you'll agree, i said that i think brexit will happen. and it did happen. we cut the ribbon. the reason i felt it would happen is because of immigration. one of the reasons i got elected was because of immigration. i felt brexit had the upper

hand. barack obama said, well, your country will have to get on the back of the line if that happened. which i thought was a terrible thing to say, frankly. but i said i thought it was going to happen. and it did happen. and i also think that -- as far as negotiating the deal, i probably would have done what my suggestion was to the prime minister. but she can always do that. she can do that at some point. she can do what i suggested to her. >> would you walk away? >> you can't walk away. if she does that, she's stuck. you can't walk away. you can do other things. she can do what my suggestion was. and my suggestion was respectfully submitted. she will do very well. think she's a very tough ne gauche jyater. i've been watching her. she's a smart and determined person.

there are a lot of people looking up now saying, gee, whiz, she left a lot of people in her wake. she's a very smart, very tough, very capable person. i would much rather have her as my friend than as my enemy. that, i can tell you. >> and we e are friends. >> go ahead. >> jeff mace frn reuters. >> i like your hat. >> thank you. >> you would look good without it. >> thank you, sir. going into your meeting. >> take it off, jeff. please? >> oh, boy. okay. >> i like you better without the hat. >> go ahead. >> there we go. going into your meeting with president putin on monday, sir, you mentioned denuclearization and syria. can you say what your message will be to him on syria? what would you like him to say given assad's gains.

and on denuclearization can you spell out how you expect it to happen? >> it will be a slow process. we're not the only ones that have nuke. it would be a slow process. for us, others would have to come alongsidele tan usely. i think that when the meeting was arranged, and we both wanted the meeting, when the meeting was arranged, it was from my standpoint, i didn't go in with high expectations. you may come out with something exceptional. but, the pro life vags a tremendous -- i mean, to me, thest the biggest problem in the world. nuclear weapons. biggest problem in the world. i understand nuclear. look up dr. john trump at m.i.t. he was my uncle. many, many years a professor. i used to talk nuclear with him many h, many years ago. it's the biggest problem in my opinion, this world has.

nuclear weapons. if we could do something to substantially reduce them? i mean, ideally get rid of them. maybe that's a dream. but certainly, it's a subject i'll bring up with him. and it's also very expensivexpe. that's the least important. so, if we can do something. but, i didn't go in -- i was telling the prime minister before. i didn't go in with high expectations. we do have a -- a political problem where, you know in the united states, we have this stupidity going on. pure stupidity. it makes it very hard to do something with russia. anything you do, it's always going the to be, oh, russia, he loves russia. i love the united states. but i love getting along with russia. and china. and other countries. and, it will certainly be, jeff, something we bring up and talk about. i think, to me, it's such a big problem. syria, of course, i'll bring that up. and yukraine. and other subjects.

>> can you spell out what you would like to hear from him on syria? >> that was another one. the red line in the sand was a problem for us. >> what would you like president putin to do now under your watch? >> i'm going to talk to him about that. before i talk to you. and, if something happens, it will be great. if it doesn't happen. i'm not going in with high expectations. we may come out with very surprising things. but relationship is important. having a relationship with russia and other countries, i've said a number of times. for years, i have been saying it. i said it during my campaign. having relationships with other countries is really a good thing. i think that -- i can't -- really overestimate how big the meeting was yesterday with nato. we went with something that really was an unfair situation to something that is unified. i mean, they had spirit.

those people were getting up and where we are committing. they can't go -- not like they can go immediately back. they have to go through parliaments and congresses and representatives. whatever forum they have. they have to go through an approval process. i'll tell you what, every single person in the room was gung ho to get it done to get the money in. and even before that, as you know, $34 billion. i think the secretary general who is doing a terrific job, by the way, he said yesterday that because of president trump, we have taken in $34 billion more for nato. i think the number is actually much higher than that. but $34 billion more, at least. and again, that's nothing that my opponent would have done. my opponent would have -- it would have kept going down. it was going down. you see what was happening over the years. the numbers were going down. now the number's way up. it's going way up higher. and that was, he will tell you

,me. >> president trump -- >> prime minister may, the president in his time in brussels expressed a concern about a pipeline between russia and germany. do you share those conce and to follow up on the questioning from my colleagues in the british press and the american side, did you feel undermined by president trump's comments in the sun about your brexit plan and about boris johnson? >> no, look i'm very clear our brexit plan will deliver on what the british people voted for we had an discussion here and i've said and as president trump said about the possibility and the intent that we both have to have an ambitious trade deal going forward. and i think that's -- that's exactly where we will be going. that's very important for both of our countries. actually we stand -- we have stood shoulder to shoulder with the united states in so many different ways over the years as a result of our special relationship. and we will show that even

further through the trade arrangements we will put in place in the future. >> and i have to just to finish off, jeff just to finish off i have to say, i said to that paper the sun, and they seemed like two very nice people. but i said that theresa may is a one of them is nice -- but i said. >> the one sitting here where is that person. >> i say nice things about theresa may, please? >> oh good, if you reported them that's good where on the internet? i said very good things. thank you very much for saying that. no i said very good things about her. i didn't think they put it in but that's all right. tey didn't put it in the headline i wish they put that in the headline that's one of thoengs. she is a total professional when i saw her this morning i said i want to aaapologize because i said don't thing about you she said don't worry it's only the press. i thought that was professional. i might add -- i might add -- >> that's all called -- thaefr

been doing to me and i do it to them. i do say the pipeline u.s. you asked about the pipeline, to me, it is a tragedy -- i think 80s horrific thing that's being done. where you are feeding billions and billions of dollars from germany primarily and other countries but primarily from germany into the coffer is of russia when we try to do something to have peace in the world. injury it's a horrible thing germany is doing. a horrible mistake. as much as i like angela i was opening in saying i think it's a horrible thing to have a plin from russia. i believe germany is getting 50, 60 or 70% of the energy coming from russia. and how can you be working for peace and working from strength when somebody has that kind of power over your country in it's not good.

you are not working from strength you are giving up strepgt. it's bad for germany, bad for the german people. and i don't think it's good for nato, you want to know the truth. okay. >> please -- just -- we said we would take four questions each we have taken four questions each. just on the -- the pipeline issue on the nord stream we were talking to the germans about this and other countries within the european union about this. while which continue to sit around the eu table this will be something that will be discussed at the european union table and obviously we will make sewer views known there. the mr. president, thank you. >> can you share your views your position on it. >> we need discussing this with germany. the president has made clear his concerns about what is happening. angela merkel made her position are discussions to be held on the issue of nord stream 2. and we are talking to other countries within the european union. i think the president said earlier in response to a question about future meeting he

was going to have that he would tell you what was happening after that meeting. and we -- you will see what comes out from the european union. and while we are a member of the eu because we still are until the 29th march of 2019 and then we are leaching. >> there you have it precip president trump alongside theresa may. forced to stand side by side and take questions from the press less than 24 hours after the interview with the sun newspaper saying that the prime minister's stance on brexit that was wrong she wrecked it. she gave her advice she did not take high pressure. he offered praise for boris johnson and said he could have handled it better. but you heard him pressed there the first question out of the gate. mr. president you changed your tune this morning is that the behavior of a friend? i said i didn't criticize her. i pointed to a recording he says of the interview. that he said anyone could look at he said trade is tricky in

fact he went on to say whatever you do, i support it it's up to you when it came to brexit. alluded to advice that suggestion he had given that we didn't clearly say what the advice was saying at some point perhaps she will take it. he did say that when he saw her this morning he said i want to apologized for the headlines that greeted the folks in the uk this morning after that interview. he said that she told him don't worry it's just the press. let's get right to the chief foreign correspondent terrie moran informs something to see the two of them standing side by side they made it appear the relationship was strong. but they did deal with the juxtaposition of the headlines and the interview where he criticized her harshly and stood beside her today and said she is a great leader. >> well it's been head spinning here, david. the english people have gotten a good, long look at the trump shoep. where he says something that's very controversial puts something out there and here it

is this is all anybody in this country is talking about the sun's interview may wreck brexit. u.s. deal is off. and he did say those things in that interview. today was damage control trying to get back on -- on the same page. and you could see how they both decided to handle it. all is great. and it may be between the leaders and the governments. but the people of britain today are going to hear this and look at it and say, he is humiliated our prime minister. she isn't strong enough to answer him back in a way that backs him off from the comments. and while there are many people who will support his call for a harshly restricted immigration here, many others will say, as the prime minister did, that immigration is made britain stronger strong. he leaves a country that as i said their head is spinning from the comments that he has made. the speci r spia i think a lot of people are saying with special friends like this, well, you know the rest, david. >> terry thanks to you i want to

bring in jonathan karl watching with meme this morning in jarkt. john i thought it was stunning. i don't recall a moment like this perhaps you do. but i don't think there exists one. where a president of the united states would stand next to the british prime minister and -- and say that another person would make a great prime minister of britain talking about boris johnson her main rival. he didn't back down from that. he said she is a great leader but boris johnson would be a great leader too. >> david this entire trip is unlike anything we have seen from a u.s. president and we are seen a pattern here now. we haven't gotten to the putin summit. but in nato, he comes in guns ablazing saying some of the most undiplomatic things we have seen a u.s. president say taking on allies and leaving the summit pro claiming united and more united than ever. and the same pattern here the extraordinary breach of protocol with this sun interview that he did just hours before sitting down with theresa may. and now coming out and saying that our relationship is the

most special form of special wsh special relationship. so an extraordinary visit here by a united states president. by the way, one more thing, i don't know if you caught this but as he was leaving he was asked directly will you tell putin to stay out of u.s. elections? the president looked back and he said, yes. >> he did in fact say yes. yes thanks for adding that. i should mention that during the press conference, john he was asked would i bring up russian meddling he said don't expect a perry mason moment where putin says oh you got me there. trying to use humor to deflect the questions about how hard he will press putin on meddling. and john, he goes to meet with the queen next to share tea. there was no interview about the queen he won't have to do clean upwith that. >> i imagine he will be on best behavior with queen. >> our thanks to our chief white house correspondent and terrie moran in london good morning america continues here across the country and of course i'll see you for a complete wrap up on world news ton. i'm david muir in new york. good day.

>> announcer: this has been a special report from abc news. one thing you can say it's never boring. >> no our heads are spinning a little bit. >> that news conference was something. afcs you heard the president wrapping up the news conference with theresa may and now heading to the queen to speak with her. we will see what comes of that. i expect nothing like this news conference. but i guess you never know. >> right. >> you never know the president adamant that the u.s. and uk have a special relationship. >> right. despite that interview he did with the sun. >> right. >> which was pretty critical of actions of late okay we put that aside and talk about what's happening in the bay area it's 6:48 let's go to true who has the weather and it's a little humid this morning. >> it is humid you guys. we are tracking a couple of hours that popped up in the north by. i want to zoom in. live doppler 7. look at this. detecting a couple of lightning strikes and folks on twitter said they heard thunder in the north bay.

there is a punch this morning in the shower. that's working north on 101 heading towards windsor at this hour. we keep the chance of drizzle in the forecast through 9:00 this morning. you see there still the chance. but in that chance out of here early in the afternoon and the sunshine comes lack bout that's weather let's get a traffic check. things finally started to ramp up here but not bad for the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights on at 5:27 this morning. keck out either side the fast track lanes are full but it looks like the backup approaching the scene in the maze is not bad. and the cash lanes looking empty. if of course the car pool lanes look great. we have a new crash on southbound 880 south of state route 92 merge merge sounds like four car collision. that's blocking ta lanes that's a tough the spot to have lanes down. emergency krous judge just arriving. >> thanks arlgsis. this is not what you want to have happen when your flight takes off from snow flight aware flight tracker showing a united

flight to sydney australia doing circles then returning minutes after take off >> it was forced to turn around engine caught on fir. our reporter amy holleyedfield with is live with more on the emergency laning. >> good morning, jessica. not words you want to hear from the pilot that we have an engine on pyre and need to make an emergency landing. we have video of the landing. toorg. it was a smooth emergency landing here at sfo. at 12:35 this morning. this is united flight 863, headed to sydney when it had to turned around and come back to sfor. passengers say one of the engines caught fire during take off. someouar. it's god that they say they were turning around, come become. i feel safer coming back than taking flight to sydney.

>> here is statement united airlines e-mailed our newsroom. the flight landed safely and we will work to get customers to sydney as soon as possible the maintenance team is inspecting the aircraft. one passenger was told they will likely be getting on the same flight to sydney, same time today. reporting live at sfo, amy holleyfield, abc 7. >> thank you amy we sent a push alerted after learning about the landing stay up to date oh by downloading the news app and sign up for the push anteriorallies. the search is on this morning for a man accused of robbing banks across the state include in the bay area. >> abc 7 news reporter matt kjeller is live in san ramon with the photos the fbi and local law enforcement want you insi thent iedle note demanding money. the teller refused andment attempted robber ran off. here are images from the surveillance cameras. he huss hit several banks in bay

area. one in sacramento and several in southern california. he is the known as the faux badge bandit. the he has a badge and a shoulder holster. an hour before ranning the bank in san ramon. i flashed a gun at a teller in heart's avenue bank. sheriff's office sheriff department says he has rob bank in cupertino in june and july. robbing three. he has a fair complexion and acne scars between 40 and 50 years old, six feet tall. weighs 230 pounds. if you see him don't pretty much him, call 911. matt matt. you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast let's check in with drew one more time a lot of activity. >> it's humid, includedy, a couple of showers that pop up as a piece of energy rolls through. live doppler 7. yes it's july. but we can get a couple of drops

when monsieurenle moisture moves through. that's what you see. moving to the north bay right now this is where the action is at this early morning hour. you can see we pick up a couple of lightning strikes on live doppler 7. i asked folks on twitter if they heard thunder processive they have. the cell pushes forth. the next five, ten minutes through healdsburg. 101 if you are driving in the next couple of minutes or so out the doctor you may see drops op the windshield. this is the where the moisture coming from out of the desert southwest pch moving in our direction. we're on the tail end. it's only the next two to three hours we have the chance of drizzle. future weather will show you that likely by 9:00 a couple of patches of drizzle in the forecasts and system gets out to the north and clearing skies in the afternoon. highs today clouds early on. sunshine in the afternoon away from the coast. 68 in san francisco. 73 oakland. 82 the high in san jose. so the accuweather seven-day forecast plans the next seven days, muggy this morning.

sunnier afternoon. cooler starting the weekend and temperatures back up to finish it off on sunday. that's the weather let's check out the roads with alexis. hey, drou, heading back to the hayward area where we have a -curforaar spot. south of state route 92. updating that location a bit at tennisson road as i understand. we have two lanes block two open. that area pretty slow on its own without any lanes blocked there. so not a great location, not any word on injuries yet it sounds like there is an ambulance sent. north of there in in northbound 88 oh before 98th we have a the debris in the roadway. . otherwise cigarette through most of the east bay. all the routes to the bay bridge not bad. south bay looking good. northbound 101 at 880 in significant delays through san jose. nice break especially after yesterday. check out the drive times westbound 80 highway 4 to the

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things you need to to know before you intth netiating bay where the section. a couple of lightening strikes around santa rosa lifting to the norg. a couple hours more of drizzle. sunnier skies by the afternoon. number two the united airlines flight to sydney made an emergency landing at sfo just after 12:30 this morning. passengers say they were informed that tlfrs a failure in the left engine about 45 minutes after taking off from sfo. nobody got hurt. number three, a search is under way for the so-called faux badge bandit. the suspected serial bank robber is wanted in connection to four bay area hiefts rt heists in danville and cupertino. >> president trump and theresa may wrapped up a news conference and denied criticizing may in an interview with the sun newspapers mr. trump said she is taking the wrong approach to brexit. number five if you are planning on having honey smacks

soo cereal for breakfast do not eat it. the centers for disease control says they are 100 confirmed salmonella cases linked to the cereal. number six i have a pretty quiet morning overall and got good new foss hayward crash. four vehicles involved in the two left lanes all lanes now reopened. we have residual day delays that should kprof in a few minutes. >> number 7 number 7, happy friday one of the made upnational monthly days frefrm fries are honors. several chain haves deals for customers. go ahead and live your best fry life. >> and mcdonald's also. >> yeah you have to download the app to get free fries today. >> and $1 minimum purchase. >> that's easy. >> you have all the details. >> i know what she is doing after work. >> i'm having french fries. >> we were arguing about wavele fry who is is for enemy. >> he they are delicious.

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