jeff mason, anything you want to pick up on? >> guest: i'm not quite sure what the caller's referring to with the president spending all his time at the white house, i'd be curious to know what he's referring to there. we know, obviously, that a president spends quite a bit of time traveling. he goes to florida, to mar-a-lago or to new jersey, his property there, pretty regularly, so i'm not quite sure what he's referring to there. >> host: does he have anyto be other major meetings on the agenda besides abe? >> guest: in florida? >> host: yes. >> guest: i think he's doing a tax-related event, and i think he's doing a fundraising event as well. but the main, the main thing will be the abe visit, and that will last two or three days. >> host: and i guess we should note in the week ahead in washington and for the country it's tax day coming up tomorrow this week. it's certainly a topic we've focused on quite a bit in the wake of tax reform. next is rockaway park, new york, line for independents. nitro, good morning. >> caller: goo

today's washington journal, we will discuss the week ahead in washington with sahil kapur and jeff mason from reuters. michael est

jeff mason is the white house correspondent. bill is waiting.aller: i think we should be terrified about these predawn raid the justice department has conducted against paul manafort and donald trumps lawyers. behavior, more engaged with dictators. i have a speculation i would like to make about why they are doing it. i think they are doing it not for what they are seizing but for the access to these people's residences and offices so they can plant bugs all over. i am sure they have highly sophisticated listening devices. when you have hours in an office , you can put things in. they have gone to manafort, insisting he cannot go outside of his house, which is extremely unusual. they are now have gone to every a voyeur lived or has access to. why would they do that? it is unusual. a couple of things on that. a commonality between the raid michael:,nafort and they were no knock warrants. the prosecutors had to convince a judge if they knock the person whose information they were trying to obtain would have a credible threat of destroying informat

jeff mason will be a part of that discussion.e'll get his take on what that meeting is expected to entail. herbie is in mississippi. caller: yes, i don't trust either one of them but trump tells a lot of truth. and he cane news shoot a man on fifth avenue and nothing would happen to him. all white man in power has always been able to do these things. goes only back to back people fighting for civil rights. it shows the fact that this is nothing but a big soap opera. for us to stand around and wait for somebody to prosecute a rich white man, that is not going to happen. if you have to fight for civil rights, you are fighting against an individual who doesn't have civil rights. he is not even civilized. dealing with all the way but -- dealing with white people, we have to acknowledge white males have been trying themselves as god's. in god we trust. everything they try to do, the house of lords, that is what we are doing with here in america. we have a group of people being held to the standards of god's. a few comments from twitte

of our meeting and i appreciate your being here and we'll take a couple of questions how about jeff mason for reuters. thank you mr president if either after discussions today with president across what is your thinking about a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria and one other topic you mentioned today that you thought the leader of north korea has behaved openly and honorably. this is someone who many people have accused of starting his people killing family members what does he mean when you call him that well we will start with your second part of the question and i hope that we will be able to deliver a open and honorable fashion with north korea i started a process and when i did everybody thought i was doing it absolutely wrong but in the meantime for twenty five years people have been dealing and nothing happened and a lot happening right now i can tell you that jeff a lot is happening and i think it's going to be very positive and i hope it's going to be very positive for north korea and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world but i am starting at a level th

be that in california or in the country. >> jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters.e appreciate your time on this easter sunday. >> my pleasure.>> in sacramento protest continue after the family of stephon clark released a autopsy report. he was fatally shot by police to be civil. the autopsy shows he was shot six times in the back. appearing to contradict initial claims that he was approaching officers when he was shot. the night that clark was killed a police helicopter spotted what could be him jumping a fence into his grandmothers backyard. police said he mistook the cell phone that he was holding for a gun. the former sacramento kings player matt barnes joined in the protest. >> i have 29-year-old boys just like this. and i fear for them. you know what i mean? i fear for the streets. now i have to fear for the cops. >> sacraments of police have not yet released a report on the investigation. >>> right now rescue crews are looking for survivors after a building collapsed overseas. what caused this four-story hotel to come crashing down. plus, a space station fall

jeff mason from reuters. >> you too, shep. >> shepard: the united nations is in emergency session about syria. think about it. 500,000 or more people that have been killed in a civil war that has developed into a proxy war with the united states against the syrian government, the russians and the iranians. now a video and it's condemning and horrible. but is it confirmed? no. niece about to lead to something we're led to believe. maybe we'll get more from the nighted nations on this. why president trump deserved credit for success in syria but warns withdrawing our troops now would bring nothing but trouble. it's the bottom of the hour, mid commercial headlines are next and we'll start with michael o'hanlon. stay with us. od with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty st

that still to be seen. >> shepard: jeff mason for reuters, thank you. cutting it short because we have breaking news on fox news channel. word of a major development in a decades old case. officials in california making an announcement about the golden state killer. the original night stalker. for four decades the identity of the person police say murdered 12 people and raped dozens of others in the 70s and 80s has been a mystery. but now an announcement. let's listen. >> upwards of 50 rapes, 12 murders. crimes that span ten years across at least ten different counties. it was that day in june of 2016 that we in public safety reiterated our commitment to justice and the victims. in this case, the golden state killer. it was that day that we embarked upon what i call our journey for justice. a to find the answer, to give victims a voice and ultimately to identify this person and bring him to justice. we brought teams together, not long after that press conference. we dedicateded more resources, more people and we created what i have called team justice.

jeff mason from reuters asked the president what did he mean by that. this is what he didn't say. >> we're having good discussions. kim jong-un, he has been very open, and i think honorable from everything we're seeing. now a lot of promises have been made by north korea over the years. but they've never been in this position. >> so then after that, jeff mason asked him about, you know, what do you mean when they called him that? we want to deal with him in an open and honorable fashion. he didn't necessarily say he was honorable again but said the negotiations should be honorable. you know, what is the president risking with language like that? >> he risks being disingenuous, kim jong-un has done some horrible things as the leader of a country. on the other hand, before a diplomatic meeting that he's worked on and pointed to, i think, you know, you don't want to bad cop a guy right before you want to meet with him potentially. maybe that's a little bit of what's at play here. >> let's turn to the man some have said is labeled candy man inside the admin

how about jeff mason from reuters. jeff? >> thank you, mr. president. >> hi, jeff. >> hi there. after discussions today with president macron, what is your thinking about a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria? and on one other topic you mentioned that you thought the leader of north korea has behaved openly and honorably. this is someone whose many people have accused of starving his people, killing family members. what did you mean when you called him that? >> well, we will start with your second part of the question. i hope that we will be able to deal in a very open and honorable fashion with north korea. i started a process and when i did everybody thought i was doing it absolutely wrong, but in the meantime for 25 years people have been dealing and nothing happened and a lot is happening right now, i can tell you that, jeff, a lot is happening and i think it's going to be very positive. and i hope it's going to be very positive for north korea and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world. but i am starting at a level that frankly i shouldn't have had t

jeff mason, let me bring you back in on that.hite house jared kushner, early on in the administration, this was supposed to be the guy with the president's ear. there was some talk, about who was the moderating influence on the president, there was some talk that would be him. tell us about their world now a year and a half into the presidency. >> jared kushner was a key aide during the campaign and transition and seen that way when he first came into the white house as well. president trump talked him being the one person who could find a solution to middle east peace. now jared has lost his security clearance for reasons that haven't entiretily been explained. he's lost his influence on many issues. is still trying to maintain his roll on foreign policy, both in the middle east and relations with mexico. he's not that essentially person as he was seen when he came in. >> thank you. we'll take a brief break from politics to talk about the final four. >>> also some news about one that just happened. right back after this. you wer

and jeff mason, reuters white house correspondent. welcome both. , first, the a-plus grade in a week when scott pruitt is taking fire on the hill, ronny jackson has had to pull out after not having been properly vetted and we've got michael cohen being damaged, you know, legally by the president's own comments on "fox & friends" today in that filing in the southern district of new york for starters. >> indeed. i don't think a lot of people would agree with that grade but i'm not surprised that's the grade the president gave himself. he's optimistic about what his administration has been able to accomplish and it's fair to also point out that he likes chaos, you know, and that chaos has sort of stayed around him during his first year in office and into the first few months of this year and continues. >> and let's talk about your incredible mcmaster profile. patrick, you have the first insight from all the rumblings we've all heard. what are your big takeaways about the way mcmaster was treated and was able to function within the white house? >> the f

of our meeting and i appreciate your being here and we'll take a couple of questions how about jeff mason from reuters. thank you mr president hi there after discussions today with president mccrone what is your thinking about a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria and one other topic you mentioned today that you thought the leader of north korea has behaved openly and honorably this is someone who many people have accused of starving his people killing family members what did you mean when you called him that well we will start with your second part of the question and i hope that we will be able to deal in a very open and honorable fashion with north korea i started a process and when i did everybody thought i was doing it absolutely wrong but in the meantime for twenty five years people have been dealing and nothing happened and a lot's happening right now i can tell you that jeff a lot is happening and i think it's going to be very positive and i hope it's going to be very positive for north korea and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world but i am starting at a

how about jeff mason from reuters. jeff? reporter: thank you, mr. president. hi, there. after your discussions today with president macron, what is your thinking about a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria? and on one other topic, you mentioned today that you thought the leader of north korea has behaved openly and honorably. this is someone who many people have accused of starving his people, killing family members, what did you mean when you called him that? president trump: well, we will start with your second part of the question. i hope that we will be able to deal in a very open and honorable fashion with north korea. i started a process and when i did, everybody thought i was doing it absolutely wrong. but in the meantime, for 25 years people have been dealing and nothing happened. a lot's happening right now, i can tell you that. a lot is happening. and i think it's going to be very positive. and i hope it's going to be very positive for north korea. and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world. i am starting at a level that frankly i should

joining me is jeff mason, a white house correspondent with reuters. jeff, let me ask you.hy do you think this white house, this president has had nothing to say about the police shooting in sacramento? they've said it was a local issue, but when you see the attorney general in louisiana, when you see nightly news deal with the demonstrations, the protests, the funerals all of us participated in, why so silent when he can talk about anything and everything else. >> he certainly can. it's hard to answer how he chooses when to weigh in on something on twitter and when not to. but i think you're right to point out this is not something he has engaged on very much. and you can -- it's sometimes hard to decide or hard to guess whether he's super strategic in his tweeting, but he certainly was very vocal yesterday on issues like amazon, on the california governor, but did not weigh in on this. >> now, we're also hearing aside from his weighing in on amazon and the california governor, which is ironic since this case is in sacramento, california, but aside from that, we are hearin

jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. jeff, starting with you on this. as you know, less than 48 hours following the strike that bill neely was describing so well for us on syria, the president shifting gears pretty quickly, now going after fbi director james comey. this all coming ahead of that interview we've been talking about. let's listen to a little bit of what we'll be hearing tonight, and then i'll get your reaction, jeff. >> i was operating in a world where hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump. so i'm sure that it was a factor. like i said, i don't remember spelling it out, but it had to have been that she's going to be elected president, and if i hide this from the american people, she'll be illegitimate the moment she's elected, the moment this comes out. >> if you knew that letter would elect donald trump, you'd still send it? >> i would. i would. >> so as you know, jeff, there was a question. the president made the attack on syria because it was political. in this case with comey, folks are saying is it confirmation comey did consi

how about jeff mason from reuters? >> thank you, mr. president . with her discussions with president macron, what you're thinking for a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria? if that north korea has behaved openly and honorably. this is someone who many people have accused of stabbing his people, killing family members. what did you mean when you called him that? starving his people? >> president trump: i hope we will be able to do with a very open and honorable fashion in north korea, i started a process, everyone thought i was doing it absolutely wrong but for 25 years, nothing had happened and a lot happening right now, i can tell you that, jeff. a lot happening. i think it's going to be very positive for north korea and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world. but i am starting at a level that, frankly, i should not have had to start. this should have been worked out many years ago. we were discussing that we should be having the situation happened to the united states and the world. this should have been resolved by other

jeff mason from reuters. >> i'm here. >> there you are, jeff. >> good to see you. follow up on george's question, which is what about infrastructure? and see something that you are advising the president and his team to push this year? and what kind of an economic impact would have that have? and secondly on the trade issue, have you put together numbers or advised the president or anyone else in the white house about the economic impact of a trade war if some of these issues are not resolved with regard to tariffs? >> so for infrastructure we have a whole chapter on infrastructure in the economic report of the president. and i commend it to you. it's -- i think there is a lot of really interesting food for thought in it. like the idea of if everybody -- or question really if everybody is driving around in an electric car then how exactly it that the gas tax is paying to fix the potholes? and i think that the infrastructure team that is on leave at cea, including the economists paula working ton, did a fantastic job going through the president's infrastructure poli

how about jeff mason from reuters. >> thank you, mr. president. hi there. after your discussions today with president macron, what is your thinking about a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria? and on one other topic, you mentioned today that you thought the leader of north korea has behaved openly and honorably. this is someone who many people have accused of starving his people, killing family members. what did you mean when you call him that? >> well, we will start with your second part of the question, and i hope that we will be able to deal in a very open and honorable fashion with north korea. i started a process, and when i did, everybody thought i was doing it absolutely wrong, but in the meantime, for 25 years people have been dealing and nothing happened, and a lot is happening right now, i can tell you that, jeff, a lot is happening. and i think it's going to be very positive. and i hope it's going to be very positive for north korea and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world. but i am starting at a level that, frankly, i s

jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters.ike the pentagon wants a clarification, too. because the pentagon is, quote scrambling to respond. >> yeah. i think a lot of people want some clarification. i mean, that was something that the president brought up today, without giving a whole lot of details about what exactly he meant. he has referred to that before. but it seems like a more explicit call today and it seems to have come out of frustration that again, he is not moving as swiftly as he would like on that promise that he made during the 2016 campaign to build a wall. >> shepard: do we expect to hear something from the pentagon on this? is this because our understanding is the pentagon didn't know about this in advance. is that right? >> i don't know the answer to that. although it wouldn't be the first time that the president has announced or talked about some kind of policy before people a at the pentagon or elsewherey in the know. as to whether or not they are going to comment on that, i can't comment on that either. c

to do that, we are joined by sahil kapur with bloomberg news, and jeff mason for reuters. two stories that dominated the weekend driving the news into the week, the james comey book and the fallout from the syrian strikes. thented to talk about

how about jeff mason from reuters? jeff? reporter: thank you, mr. president.nt trump: hi, jeff. reporter: hi there. after discussions today with president macron what is your thinking about a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria and on one other topic you mentioned today that you thought the leader of north korea has behaved openly and honorably. this is someone who maybe people have accused of starving his people, killing family members. what did you mean when you called him that? president trump: well, we will start with your second part of the question, and i hope that we will be able to deal in a very open and honorable fashion with north korea. i started a process and when i did everybody thought i was doing it absolutely wrong but in the meantime for 25 years people have been dealing and nothing happened and a lots happening right now i can tell you that, jeff, a lot is happening and i think it's going to be very positive and i hope it's going to be very positive for north korea and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world but i am s

how about jeff mason from readers? -- from reuters? >> after discussions with president macron, what is your thinking on a timeline for bringing u.s. troops out of syria? you mentioned today that they've got the leader of north -- they thought the leader of north korea behaved openly and honorably. this is someone accused of starving his people, killing family members, what did you mean when you called him that? president trump: we will start with your second part of the question. i hope we will be able to eat in an open and honorable fashion with north korea. i started a process, and when i did, everybody got i was doing it wrong. for 25 years, people have been dealing and nothing has happened and a lot is happening now. verynk it is going to be positive, and hope it will be positive for north korea and south korea, japan, and the rest of the world. that iarting at a level should not have had to start. this should have been worked out a long time ago, many years ago. we were discussing that.we should not be having this situation happe

i will take a couple of questions, how about jeff mason from reuters >> thank you mr. president >> hi there. >> after your discussion today with president macron, what is your thinking of a time line of bringing u.s. troops out of syria and on one other topic you mentioned that you thought the leader of north korea have behaved openly and honorably, this is someone that many people accused of starving his people and killing his family member. what do you mean when you call him that >> i hope that we'll be able to deal in an open and honorable fashion with north korea i started a process and when i did everybody thought i was doing it absolutely wrong but in the meantime for 25 years, people have been dealing and nothing has happened a lot is happening right now i think it is going to be positive i hope it is going to be positive for north korea and for south korea and japan and the rest of the world. but, i am starting at a level that frankly i should not have to start, this should have been worked out a long time ago and many years ago we were discussing that we shoul

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jeff mason with reuters, white house correspondent, thank you so much as always. sahil kapur, thank you as well, bloomberg news national political reporter there. >> and the senate just back in. they'll be working on a native american tribal water rights and land use bill. later this week senators might consider more executive and judicial nominations, a vote to limit debate on this tribal water rights bill set for 5:30 p.m. live coverage of the senate live right here right now on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, from whom comes all things good and true, we give reverence to your name. lord, forgive us when we don't take time to think clearly, pray sincerely, and cultivate the sense of your presence. thank you for strengthening our faith, renewing our courage, and sheltering us from harm. bless our senators. may your grace and peace sustain them as they find in you the source of all mercy and comfort. grant that their faith in