than beginning , whomatthew karnitschnig rise showsat shultz' that germans are suffering from angela merkelatigue. ,lso with this is malte lehming he says trump selection and erdogan's aggression are making merkel's predictability even more valuable. and a welcome to barbara junge barbara says miracle is the typical insider which makes are strong on the world stage but it could also be her biggest handicap. thank you for being here today. le, the chancellor is under pressure domestically and internationally. is she fighting for her political life? >> she should be . the election is coming in autumn and her political life is at stake. i think she is more under pressure at home because abroad, i think she can deal with these alphas like donald trump, erdogan, and vladimir putin. do not forget about him. i think she can handle this. she is supported by david majority of germans in her policy. she is much more under pressure at home. >> i would say internationally, she is strong. she knows better than some of the alpha men you mentioned. i agree. what will happen this year because we learned th

angela merkel was her usual calm and a sober self.he two leaders saying a lot of 19 -- nice things about each other. donald trump talking about germany's sacrifice and afghanistan, thanking her for her leadership on ukraine and so on. and angela merkel saying they always look to america for partnership, so the mood music is right, but of course you can see this relationship is nothing like it was between angela merkel and barack obama. as for -- christopher: where do you see the remaining areas of disagreement? simon: angela merkel said we are two different people and we have very different origins and ideas, and in spite of that we will speak about our differences, we will tell each other, that is what we have been doing today, she said. and it can be difficult to have negotiations, that is what politicians are for, she said. so you heard donald trump saying immigration is a privilege, not a right. sort of a job - - jab to angela merkel's open-door policy. angela merkel saying trade and security are always not just german issues, the

hillary clinton wants to be america's angela merkel. >> it is of cour angela merkel. hallie preview the news conference for us if you can. are we expecting bygones to be bygones? >> reporter: that's what we're going to find out. angela merkel is certainly somebody who has interacted on the world stage if she tips her hand to how she is feeling about this, it will be done in a subtle manner but you got to pick up on her cues here. what we've seen so far the meetings, the pool spray and at rifle it's been cordial obviously. i think, i would imagine that some of the reporters who will be able to ask questions of the leaders today will press angela merkel and donald trump on their relationship, given some of those past comments. he was very strong on the campaign trail, coming out against germany particular as it comes to her policies on immigration and refugees, very timely for the u.s. in light of this travel ban that just got blocked a couple of days ago here president trump tried to put in place, so i think it's certainly going to be as all of these have been, craig,

this is an important meeting for angela merkel. president barack obama and angela merkel had a close working relationship that brought berlin and washington the closest they had been for a source of and was a pride for germany. there is a feeling that angela merkel will be starting from square one. the new president is someone germans are skeptical of. they're not sure what to make of contradictory remarks. and he has made very barbed remarks about angela merkel, claiming her refugee policy was written in germany. brexit when for angela merkel was talking about reintegration. and the nationalistic rhetoric when germany is calling for greater ties economically -- she is a very experienced diplomat. she has worked with difficult leaders before. they will be having conversations on issues like syria, russia, north korea. trying to gauge donald trump's stance on issues important to germany and europe, like climate change. there will be a little give on the issue of nato. donald trump has called for germany to up its defense spending fo

you know angela merkel. how effective can she be in performing -- in forming a personal relationship? of angelaperception merkel is that she is pretty , and very much a scientist by the books kind of person. what struck me is how incredibly personal and engaging and charming she is. and it makes sense. she grew up in a political system that you get to go out to the public and get lots of votes running for chancellor. my first meeting like the one that is happening today is the one that happened between president obama and chancellor merkel a couple of months after the allegations broke about the cell phone being tapped. it was not a day at the beach meeting. i was able to watch that relationship go from a little bit of chill in that first meeting to the closest personal relationship. and so i have no doubt that she has got the personal skills to with someone who seems to relish personal relationships. and she seems to respond on that basis. has been our most recent ambassador to germany. let's get a check on

there is a reason why the german people call angela merkel mother, she is sort of this reassuring figureand she is almost like a mother figure dealing with these may be men. >> leland: the way you are talking about merkel leads me to this headline that we saw in reince priebus this morning. "the leader of the free world meets donald trump." shocking on its face, but the way you talk, seems like you almost believe it. >> i think she is may be the default leader of the free rub pit obviously, germany does not have the military prowess or a global power that the united states does, but if we are talking about the liberal international order that the western countries have upheld since the end of world war ii, donald trump has really fundamentally question some key aspects of this. he does not seem to think the u.s. should play the same international role in upholding this order as previous presidents have. >> leland: you say that, though, and all of a sudden we have rex tillerson the secretary of state changing decades of u.s. policy when it comes to north korea, talking about the possibili

donald trump ran on -- against everything that angela merkel stood for. he was anti-globalism, anti-eu, anti-refugee, and he was, you know, pro-russia, at least in comparison to chancellor merkel. from your vantage point and you watching, what did you make of the first meeting between these two leaders? and would you say it was successful? >> reporter: well, i think whether it's successful we can do read out and do more reporting, but certainly on the face of it, it's awkward. this is not cozy and friendly. this is not angela and don. this is a really tense relationship between angela merkel, the linchpin in new york right now, the economic powerhouseholding together the european union, the economy there. also having been raised on the east germany side of the berlin wall. the fact that she's a strong western stalwart against russia and, clearly, not happy about the things that trump has said as a candidate. you were there the whole way with the personal references. she said today they're glad they're talking to each other, not about each other, that in re

>> thank you, wolf. >>> the president trump getting ready for this joint news conference with angela merkele're getting videotape from the meeting he and merkel have been having with german and american business leaders. we'll show you the videotape right now and we'll get ready for the news conference. >> chancellor, thank you very much. such a great honor to get to know you, to be with you. i want to thank all of the business leaders who have joined us to discuss a subject that's very important to me, training our workforce for the 21st century. especially with respect to manufacturing jobs. we're working every day to bring back jobs to our country, and ho thousands and thousands are coming back. you're seeing it and reading about it in the papers every single day. we want to make sure we have the workforce to develop to ensure these jobs are being filled by american workers. germany, the united states have incredible opportunity to deepen our partnership as we continue to develop a strong workforce in both of our countries. both germany and the united states are pioneering job-training p

how do you think that went over with angela merkel? year, very strong social democratic party to her left, major competitor. i don't think we'll hear any iron clad promises to raise the german defense budget. what the germans have been till teleing people -- i heard this on a trip to berlin last year -- was that after the election, they would move over time to hit 2% of gdp, which is the nato floor for all defense spending. where germany goes, other countries in the eu will follow. >> the other big story of the day is what's going on with north korea and secretary of state rex tillerson. listen to what he said earlier today. >> let me be very clear. the policy of strategic has ended. we're exploring economic measures, all options are on the table. certainly we do not want to -- for things to get to a military conflict. we're quite clear on that in our communications. if north korea takes actions that threatens the south korean forces or our own forces, then that will be met with an appropriate response. >> all actions are on the table

angela merkel for the first time with donald trump. the german warns of they may retaliate against any new u.s. import tariffs. a global rally spurned by the president and markets are beginning to lose momentum. emerging markets having their best week in a year. awaysa may could be days from triggering article 50. european officials are ruling out any discussion of trade until that happens. let's have a look at where european equities are trading. 30 minutes until the end of the friday session. we are up for the week. forex, mixed performance. the euro lower today. cds's.odities in light of the big event yesterday, the boe here in the u.k., i want to show you this chart that highlights various esters of inflation. ofvarious measures inflation. inflation climbing to 3.5%. that's the blue line. januaryive years from has annual rpi, 2.6 percent. nominal rates are being priced far lower. that gap shows investors may be getting a little bit ahead of themselves on the inflation outlook further out. it wasn't only kristin forbes who suggested

i guarranty you it will come up again today at the press conference he will have with angela merkel. so i think with merkel the role of nato, if, you know, it feels like, you know this better than anyone else, but it feels like it was antiquated. that they weren't as effective as their mission statement was. but i think president trump has had some major influence there. will he get some pushback from angela merkel there? >> well back in 1984 to '87 i was with an airborne unit part of a nato force that was a quick reaction force for nato and also the allies there. so i think it is very important president trump clarified statements he previously made about nato and talk about his vision for what nato needs to be in the future and -- charles: with all due respect it should be less russian-centric, afraid of the old ussr, and more terrorist, al qaeda, isis, able to quickly move against them. >> should be actually both, charles. and what we have to come to understand we have state and non-state belligerents out there be it russia, china, iran and north korea and also the islamic terroris

what does angela merkel have to say about this?and typical angela merkel fashion, the first thing she did was to explain this is actually legal, you only need a qualified majority, everyone knew that. they said, nevertheless, the qualified majority notwithstanding, they tried to have consensus, but the -- at least seeking consensus should not lead to a blockade. in this case, the polish blocking the scenario. she did not seem very upset about it, although she said she would prefer unanimity. brent: it would be nice to have this consensus going forward, especially because next week we have elections in the netherlands. >> that is one part of it. more portly, in two weeks, we have in rome, the summit that is going to kickstart the new european union. you can see here, tusk not being the only one. leaders being very worried about the polish behavior. for example, the prime minister of malta saying this was a very political decision, they decided to not support anything in the final declaration no matter what was the content of the fin

angela merkel will select a couple of german reporters. when you ask do think he'll be asked about it, depends who isoi the asking. that's part of the, if you want to say suspense building up to this news conference, it is obviously one of if not the biggest headline of the day, certainly, if not the last two weeks, since the president tweeted that claim so we will see if he in fact addresses it himself. he did talk with tucker carlson on fox but there have been developments since then including the fallout with our allies overseas. >> let me ask but that, sabrina. your parent company is in the uk, and this obviously is a whole new world. i hear from my friends who live overseas that they're watching daily briefings and they're certainly watching these press conferences. let's start with the obvious, how unhappy is british intelligence right now? >> they were unhappy enough to issue what is a very public rebuke and a rare public rebuke of the comments that sean spicer made, implicating the british intelligence community while trying to sup

german chanceler angela merkel who had a simpatiko relationship with donald trump. during his presidential campaign he was not a merkel fan particularly when she beat him in 2015 for the honor he thought he deserved. he tweeted, i told you "time" magazine would never pick me as a person of the year, for the record they did pick donald trump as person of the year in 2016. this broad hugely broad sides from the future president. >> the german people are going to riot, they're going to end up overthrowing this many would. i don't know what she's thinking. you watch what happens to angela merkel who i thought as a good leader. what went wrong? angela, what happened? hillary clinton wants to be america's angela merkel. >> now, the two will stand side by side for a news conference in a little over an hour. we'll see if he calls her angela or angela or chancellor, now that they're both world leaders. you'll see it live right here on cnn. here is our panel of reporters. jonathan martin, emily cook, molly ball, and our own manu raju. it's an incredibly busy day. we talked abo

saw there was i guess the president tripling down on his claims by suggesting that maybe he and angela merkel had something in common, a coded reference perhaps to the idea that we now know from the wikileaks revelations that angela merkel had been wiretapped under surveillance by the united states, the president suggesting might have happened to him as well. >> reporter: yeah, in fact, we know that angela merkel's cell phone was, in fact, listened to during the obama administration and when it became public, of course, it was something that

warner: president donald trump will meet with angela merkel at the white house, the two leaders have ighly critical of one another with trump calling the decision to allow hundreds of thousands of refugees into germany a, quote, catastrophic mistake. merkel has criticized the travel ban targeting citizens of several mainly muslim countries. trump and angela merkel will hold a news conference at 1:20 eastern time and we will bring it to you live on foxbusiness. president trump met with the irish prime minister ahead of st. patrick's day, the traditional white house meeting taking a more serious tone, urging to help irish people living in the united states illegally so resident trump attributes irish-americans contribution to america's prosperity. >> they often overcame great hardship, the hardship they overcame for us, for our people is inspiring and really helped a relatively young nation beyond what anyone really understands or knows. lauren: trump discussing the irish economy. nicole: $1 trillion budget blueprint drawing fire from both sides of the aisle on capitol hill. john mccain

the president held a roundtable with angela merkel there with german business leaders there as well. listen to this. >>> chancellor, thank you very much. such great honor to get to know you, to be with you. i want to thank all the business leaders who have joined us to discuss a subject very important to me, training our work force for the 21st century with respect to manufacturing jobs. we're working every day to bring back jobs to our country and thousands and thousands are coming back, you're reading about it in the papers every single day, we want to make sure we have the work force development programs to make sure these jobs are being filled by american workers, as we continue to develop a strong work force in both of our countries, both germany and the united states are pioneering -- >> i want to go quickly to senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny is getting ready for this news conference, i know the stakes are very significant for both sides but set the scene. >> reporter: incredibly. largely because the two leaders are getting to know each other, we have heard while d

angela merkel bringing the ceos of bmw and siemens. crisis that continues to show no sign of letting up and of course, a frank conversation about the u.s. role in nato. the president has been skeptical of nato asserting that other members certainly haven't been paying their fair share. the treaty calls for a goal of states to spend about 2% of gdp. jermaine closed coming in at 2.13%. >> we strongly support nato, we only ask that the nato members make their full and proper financial contributions to the nato alliance, which many of them have not been doing. many of them have not been even close. they have to do that. >> it is also a good bet that the two leaders will discuss the refugee crisis that continues to overwhelm europe. the president, who you pointed out rightly, said that angela merkel made a catastrophic mistake in allowing nearly a million refugees into germany. it's pretty clear both will try to defuse the campaign tone rhetoric, but they are also mindful that they have domestic audiences that they have to speak to during t

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at the white house -- counselor angela merkel at the -- chancellor angela merkel at the whiteouse. there was a discussion about taking a moonshot on apprenticeship, and this is something that came up while the leaders were speaking in their news conference as well. oliver: we have been chronicled calling -- chronicling donald siding with ceos, and angela merkel said the same thing, this is what we have been doing with apprenticeships. scarlet: and the shepler ceo speaking to the press is law after speaking with merkel and donald trump. we are about an hour away from the close of u.s. market, select take you to julie hyman now to get a sense of where stocks are trading. notice thatf her the s&p 500 got a bit of a lift as the president and chancellor merkel was speaking. julie: it is up not even two points, not even .01% does not even .0% -- not even .1%. this lifting a lick in volume however for major averages today, and that is something that characterizes it as well. or we are seeing happen in stocks is divorced from what is happening in d.c., at least for today. that althoug

then all eyes will turn to chancellor angela merkel.s mark crumpton mentioned, question surrounding russia's involvement in the u.s. presidential election has been around for months. led to theas dismissal of president trump's national security adviser. jefft attorney general sessions in the hot seat. i spoke with general michael hayden, former director of the cia and the nsa, author of a new book playing to the edge, american intelligence in the age of terror. i asked him if he is optimistic congressional hearings will lead to answers. --there is an interested interest to cross party lines. may be republicans want to show there is an. that's a good thing. >> how important is it for these hearings to be public? >> there are always sources and methods you don't want to reveal. this is a case where all ties go to the runner. go to being as transparent as we can. recall in january the intel folks put up this paper that the russians did indeed hacked the elections. i think that is right. they give it hike confidence. but they didn't show mu

this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. >> reporter: meeting with angela merkel, the president reported past reports that merkel's phone had been tapped by the nsa. the president also did not apologize to the british government for suggesting that british spies were behind the wiretapping. >> and just to finish your question, we said nothing. all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. >> reporter: asked by a german reporter whether it was mistake to blame the british spy agency, the president passed the buck to fox news analyst andrew napolitano. >> i didn't make an pain i don't on opinion on. that was a statement on fox. so you should be talking to fox. >> reporter: fox news responded. >> fox news cannot confirm judge napolitano's commentary. fox news knows of any evidence of any kind that the now president of the united states was surveilled at anytime in any way, full stop. >> reporter: the wiretapping claim escalated in to an international incident after sean spicer defended the president

hillary clinn want to be america's angela merkel.a disaster this massive immigration has been to germany and the people of germany. we have seen attacks in france, in belgium, in germany, all over the world. it is not compassion, but reckless to allow uncontrolled antry from places where proper vetting can not occur. stuart: now, the other side of the coin. there have been attacks by migrants who went to germany. they have conducted some attacks in the past year. president trump was railing against that. and against that for part of angela merkel's policy. give me a list of the incidents. ashley: it is quite a list of 2016. we can give you five or six. february last year a knife attack in hanover. a police officer was stabbed by a 15-year-old moroccan girl. in may, one dead, three injured. a man attacking people on a train in munich, yelling "allahu akbar!." in july 18th, axe and knife attack by afghan refugee injured five on a train. july 24th, ma chet see attack in germany. syrian refugee killed a pregnant woman. sail day, suicide

angela merkel called on turkey to stop comparing the german government with nazis. was referring to recent comments by the turkish president that she was -- employing nazi tactics. reporter: it is very rare that german chancellor angela merkel breaks protocol as she did today , come bending on turkey instead of sticking to the routine -- she did today, commenting on turkey instead of sticking to the routine. she demanded turkey stop drawing nazi parallels to present-day turkey. >> my statement stands that the nazi comparisons need to stop. no ifs or buts. unfortunately they have not stopped and we will not allow the excuse that the end justifies the means. reporter: the turkish president has repeatedly accused germany of using nazi methods against turkish people living in germany. erdogan is angry. he is upset that a demonstration by kurds that was allowed to go ahead last weekend in front for. erdogan said that germany fosters terrorists. they called the nazi comparisons and outrage. >> i think someone has to tell mr. erdogan at the head of state of a nato country

reporter: well, surely the deal is important for angela merkel and her government. we are six months away from national elections in germany and that refugee deal, so-called refugee deal, certainly has helped to ease tensions in germany, domestic tensions over her refugee policy, so it has helped her a lot. and a migration deal is certainly one of the reasons she is holding back, but also, we shouldn't forget that germany and turkey have been strong partners in the past. turkey is a nato ally. german troops and reconnaissance aircraft are stationed on a military base in turkey in the fight against the islamic state. turkey is a very close ally. so for all of these reasons, the chancellor does not want to escalate the tensions further. on the other hand, we are seeing politicians from across the aisle here saying that angela merkel should take a strong stand and she should clearly state, look, turkish politicians, you are not welcome to campaign here in germany. brent: and all along we have the german domestic intelligence agency saying a couple things. on wednesday

let's start with angela merkel. because two of the most powerful people in the world met today at the white house. they met to talk about trade and terrorism and europe and international relations. but all everyone was talking about was this. watch this. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess by you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. >> here's my question. did you see the look on angela merkel's face when the president made that joke? what's going on here? >> you couldn't have two more different people. angela merkel is this east german daughter of a minister, physicist, deeply analytic and also somebody who is deeply committed to the western values of liberty. she was born in a communist dictatorship. and while all of that is going on trump was doing what he was doing in new york in the 1980s and going on the howard stern show and boasting about his infidelities. this is two very, very different people. but i think the philosophical difference really is that she deeply believes

mark: is there likely to be a threat today from angela merkel that if the u.s. these thatrists -- the tariffs germany to retaliate? tony: that seems pretty unlikely. this is a get to know you meeting. there is a lot of state including for the markets in message, and even maybe the body language that comes out of this meeting in terms of, is this about conflict or are we trying to solve problems? merkel will always say we always trying to help the world's problems. she is a physicist and a very pragmatic politician, but i would not expect that. there has been noise from second-tier politicians in germany saying if the u.s. imposes the border adjustment tax, we are not going to sit still either. surprised if that is the tone that comes out of today's meeting. mark: tony, thank you. ?ulie was t here and joined by an economics minister. he is based in the u.s. and has his own consulting firm. thank you for joining us. we appreciate your time. we have this day when trump is meeting with merkel in washington. at the same time, we have treasury secretary mnuchin repres

angela merkel is known for her long, long history with vladimir putin. she has had a relationship with him over years. they've gotten together, they speak the same language literally, she has sat there and really understands him here she does not trust them, but she understands him. you have to think that has to be one of the main topics today. >> there is huge concern, as i said earlier, in europe about america changing its position on russia. there is a perception that we are appeasing russia, that the president has not condemned the ukrainian escalation that has taken place. he has not condemned russia now violating a very important nuclear treaty that is critical to the security of europe. there are many things he has not stepped up on that a traditional american president would have. he too believe i clearly has a different relation with russia than previous american presidents. europeans are very worried about this because they see russia as a real imminent threat to their security so i think this will be a very important part of the dialogue today

more now on president trump meeting angela merkel. two leaders coming face to face for the first time. the german chancellor noting people are different and have different abilities. when asked about dealing with president trump compared to obama. the two leaders have had very different views on a range of issues. on russia, merkel said relations needs to be improve but first they have to solve the situation in ukraine. germany has led the way or penalties for russian invasion of ukraine. president trump has suggested easing u.s. sanctions against moscow. president trump spoke on nato. he said he pushed hard for the european nations to pay their fair share towards that alliance and on the refugee crisis, president trump said immigration is a privilege and not a right. in the past, he a counted the chancellor of ruining germany, called her refugee policy a disaster and said the german people would end up overthrowing her. analysts say today was a chance to start fresh. let's bring in a foreign affairs correspondent for politco. looked

in short, hillary clinton wants to be america's angela merkel. d you know what a disaster this massive immigration has been to germany. it is a catastrophe. look at what's happening with germany. the crime wave over there. merkel is not going to be elected. i think merkel is a really great world leader, but i was very disappointed that -- when she moved with the whole thing on immigration. i think it's a big problem. >> who do you trust more if you talk to them? >> i start off trusting both. but let's see how long that lasts. >> so with that, charles, do you think, since it clearly exists, people when they meet face-to-face have that in the back of their minds at some level, do you think it should be noted at some point today? >> you know, i think they're probably not going to air their dirty laundry. but it does put chancellor merkel in a tough spot, because the german public has reacted harshly to president trump's words. and even though merkel wants to show that she can work with trump, she can't be too close to him because that would be seen a

on the other side, you have angela merkel and —— jean—claude juncker. of the day, it also involves all the other countries, and they have their own voices and wa nt and they have their own voices and want different things from the uk in terms of what their brexit will look like or what they want to establish in any ongoing partnership with them. so this is tiny. the other thing is, the negotiators themselves, we have the department for international trade basically hiring hundreds of trade negotiators, boring zone from canada. there is a whole to people that will be in this, many of whom we will not see their faces, but there will be flying around europe and to other parts of the world. and of course, francois hollande is about to lose elections. he is definitely out. angela merkel has a yellow card that because she could be out as their election is coming up be out as their election is coming up next year, i think. there will be interesting who becomes a household name amongst the european players. people knowjean—claude juncker, but perhaps not donald

he'll be side by side with german chancellor angela merkel in a few hours. we'll begin with nic robertson, in london, apparently the recipient of an apology. >> reporter: yeah, they wanted a promise this wouldn't happen again. gchq headquarters rarely make a statement. they describe what sean spicer said there as ridiculous. we heard from prime minister theresa may's office, i'll quote from what her spokesperson says. here we go. we've made clear to the administration that these claims are ridiculous and they should be ignored and we've received assurances that these allegations will not be repeated. that's what was told to a journalist this morning. why is this so important for theresa may? britain feels it has a special relationship with the united states. gchq has said, look, under any circumstances this couldn't happen. we share, britain shares with the united states the five i's, intelligence operation, if you will, that is, the united states, britain, canada, australia, and new zealand. under that agreement, under the terms of how those intelligence ag

and angela merkel says, should we shake hands? and he doesn't acknowledge her, doesn't look at her direction. doesn't smile. it is such a notable difference, the body language in this room than we saw when donald trump was sitting next to shinzo abe of japan or when he was sitting next to benjamin netanyahu of israel. karen finnny has joined us, when you don't have a positive relationship or what looks like potentially not a positive relationship with germany, you know, what does that mean? germany is one of the most powerful allies we have. >> that's right. it is one of our most powerful allies. and no doubt, the german chancellor came here with a serious agenda to discuss with donald trump, and probably was a bit taken aback that he wouldn't even shake her hand. i mean, that's quite offensive. and i think as an american, it's offeive that our own president couldn't be gracio, given that he was hosting the cncellor and would then go out and try to make some sort of joke. and i think it goes, again that image goes again to his cre

as the president heads to the meeting with angela merkel, that context is valuable because merkel and the website breitbart which has a lot of connections to the white house, brirt bat has been highly critical of her and trump gets a lot of news from breitbart, and it's important. >> professor, one of the lingering questions that candidate trump face or we asked of candidate trump about him and seeped into the pridcy presidency, all of this is happen, the circus is going on but does it affect his base? the trump supporters, will they turn? the question now is bigger. does the scircus that surrounds the president, will it affect his ability to legs late? does it get into the important business of being president of the united states? have you seen any sign of that? what signs are you looking for there? >> well, i think that's a very good question and of course it will play out over time but it's already clear that in terms of credibility, which is very important in the legislative process and terms of public money and domestic public opinion, president trump has been hurt, i think badl

and the meeting between angela merkel and the president today.kel meeting with president trump at the white house later today. and collaborating to fight terrorism. and on the campaign trail. >> hillary clinton, america's angela merkel and we have seen how much crime and how any problems that has caused the german people and germany. >> do you still think so about her? >> it was a big mistake for germany. we have seen the attacks in france, belgium, germany and all over the world. it is not compassionate but reckless to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. maria: joining these conservative columnists, author of in trump we trust, ann coulter, thank you for being here. >> good to be here. maria: what are you expecting? can these tensions ease between the us and germany? what do you think will be important to watch? >> i am sure trump will be chiming, he always is, but they do have serious disagreements, it is strange much of the media, this obsession with nato see angela merkel, and vladimir putin as the enemy. t

just moments ago, from angela merkel. take a listen. >> i'm not sure that we need in writing that which we are all too aware of and that is there's no basis of what the president has said and what the president repeated today and i have express my mortification with angela merkel for him to repeat once again in the presence of one of our most significant allies this out landilandish cl that he was wiretapped by his pretty assessor ought to appall americans and reflects so poorly on the united states around the world, this should have never been a topic of discussion, a flippant work, it's just mortifying. >> reporter: how confident are you that that letter is going to show there's no evidence of wiretapping? >> i'm absolutely confident. there's in question about this. the president's statements before and his tweets since leading right up today have no basis in fact. >> reporter: so brooke, we'll see exactly what that letter says, but both adam schiff; dev devin nunes do not expect it will prove his claims that he was wir

and angela merkel is a globalist.ost of what she said on the press conference yesterday, she was lking about us doing business with the e.u. instead of doing a bilateral agreement between germany and the united states and that's why a lot of their talks failed. really don't think that people understand the functions of donald trump. he's a negotiator. and if you do read the "hart of the deal," just like to yesterday y'all were talking about the budget, you know, what was in the budget is outrageous but it's kind of like whenever you go to buy a car, you know the guy offers high and then you go low and you find somewhere in the middle. i'm not really worried about meals on wheels and it being cut. they're going to find a middle ground somewhere but i do think trump's major goal is to break down nafta and just like the u.k., i think they want to break down the e.u. and that in itself breaks down the commissioner which breaks down the whole globalist scheme. and i think people really need towns that if they donkeys they

president trump welcoming german chancellor angela merkel to the white house. they just wrapped up their press conference. now they're holding a lunch meeting. a lot to unpack about this personal history, opposite world views, all of that coming up. >>> overshadowing the high-profile national visit a new controversy for the white house. this time it's with the british government. their spy agency, the gchq, issued a rare denial today of what they call, quote, an utterly ridiculous allegation. yesterday press secretary sean spicer brought up unfounded reports in the media that the british helped president obama eavesdrop on president trump during the campaign. >>> president trump meeting with study committee to discuss the new health care plan. to hear president trump describe, it the room went from all nos to all yeses. more on the future of the health care bill coming up as well. >>> let's get right to what we just saw last hour. joining me, chris jansing on the north lawn of the white house, kasie hunt on capitol hill, msnbc analyst jeremy bash will be with u

. >> donald trump criticÓ a angela merkel durante la campaÑa presidencial. ump acusÓ a merkel al causar un verdadero desastre en europa a invitar a mÁs de 1 millÓn de refugiados sirios a alemania. durante la conferencia de prensa no mejorÓ mucho. el lenguaje corporal de trump mostraba una clara incomodidad. "pero al menos, quizÁs tenemos algo en comÚn, afirmÓ trump". se referÍa a que la administraciÓn obama intervino el telÉfono personal de merkel. obama se disculpÓ y afirmó que fue sin su conocimiento. la prensa alemana hizo las preguntas mÁs agresivas, y uno le pregunta al presidente, por quÉ afirmÓ que gran bretaÑa los espiÓ durante la campaÑa. "nosotros no dijimos nada, sÓlo repetimos lo que dijo un analista en una cadena de televisiÓn", se distanció trump. llamÓ mentiras falsas a un periodista alemÁn. un analista dice que este tipo de afirmaciones sin pruebas causa consternaciÓn en el mundo. >> en europa, en otros paÍses, la gente se estÁ preguntando quÉ estÁ pasando, quÉ tipo de persona es esa. reportero: trump tambiÉn afirmÓ que la inmigraciÓn es un pr

how will donald trump receive angela merkel tomorrow?storied relationship, to say the least. it will all come down to trade and immigration. this is a situation in which trump has routinely criticized angela merkel on the issue of immigration and let's not forget that this comes one day before he formally reveals his budget proposal. to nashville on wednesday to preempt this. so it is a busy week for the administration. and the outreach efforts. francine: what is the latest on the wiretapping? picturewe have a bigger of what actually happened? kevin: the whole country is talking about this. the house committee members have said that they are giving the administration until today to provide evidence. this comes more than one point five weeks after top intelligence committee officials testified before the house intelligence committee next week. the fbi director will be there as well. it will continue. it will impact markets. tom: kevin cirilli, thank you so much. now, we talked to carl weinberg. right now, on the president, we have a presi

, the donald trump and angela merkel, the pressroom very full indeed.nd hear from them both. back to that kicks off we will go back and hearfrom them both. back to matters at home. some schools in england may be receiving more government money, but research out today suggests it will be all but cancelled out contributions. the government says funding for all schools is at a record £40 billion. will hit every school — and particularly those in deprived areas. here's our education correspondent, gillian hargreaves. ivydale primary school in southwark in south london has been well funded compared to other schools, something the government ivydale faces a shortfall of 14% in its budget between now and 2020. it's the additional staff we have in school, the additional opportunities for children, sports coaches, the services we bring in to support learning, such as speech therapists, art therapists, sports coaches, we would have to look at cutting those things in the first instance. ultimately we are looking at job cuts, however. the government says it is spen

>> you know, from angela merkel's point of view, this is the first eyeball to eyeball encounter. is one of germany's most external relationships. one presumes donald trump will repeat face-to-face the claims you heard, the migration policy is insane or catastrophe, she is ruining her country. even if he does say those things, we will see from angela merkel all of her diplomacy and restraint. she will say to donald trump, it is very important for germany and the united states to work together. brent: you are not a thespian. we know that. simon, what do you think donald trump will say tomorrow? >> he will emphasize common ground. i think he will be looking for an opportunity to understand where she is coming from, the issues outlined, which have to do with trade and the international economic system were generally, globalization, and i think simon is right. he will try hard to keep from offending the chancellor or talking down to her in any way. but i think there will be a fairly stiff exchange of views on the matters that the two of them talk about together, namely globalization.

trump meeting with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house. ahead of a joint news conference. this as both leaders have not had a smooth history. this is "outnumbered," i'm sandra smith coming here today, as faulkner, meghan mccain, gillian turner, and today's #oneluckyguy, a couch first timer, ari fleischer. you are outnumbered sir. >> ari: i am a freshman. the >> sandra: so much going on, great to have you. let's begin with a big meeting between president trump and angela merkel. at the white house sang the agenda includes discussions between strength a nail, fighting isis, and resolving ukraine's conflict. the highly anticipated sitdown comes after donald trump repeatedly slammed the leader on the campaign trail. accusing her of ruining germany for allowing an influx of refugees. kevin joins us live from the white house. >> mix it up why don't you? you're just trying to stir the pot. i would love to be a fly on the wall for that meeting. this is her first trip to the white house during the term presidency. her first trip back here in a coup

angela merkel meeting donald trump at the white house. co writing about the free world meeting donald trump. the german chancellor is the only leader in europe who has a plausible claim to moral leadership. merkel was always going to be listened to carefully on morality and given her longevity always respected, but it was her decision to accept 1 million refugees which established her moral credentials, especially since no other mitt cal leader has taken such a political risk. president trump has gone after her for that. not a popular position in the united states. >> it's hurt her domestically. we look forward to that meeting. i wonder if president trump knows what her nickname is back in germany. mooty, which means mother. she is the mother of europe and the mother of germany. maybe there's a german nickname of daddy she can give to donald trump. >> she doesn't seem like one for funny names. >> she actually speaks perfect english but never does anything publicly -- >> president trump was mad in 2015 when she got times person of the year,

president trump and the german chancellor angela merkel, the president taking two questions each from german and american reporters. american reporters asking president trump about health care problems inside the republican party getting to yes on that the president said he thought it was doing well. it was the german reporters who asked about those claims he's made almost two weeks ago, claims with no evidence that he had been the victim of wiretapping by president obama and a pretty remarkable series of responses there from the president after ignoring the first question from the german reporter, he did take a question about the report cited yesterday by press secretary sean spicer in the briefing room where he cited a report on fox news that claimed that british intelligence may have been behind the wiretapping of president trump as well during the campaign. the president trying to say there sean spicer was not endorsing the claims by even though he read them from the white house podium, of course, there have been calls for the national security adviser and sean spicer in the last

very seldom. >> reporter: at a news conference with german chancellor angela merkel the president refused to back down, pointing to past reports that merkel was once surveilled by the u.s. intelligence community during the obama administration. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess, by, you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common, perhaps. >> reporter: the white house is digging in, even afterpress secretary sean spicer sparked a diplomatic uproar defending the president's comments. >> you also tend to overlook all the other sources, because i know you want to cherry-pick it. no, no, but you do. but where was your concern about "the new york times" reporting? >> reporter: to back up the president's wiretapping allegations, spicer cited an substantiated report from a fox news commentator. >> last on fox news on march 14th judge andrew napolitano said, three intelligence sources have informed fox news president obama went outside the chain of command, didn't you the cia, the nsa, the fbi, or the department of justice. he used gchq. what is that? the initials for the