david rubin's still with me. ot exactly eager to walk away from the entire deal and rip it up. is that what you thought? >> that's a possibility. i mean, i also heard his speech where he spoke about strength. he emphasized strength. i don't think that the president really wants to go along with deal. i think that his gut feeling tells him that tested bad, that it's -- tells him that it's bad, that it's a detrimental deal, and it could be that he's throwing a bone to macron. stuart: exactly. supposing he could get something from macron -- >> just to show him i will consider -- stuart: yes. i'm being a reasonable guy with the iran nuke deal, what have you got for me? >> however, president trump has some very good advisers now, and he has built a very potent team around him with mike pompeo who, god willing, will be approved very soon and john bolton. these are, these are excellent people and adding them to his ambassador in israel, david friedman, people who really understand the middle east. and i think that they u

. >> joining us is david rubin from citi.coming in just pointing ought these numbers, there wasn't that much of a slowdown in yesterday's pmi numbers. generally we get the impression that chinese numbers moderate a bit. should we be worry about chie neas sharp activity. >> infrastructure investment, growth has fallen. the external environment has become a bit more and net exports hasn't contributed to growth and the pull let bureau last week suggested that domestic demand ought to be supported. that's the first sign or first time since 2014 they have said something about the need to support domestic demand. there is evidence of some official concern about the slowdown it's not tragic. there are a couple of things that might make it more complicated. first is a raising of china tensions second is if the dollar strengthens. that would become a serious drag on chinese growth because if the dollar were to continue strengthening more aggressively, that would begin to suck capital out of china in other words, china's capital accoun

david rubin, the pleasure having you here direct from israel.eciate it. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. big headline from president trump. he just said meetings are being set up right now between him and north korea's kim jong un. he also says china is helping at the border with north korea. he's covered a lot of ground in this meeting. trade, agriculture, nafta, north korea. we expect to hear more from him very, very soon. the federal appeals court has ruled unanimously that employers cannot pay women less than men just because they made less at a previous job. all rise, judge napolitano is with us. but this in context before we go any further. >> this is a federal statute called the equal pay act, which prohibits discriminating. it prohibits businesses that engage in interstate commerce, which is every business in the country from discriminating against women on the basis of gender. one of the mechanisms a court found to further that discrimination is what was your last salary and how did it compare to the males who did the same work at

rubin. very good evening to you. you were in france, president hollande couldn't have done this, there's a bit of chemistry and macron personality at play? there is, and between leaders, personality is something. davidobama were very close. he was not cutting a great figure on the international scene. now things are reversed, theresa may is mired in brexit and we have this new young charismatic dynamic leader in france who has made a real connection. you knew him in france and you made a connection, is he good at the smalltalk, big talk, the tactile staff? clearly looked good at the tactile staff. he is extraordinarily good at charming and flattering and engaging the attention of people. when you are in front of him he has got blue eyes that lock on to you, you are the only person who counts and he is using that charm for political reasons. have you been surprised at how close the relationship between them has been? yes and i have been surprised how quickly it has moved forwards. because i could easily have imagined quite a bit of hesitation on the part of both macron and trump to trust each other. do you think trump actually likes something about macron, because macron. .. we had this famous handsh