emmanuel macroin.illian: they are holding talks about the iran nuclear deal, north korea and syria. chris jenkins live in washington dc with a preview. >> reporter: history will mark the formal state dinner, the moment was not lost on the pres.'s esteemed guest. >> a great honor, very important state visit given the moment of our current environment. >> reporter: the warm relationship was on display but they have to bridge key issues that divide them. among them the iran nuclear deal. the pres. does not like it, macroin will try to convince him to stay in it. the continuing conflict in syria, and trade and tariffs. ahead of the bilateral meeting this morning, white house press secretary sarah sanders laid out the pres.'s goals on the iran nuclear deal. >> we think there should be a better deal, one that is positive, that works. we don't typically look to the leadership in iran to determine what our foreign policy is. rob: this as a may 12th deadline looms. the president will face similar pressure from

emmanuel macroin. they are holding talks about the state of the iran nuclear deal. jenkins live in washington dc. >> reporter: history will mark the pres.'s first honored guest, much work to be done. >> bilateral issues, and a lot of issues. >> reporter: the relationship between the two, they planted a tree in mount vernon but the key issues create division, namely the iran nuclear deal, the president does not like it, and the upcoming summons in north korea continuing conflict in syria. last but not least trade and tariffs. ahead of the bilateral meetings, white house press secretary sarah sanders made it clear where the president stands when it comes to the nuclear deal. >> we think there should be a better deal, one that is positive, that works and we don't typically look to the leadership of iran to determine foreign-policy. >> reporter: the deadline looms in the deal. and angela merkel, the press conference, and first lady milania tweeting preparations and details, and 130 guests, it is go cheese, tomato jam and buttermilk biscuit, and infused with white house

upon his arrival today, emmanuel macroin played out the magnitude of tonight's trip. >> very important for our people and very important for us. >> reporter: important for the french people. unlike the pres.'s visit to paris, this time the two men but discuss a host of pressing issues that threaten to divide the longtime allies, most notably the iran nuclear deal, the conflict in syria, what to do about north korea's nuclear ambitions, transatlantic trade and tariffs and even the environment. >> we have an incredibly good negotiator at the table for the united states but you have two leaders with a great deal of respect for one another, who have a great friendship, certainly both have a great deal of interest in doing what is best for their country. >> white house press secretary sarah sanders, little doubt the iran nuclear deal will garner the most attention. and you heard this report all day long, maple the us out of the deal sometime in may and the president is pushing to keep the allies together, the iranian foreign minister is threatening that his nation will restart the nuclear p

emmanuel macroin addressing congress after the state dinner with donald trump making the case to save iran nuclear deal ahead of next month's deadline. griff jenkins live in washington dc with a preview. >> reporter: the warm personal relationship between donald trump and pres. macroand, it was on full display last night. >> may our friendship grow deeper and stronger and may our sacred liberty never die. >> raise my glass to the friendship between france and the united states. rob: this after their critical talks bringing the divide over the iran deal with a looming deadline may 12th, a warning the iran foreign minister withdrawing after consequences, donald trump declared strong opposition to the deal calling it insane sending a clear message to tehran. >> it is a bad deal, should have never ever been made. but i will say if iran threatens us in any way they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid. >> reporter: macroand urged the president to stay in a deal that surprised many when he suggested a third option of building upon the current deal while charting a new path for

emmanuel macroin convince donald to stay in syria for the long term, nikki haley said the president's goal is not just to defeat isys and halt the use of chemical weapons, he wanted to make sure we had good grounds to watch whatever and was doing and they were not making a lot of aggressive head way in terms of that because he ran is a national threat to american interests. >> reporter: sarah sanders said in a statement the us mission has not changed, the president has been clear that he wants us forces to come home as quickly as possible. >> following the strike early saturday morning there has been a debate whether donald trump went far enough in sending a message. a former green beret commander and former gop congressional candidate stayed with us late into the night friday into saturday. i want to play what we're hearing from lindsey graham, republican south carolina about what he thinks about how this went down. here is what he said. >> if you are bashar al-assad, i'm going to make you pay a big price, you're an animal and what did he see? a military strike that didn't change his

emmanuel macroin is storing gas and france will not tolerate regimes that thing, quote, everything isd. the prime ministers should a statement that it is highly likely that syria's president bashar al-assad is responsible for the attack that killed thousands in the town of duma. there is proof that the video of the chemical attack was staged. they are one of the united states any military action in syria could have serious consequences. syria's ambassador cannot exclude a us russian war if the us expert in airstrikes in syria where there are significant russian forces. we hope we do not reach the point of no return. russia has requested another meeting of the un security council on the crisis. the secretary-general of the un expressed his outrage at the use of chemical weapons and urged councilmembers to, quote, act responsibly in these dangerous circumstances was a fact-finding team is due to arrive in duma where the chemical attack took place. this team for the organization for prohibition of chemical weapons, not clear to what extent if any their presence in syria will impact the t