we know them well, societies in russia, iran, north korea, you can complete the list. the responsibility of every american citizen to each other and to preserve and protect to recognize what truth is and is not or what the fact is and is not and begin holding ourselves accountable to demand pursuit of america's future be fact-based not placed on wishful thinking or shallow promises or with a clear eyed view of the fact that they are guided by the truth to set us free from these challenges. also the foundational commitment to truth and facts that binds us to other like-minded democratic people who deal with the same set of truth in fact and it is truth that says to the adversaries we say what we mean and we mean what we say. even on what may seem the most trivial matter if we do not as americans confront the crisis of integrity in our society and among leaders public and private sector then regrettably even the nonprofit sector american democracy as we know it will be entering

and the testing by the north koreans has resulted in abject disaster for korea and china. >> north korea and iranre kissing cousins, for sure. the iranians have been present during the testing and that's one of the reasons we want to denuclearize north korea. we know they will proliferate those weapons to radical islamists. that's a major issue for us. as to china's role in north korea. i just came back from the far east japan. their foreign ministry does believe a potential breakthrough is coming on north korea and denuclearizing the peninsula. they attribute that to one word only. trump. they believe the on reason we are having this is because of the president's hard line with the north koreans and the chinese. and the real threat of military action. and i also think pulling out of the iranian nuclear deal, not permitting them to have a nuclear weapon that that deal would do is so consistent with what the president is doing in north korea. they will give us their nuclear weapons or we'll take them from them one way or the other. that's what we are coming down to. lou: with north korea, we know

because this is a company who has been accused of violating the sanctions against iran and north korea. so by helping this company, how does it advance that effort to put maximum pressure on both iran and north korea? well, a lot of questions for this press briefing. >> a lot of questions at the top of the hour. >>> the president has moved to save these chinese jobs at the opening of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. there will certainly be a focus at today's white house press briefing. a lot of empty chairs right now. they will be full at the top of the hour. stand by. we'll be right back. only one candidate for governor when students were stuck in failing schools, led the fight to turn them around. as mayor of l.a., antonio villaraigosa invested in classrooms and security. graduation rates soared. antonio for governor. led california's fight ofor clean, renewable energy.or he cleaned up pollution at the port of l.a. and created more good-paying jobs. antonio villaraigosa for governor. if you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irrev

but there are no countries like iran and north korea. there's only iran and north korea. we had a deal that solved that problem, at least for two decades, that the president has now blown up. we had stopped the iran nuclear program. danger now is that they restart it. if we can solve the north korea problem, we could really be looking at the end of proliferation. we could be looking at the end of this spread of these weapons. that's why what's going on with these two countries is so important, so critical. and june might be an extremely significant month in the history of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. >> joe, great to talk to you. thank you very much. >>> i want to turn to my colleague, geoff bennett. and kevin cirrelle. there's been all of this back and forth, what was on the agenda. you've been following that at the white house. what's your perspective of what's happening here? you have these two trips taking place, u.s. officials in north korea, u.s. officials now making their way to singapore. what's the sense that you are getting from your sources there at the

accused of misleading regulators by continuing to do business with sanctioned iran and north korea. let's go live to frankfurt where a financial correspondent daniel cooper standing by daniel is there any explanation for this sudden change of mind. they're very interesting and so investors were rather surprised about this latest read once again so what's going on that's the u.s. president as i don't really care that much about jobs that could be lost in china and we have to remember that he has consistently accused china of stealing u.s. american jobs so reading this tweet now makes many feel that this is actually a dramatic shift for mr trump we also have to keep in mind that the concession to beijing comes ahead of high level trade talks later this week in washington with the goal to deescalate the trade dispute between the world's two largest economy also i would like to share a statement made by a professor of trade policy today he say that a reversal of the decision could temporary tamp down trade tension by allowing the chinese to make concessions to the united states without

north korean negotiations. the company had been banned from operations in the u.s. after violating sanctions with iran and north korea. details of the new agreement. reaction is pouring in and what relation it had, if any to the north korean developments. forbes media chairman steve forbes will weigh in with us. >>> new political firestorm brewing after a top democrat says a classified briefing revealed no evidence of an fbi spy in the trump campaign despite evidence to the contrary. a look at what happens now. cheryl: obviously a lot of news breaking out of washington. back to these markets. got to talk about oil today. that was the big story. plummeting and dragging the dow lower. particularly energy names. nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange

you're right peter can overstress the fact that it's not only the libyan model that north korea is nervous about it's the iran. north korea is that it's not let's not forget it's only been a couple of weeks since united states broke their agreements with iran so there's no doubt that. i'm looking at. what happened in iran oh yeah north korea has already made two significant gestures of real significance they have detonated their tunnels that they used for nuclear detonation and they unilaterally returned three u.s. spies so they've obviously done their part but even both in this sabotaging this not only referring to the threat of libyan regime change but by demanding that north korea completely denuclearized right from the get go without anything of force before that meeting and saying they're calling for there is a peace treaty signed before there's fay any type of face steps and this is a way of raising expectations both in actually said that he wanted the talks to go forward as soon as possible so that nothing could be done to then spit steps later and jump right to more serious measures we all know we all

north korea' weapons program. it means shutting down the reactors. it means shutting down everything else. it is not need an iran deal for north korea. it does not mean kim jong-un, your totalitarian government in which you starve millions of people to death will be equal as long as you do not have nuclear weapons. i do not think that is what it will look like. i think you need genuine disarmament -- think he means genuine disarmament by the north koreans. koreans can live by it, then there is a deal to be had. host: from the north korean leader's perspective, what is he seeking from the u.s. in this? guest: the united states not to invade north korea. my guess is he wants more. my guess is he wants u.s. troops out of south korea. my guess is he wants to have peace with south korea that enables him to prop up his dictatorship while being able to cheat on having nuclear weapons, so he has an insurance policy for the future. that is a line donald trump and his administration have to walk. they want to take the opportunity because crazy things have happened in history. they wanted to the opportunity, but have to ma

north korea. the iranians technicians have seen the north korea nuclear detonations. they have been there. so the two regimes are joined at the hip. iran'sposed to pay north korea something like $2.5-$3 billion a year for various forms of cooperation. that is an indication that the two nations the two regimes are so close together. >> jason: general tata, i want to ask you quickly, i have to go around the horn because i have to wrap up here. what is the effect in syria? you see a lot of actions by the israelis but what is the effect directly on what is going on, on the ground in syria? >> well, if we impose new sanctions as i predict we will do -- that is one of the impacts that the previous sanctions were having on iran, that the money was not flowing as strongly into syria and the other groups that i mentioned before. hezbollah, hamas and the palestinians. so you are going to see syria be separated a little bit from iran. and hopefully strategically the trump administration who is doing this artfully as michael said. >> jason: michael, let me bring in michael here. we have towrope. >> -- to wrap up. effect in syria. >> we have stay eng

summit with north korea's kim jong un might be back on after all by pulling out shortly after pyongyang raised its nuclear site. and. north korea made good on that pledge. red hot topics iran north korea and u.s. sanctions are discussed onstage by vladimir. other world leaders at the st petersburg international economic. israel's supreme court the continued use of lethal military force against unarmed palestinians in the gaza strip. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. and the glad to have you with us. now historic summit with north korea which was scheduled to take place in singapore next month could be gone u.s. leader has said that washington and pyongyang have been having positive talks and discussing the possibility the u. turn comes after the white house called off the meeting on thursday morning. we'll see what happens with. regard to that now they very much want to do it which i just want to see what. everybody plays you know that you know that better than anybody. well the world continues to come to terms with donald trump's unpredictability and just a day after he announced of the historic summit in which he would meet with kim jong un in sing

north korea. the iranians technicians have seen the north korea nuclear detonations. they have been there. so the two regimes are joined at the hip. iran'sposed to pay north korea something like $2.5-$3 billion a year for various forms of cooperation. that is an indication that the two nations the two regimes are so close together. >> jason: general tata, i want to ask you quickly, i have to go around the horn because i have to wrap up here. what is the effect in syria? you see a lot of actions by the israelis but what is the effect directly on what is going on, on the ground in syria? >> well, if we impose new sanctions as i predict we will do -- that is one of the impacts that the previous sanctions were having on iran, that the money was not flowing as strongly into syria and the other groups that i mentioned before. hezbollah, hamas and the palestinians. so you are going to see syria be separated a little bit from iran. and hopefully strategically the trump administration who is doing this artfully as michael said. >> jason: michael, let me bring in michael here. we have towrope. >> -- to wrap up. effect in syria. >> we have stay eng

a massive cloud of dust marty was there to witness how north korea made good on that pledge to the u.s. . and the world so red hot topics in iran north korea and u.s. sanctions are discussed onstage by vladimir putin and many micron and other world leaders at the st petersburg international economic forum. and israel's supreme court a green light for the continued use of lethal military force against unarmed palestinians in the gaza strip. and read all those stories. on our website to back with headlines again and. have yeah had an up day here with that cable t.v. bill cut the cord we'll tell you where to find free t.v. on this week's show but first congress passes the controversial right to try bill is this the answer to the prayers of those terminally ill i'm holland cook in washington your watching our team america. in his state of the union address president trump said people who are terminally ill should not have to go from country to country to seek a cure i want to give them a chance right here at home it's time for congress to give these wonderful incredible americans the right to try this week congress sent the preside

north korea. might be back on after all this. crazy. north korea made good on that pledge to the us. the world's red hot topics iran north korea and. other world leaders at the st petersburg international economic forum. and supreme court greenlights. military force against palestinians. to have you with us. and donald trump is now hinting ivette a meeting with kim jong un could still take place the sharp u. turn comes less than twenty four hours after the u.s. president called off the summit with north korea in leader scheduled for june in singapore we'll see what happens with the well we thought that was a very much want to do it we were going to see what. everybody plays you know that you know that better than anybody. well the world continues to come to terms with donald trump's unpredictability and just a day after he announced of the historic summit in which he would meet with kim jong un in singapore was called off well now he seems to be hinting that it may be back on the table so what changed his mind once again what appears to have been a statement made by north korea in which they said they were still open to meeting and

you are going to tell north korea what to do. you want to tell iran what to do. you don't want to negotiate. you want to declare. >> thanks, bob. >> i disagree with you. keep in mind what north korea has done. north korea, kim jong-un killed over 144 people of his own party, his own military. killed his uncle. had his half brother killed and they are not good players. as far as iran, when you go into an agreement that is not a tr t treaty that president obama and john kerry push for and john kerry said no deal is better than a bad deal. this was a very bad deal. it was a bad deal so it should have been something we walked away with. then aran has had heavy water which comes from the enrichment of uranium. they have gone over the limit twice. if iran is a good player why are they producing heavy water? president eisenhower said a peaceful nuclear program would be out in the open. the only reason to have clandestine or overt nuclear program is for weapons. the facts are out there. i appreciate your comments. >> uk foreign secretary was quoted as saying after the dec

penalties on iran and north korea. they were trading with north korea when the sanctions said you didn't do that. in addition, cyber security officials warn the company's technology could be a major security threat. just two weeks ago, the pentagon banned zte phones from all stores on all u.s. military bases everywhere in the world. warning that china could use those phones to spy on american service members. but then yesterday seemingly out of nowhere, the president tweeted president xi of china and i are working to give zte a way to get back in business fast. too many jobs in china lost. commerce department has been instructed to get it done. let's go back to john roberts who is live at the white house. this one caught everybody off

if there weren't changes made to the existing iran deal iran would beat north korea at some point. iran gave a lot of presiden -- a lot of its budget troubled and we saw this adventures in iraq and syria and they created new militias and their working with the cities to increase the capabilities to target so there

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we know the inbox -- iran, north korea, china,ae i what other issues is he going to take on? jane: what would you like him to take on? derek: navigating the way out of is corner the administration o has put itself igarding the iranian nuclear deal. it is a deal that can be fixed and withdrawing from the deal m would betake. if the united states chooses to withdraw from the deal as it is signaling it will, this would be a huge test for secretary pompeo. how does he navigate that? he will get a lot of opposition. d obviously, of course, north korea. jane: do you think diplomacy, that word, is going to make a comeback? derek: for now the state departments getting its swagger back, but the question is how long this will last, and if president trump is interested in having a strong sta s department aong secretary of state and engaging in the tough and unglamorous work of diplomacy. k jane: thu for joining me. there has been another shakeup in the white house legal team. ty cobb, the president's representative in the russia probe, is stepping down. he will be replaced by emmetep fl

korea, you know, if you were in iran right now and you're watching this and you say look what northved by having ballistic missiles, by taking american hostages, they got a seat at the table with the president of the united states. meanwhile iran who has entered into negotiations with the united states now has seen its deal ripped up, sanctions reimposed. >> yeah, and a reenforcement probably of the iranian lesson in the war in iraq. get it to the point where you can offset the threat of american military involvement. i think iran is going to be looking at this with a lot of suspicion and they're looking certainly at the new sort of cadre that surrounds president trump. you have mike pompeo, john boll ton. these are open hawks when it comes to iran. i have to look at the allies and his message of america first. is it america first or america alone? japan is very worried that they accept some sort of deal that does not deal with short term missiles. so how our allies respond to this is going to be as important i think as the talks themselves. >> i think what's interesting is we see c

facing those sanctions because of serious issues of doing illegal trade and shipments with iran and north korea so everybody was speculating what's now behind this sudden change of mind was it a charm offensive to get a better atmosphere during those high level talks with china about future trade to lation is now it seems that there could be something totally different behind all of this while mr trump is negotiating with china on trade the trump organization is involved in a deal linked to a chinese developed by a state owned chinese construction company confirmed that they had formalized plans to develop a theme park in tunisia the park is a park as a part of a broader project in the trump organization as existing licensing agreement for other company and so this could be some sort of interest conflict there taking place than just really briefly daniel what are the chances of all this resulting in lower tariffs across the board better trade deals and more growth. when i was talking with an analyst about that a little bit earlier is yes there is the hope that this could be the case but this wo

north koreans will unnerve the iranians. as we know, these two programs, iran and north korea, they are linked. orea, the iranian technicians have seen the north korea nuclear detonations, they been there. so these two regimes are joined at the hip. iran has buster paid north korea something like 2.5 to $3 billion for their various forms of cooperation, and that is a real indication that the two regimes are so close together. >> jason: general, i want to ask you real quickly, got to go aroundnd the horn, got to wrap . what is the effect it syria? you see aio lot of actions by te israelis but what is the effect directly and what is going on on the ground in syria? >> if we impose new sanctions, as i predict we will do, and that was one of the impacts that the previous sections were having on iran, that the money was not flowing as strongly into syria and to the other groups that i mentioned before, hezbollah, hamas, palestinians. and so you will see syria be separated a little bit from irap and hopefully, strategically, under the trump administration, who is doing thiss artfully as michael said -

there is a huge difference between libya, north korea, and iran. north korea has 60 bombs and very advanced chemical and biological capacity too and they have been hiding it for years. they have the worst human rights record in the world. thousands in gulags. let's not forget that. they have the bomb. it would be nice to have denuclearization of the world as a an aspiration. maybe somebody knows something i don't know. but having them give everything up is any way to start a conversation. it won't happen. >> on the issue of the u.s. is building up its, the u.s. doesn't have any pledge of existential threat to other people in the world, right? that's the difference between the united states and israel and iran and north korea. look, i stepped into this whole with netanyahu when he wouldn't admit they have nukes when the world is saying they do. his point was, and it's a fair point, i'm not looking to take anybody out with my nukes. i'm looking to defend myself. the united states would make the same case. do they need the same level of disclosu disclo

$1.2 billion settlement with the us authorities for illegally selling telecoms equipment to iran and north koreathen last month, the us government found the terms of that deal has been breached and imposed an export ban, which meant zte could no longer get hold of crucial us components. and last week, zte said it appeared on the brink of going out of business when it said the ban meant it was ceasing its major operating activities. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani is following this from singapore. welcome. bring is up—to—date on the latest. well, it really does seem like a dramatic turnaround from the us president, as you just saying. in a tweet, he says he wants to help save zte, that is one of china's is telecoms companies and remember, zte was actually banned from the united states, from selling its components to zte for ten years. what that means is effectively no american companies are allowed to sell their products to zte, that means zte is going to be in a real problem, in a real difficulty trying to access some of these goods. around a quarter of the components coming fro

two fronts, north korea and iran on that last front, north korea, the president making some news that mike pompeo, the secretary of state, is on his way to north korea. the president saying he should be there within an hour or so. that is news. the president also saying, we will find out very soon whether the three american prisoners in north korea will be freed. he says everything is set now for his meeting with kim jong-un, the north korean leader. the time and the place. he hasn't released those details but he says that is -- that is going forward. on the iran nuclear deal, with that signature that you just saw from the president, the united states is now withdrawing from the 2015 iran nuclear deal, reimposing the toughest sanctions possible, the president says, and if any nation helps iran in its nuclear program, sanctions will be imposed by the united states against those nations as well. jim sciutto, christian amanpour, all of our team is here right now. let's go to christiane first. your thoughts? >> i was struck by john bolton standing at the door as you saw president trump ex

sanctions on iran and north korea. is a company that was doing business with iran and north korea even though they weren't allow to. zte is also going to have to change its management, place american compliance officers at the company. and it will buy a large percentage of its parts from u.s. companies. so, this is a good deal? joining me james freeman from the "wall street journal." >> good good to be here, trish. trish: is it a better deal? >> some of those terms, when you look at bank fines when they get caught doing financings for terrorist states, for iran, north korea, getting rid of whole management at a legitimate enterprise would be kind of a big deal but in china this is going to be largely influenced, if not directly controlled by the government regardless. i'm not sure in matters in terms of the management. as far as the amount, some of the banks have paid much bigger fines. i think your question to larry kudlow is the right one, what interest does the world have in zte continuing to exist? this is a compan

north korea. the president is taking strong actions with iran, so whether it's north korea or whether it's iran, the president is taking strong actions to protect the american people. as it relates to this russian stuff, let's let the stuff get on with and it not be a distraction from what are the really important issues that are affecting us right now. >> one final question. if i may. the bottom line here. are you aware at this time of any suspicious bank activity involving michael cohen himself specifically and any russian or russian owned entities? >> i'm somewhat strurprised tha you would ask me to even comment on these things since the actions the treasury takes are completely confidential. so you shouldn't read into this any way. if you ask me about any person, john smith, anybody else, i wouldn't on national tv comment about specific investigations. that would be completely inappropriate. in my position. >> i appreciate your taking the time to answer my questions. it's an important one, but i respect that you're saying it is classified. thank you very much. appreciate your time. >> thank you.

one with north korea and one with iran.lcome now a lawmaker with oversight responsibilities for both of these, republican congressman mo brooks from alabama. he joins us now. the houseer of caucus. good to have you here. into what theight u.s. policy is toward these north korean negotiations. over the weekend, we heard john bolton be pretty tough on what the north koreans had to do libya.-- parallel with -- the white house seems to be packed cuddling. -- the white house seems to be backpedaling . >> technically, we are still at war with north korea. there is a temporary cease-fire that has more or less kept peace over that subsequent 1952-1953 timeframe. it would be nice if we had some treaty with north korea and south korea that would formally end that wqaar or conflict with those two nations. long-term, what i hope we will see out of this in the context of nothing ventured, nothing gained, is the elimination of nuclear weapons and other message -- other weapons of mass destruction. perhaps a unification of the korean peop

we get thoughts on iran and north korea next. s is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: let's get back to my conversation with nato secretary jens stoltenberg. geopolitical tensions with iran and north korea here in >> north korea -- full support from all nato allies. they wanted peaceful negotiated solution. the goal is to denuclearize north korea. to stop the development of nuclear weapons of north korea and stop the ballistic missile program. that is important for all of us. missiles from north korea can reach the united states here in on iran -- united states. iran, there are differences states has united withdrawn from the iran deal. we all agree that it is important to prevent iran from developing the weapons. about thecerned ballistic missile program in iran. destabilizing activity that iran is responsible for in the wider middle east region. we have to address the differences. natoe same time, make sure stands united around the core policy to protect innocents. if geopolitical tensions do heat up in one of those parts of the world that yo

societies in russia, china, iran, north korea, you can complete the list. the responsibility of every american citizen to each other is to preserve the freedom and recognize what truth is and what it is not. what a fact is and is not. and begin by holding ourselves , accountable to truthfulness and demand our pursuit of america's future be fact-based, not based on wishful thinking, not hoped-for outcomes made in shallow promises, but with a clear eyed view of the facts as they are and guided by the truth that will set us free to seek solutions to our most daunting challenges. it is also that foundational commitment to truth and facts that binds us to other like-minded democratic nations, that americans will always deal with them from the same set of truths and facts. and, it is truth that says to our adversaries, we say what we mean and we mean what we say. when we as people, a free people, go wobbly on the truth, even on what may seem the most trivial of matters, we go wobbly on america. if we do not as americans confront the crisis of ethics and integrity

we had a bill that gave intense sanctions power against iran, russia, north korea. they have been asleep at the switch. they haven't even used the tools against iran meaningfully in any way. they should have immediately, if they were worried about the iranian activities, and i am too. they should have immediately used the sanctions tool against them but allowed this to continue to suppress nuclear ambitio ambitions. >> what is that tool called? where is it? how do we find it? >> just go look at the sanctions bill that the senate and house passed in 2017 that put iran, north korea, and russian sanctions powers together and gave it to it white house to deal with exactly the issues that you raise, which are issues we've always been concerned about. we knew when we did the nuclear deal we would have to then focus on other activities. when i'm in the region talking to israeli military and intelligence agencies, they is say the nuclear deal is good because it puts that in the deep freeze. it enables us to focus on other activities where iran is doing bad stuff. what presid

accused of misleading regulators by continuing to do business with sanctioned iran and north korea. threats go to frankfurt where financial correspondent daniel coppa stand by daniel is there any explanation for this sudden change of mind. very interesting and so investors were rather surprised about this latest read once again so what's going on as the u.s. president as i don't know really care that much about jobs that could be lost in china and we have to remember that he has consistently accused china of stealing u.s. american jobs so reading this thread now makes many feel that this is actually a dramatic shift for mr trump we also have to keep in mind that the concession to beijing comes ahead of high level trade talks later this week in washington with a goal to deescalate the trade dispute between the world's two largest economy also i would like to share a statement made by a professor of trade policy today he say that a reversal of the c.t.e. decision could temporary tamp down trade tension by allowing the chinese to make concessions to the united states without losing fac

north korea is keeping its end of the bargain with the u.s. we'll show the pictures that were filmed head to. read help topics iran north korea and the u.s. sanctions all discussed life on stage by vladimir putin and other world leaders at the same petersburg international.

the export ban came into place because zte was found to be violating i doing business with north korea and iranng sanctions. congress went after those comments after president trump made them, that it undermines many of the sanctions in place with iran and north korea but interestingly, as i mentioned earlier, it is part of broader conditions that china wants and they are looking to absorb the zte issue. china just opened up its auto sector yesterday, reducing import tariffs for cars to 15%. concessions are being made but overnight president trump said he was happy with those negotiations ongoing. thank you. ta rta re motors negotiations ongoing. thank you. tartare motors will be announcing their quarterly earnings, this comes after one of the largest car—makers in india posted a in the fourth quarter. it has been a few days since prince harry wished his bride off to their wedding reception in a one—of—a—kind electricjaguar wedding reception in a one—of—a—kind electric jaguar land wedding reception in a one—of—a—kind electricjaguar land rover car. the company which owns this once british brand

if this works in north korea, will the president apply the same mechanism to iran and the iran deal? >> that's why it is so important how we handle iran. north korea is a much more important situation in that that they do have nuclear weapons as opposed to ma what we're trying to do with iran, keeping them from getting it. we need to be known as people who keep our word. we need to be known as duff negotiators. but there's -- you know, it is a delicate situation. you want the world to know that when we sign on to something it really means something. that's why i believe the iran deal was a corrosive thing domestic and internationally. and we have to be careful. if iran lies, that goes double for north korea which has a long history of claiming they're going to give up their nuclear program and not actually doing it. kennedy: that's a perfect entry into our next discussion. south korea president arguing that president trump deserves the nobel peace prize but his efforts to end the nuclear standoff with north korea could be a boon to the peace industry. and it comes as the president say

if you want debate about iran and north korea, the absurdity of that debate is that the president can'trth korean negotiations what he already has in the iran deal. and the iran deal, you have total denuclearization in iran, and at least for ten years before they can begin development. the most he can get from north korea is perhaps asse cessation testing. that's a worse situation than iran, where you have denuclearization. at some point, middle class voters as women are saying this guy has given us nothing but a con job. major things he promised on, the economy, trade, he is not delivering on. this iran, north korea thing, he may get a sugar high from that temporarily, but that won't last as soon as people take a closer look. >> amy, do you think the president has to do something broader than his base to get up out of the 40s? >> well, you said it yourself. we're at a record low for unemployment rate, roughly 44, 45 years. if you want to bring up females, we're at the lowest since 1950s. also for african americans and hispanio hispanics. the economy is doing extremely well. it is a fac

. >> donald trump says killing the iran deal could send the right message to north korea. not everyone agrees. chief national correspondent ed henry has reaction from the white house. >> sarah sanders put out a statement that initially claimed is really into shows iran as it has a robust clandestine nuclear weapons program and then it was changed to say it had the program in the past tense raising more questions about how new this intelligence. the other big question is whether this is the start of an official white house campaign to get of the obama brokered nuclear deal. to scrap the deal and certify and try to negotiate a new deal with allies like france and germany. the pres. spoke in the rose garden, would not take a stand much is renegotiating a stronger agreement and tied his threats to sink the iran deal to the possibility of a peace deal with north korea saying of people's out of the agreement it will send the right message to kim jong un. if partners do not go through he will keep the military option on the table whether it is north korea or iran. what he did toda

sanctions against iran and north korea.e, our correspondents david willis is in washington for us. david, s analysts were suggesting that if he hadn't limited the ban that z.e. could have gone under. reporter: yes, that was a what the chinese meanwhiled and z.t.e. is one of china's largest telecom equipment manufacturers. they make smart pnes, tablets and mobile phones and so on. now, they were banned recently by the trump administration for buying a u.s. - u.s.-made components for seven years but failing to basically make good on previouss violati noveling sales to iran and north korea. asou mentioned, that threatened to put z.bue. out of ness all together. about 65% of z.t.e. phones, for example, use pieces of equipnt made by qualcomm, which is a huge chip maker here in the united states. so u.s. bits and pieces were vital to this company and its products. well, now, the trump administration has decided to limit that seven-year ban and instead replace it with fines, putting u.s. officials in place to oversee the company a

trump administration says it's keeping up the maximum pressure foreign policy campaign from iran to north koreahe trump administration keeping that maximum pressure foreign-policy campaign from iran to north korea but there are questions whether the campaign is backfiring with the bluff being called. some of those questions are from south korean pres. moon and he's coming to washington tomorrow. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with a preview. >> a few hours from now donald trump will meet with the south korean president at the white house to prepare for the june 12th summit in singapore with the north korean leader to see if they can come up with the united strategy for how to get kim jong un to end his nuclear program. what incentive the us and south korea can offer. >> right now the narrative is floating so it is important for the pres. to look at the big picture, send a clear message and at this point you can definitely salvage the situation to get back on track. >> donald trump called him before he left south korea. the pres. is reportedly concerned statements made by north kore

iran, north korea, syria. some of the wore players in world, if they get away with this others will watch. charles: in grand scheme would it have been worth it to keep them or see them go out of business? >> i think i can speak from china on this i think it is important concession we gave to them, this is second biggest telecom company in china, telecom is something that china is pouring significant resources into. this is important concession for them to -- to -- right. charles: on that night, president trump you look at shin zen, they have advertised on this network. to me. a proxy for how fast china has come on in their grand ambitions, have you been there. >> across border from hong kong, it is remarkable to cross, have you hodge kon hong kong with the liberty compared to mainland china. and china invested in it, they want it to be a rival city to hong kong. charles: it has been well. >> not as well as hong kong. charles: no, but if you look at it you say china is serious about 2025. anything that is a pro

already gearing up for battle action, but at the same time, he is also talking about both north korea and irandency at the moment. starting with north korea. with north korea, he talked very firmly about feeling that there was a chance that this was going to be a very big success, in his words. talking about the idea of the future of peace and security for the whole world coming down to this summit taking place between kimjong—un and donald trump in a matter ofjust over a month's donald trump in a matter ofjust over a months time. we, of course, now know the date and location, june 12 in singapore. it is a country chosen because it has a relationship with both north korea and america and it is a place it was felt could offer security for both of the two leaders. but he is very much setting this out as being an incredibly good deal. look at the last 2a hours with donald trump, with the release of those prisoners held in north korea. you have seen him very much involved in campaigning, even in terms of turning up and being there when they arrived, going onto the plane and walking out with them.