let's take it up with former lieutenant colonel james carafano of the heritage foundation. colonel, great to see you. the president is on a conference call to get this oil deal done. your reaction to that story as we await for the presser? >> i think one of the untold stories about the whole covid response has been the u.s. as a global leader. we're so focused on the domestic story. we're so focused what china is doing around the world that china is absent and we're not. this is one of the instance united states holding back, holding world health organization accountable. tremendous work we've done with other countries own development and cdc and everybody else. u.s. is still the global leader. i'm glad we have something like this to remind people of that. elizabeth: i want to move to jobless claims. this is a story of reopening. the american people want to know the plan going forward from reopening economy. we're different from europe. entire nations shut down. they can make the call to reopen. we operate on a 50 state model. here is the problem, 6.6 million jobs lost toda

let's welcome our next guest, retired army lieutenant colonel james carafano., great to have you on. >> thanks. liz: okay. the news just moments ago, president trump said this at the white house press conference just moments ago. nobody knows where the north korean communist dictator kim jong-un is. he is saying quote, i have a very good idea of what is going on, the president said. you will hear about that shortly. there is escalating speculation coming out of japan and south korea, that he is, the north korean dictator is in vegetative state from a botched surgery operation on his heart. your reaction to that? >> week we're mailinging a -- le we're playing a giant game of clue. obviously the president has intelligence and sending a signal, he is isn't worried. that is important. our strategy works whoever is in charge of north create. maximum pressure. mission sill defense, conventional deterrents. sanctioning, blocking north korea and pressuring to dedenuclearization. i think we're in good shape regardless whether the truth comes out, i don't think we're in

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