talk with former senator joe lieberman, next.his is bloomberg. ♪ shery: this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." david: let's go to mark crumpton. k: paul ryan rejected the president's plan for tariffs on steel in aluminum. a spokeswoman for the speaker says they are extremely worried about the consequences of a trade war and are urging the white house to not advance with this plan. british prime minister theresa may says it she is confident as an agreement with the european union about the u.k. brexit plan. she made her remarks to my present parliament today. we are close to giving citizens and businesses on both sides time to prepare for our new relationship. mark: prime minister may has spoken with president trump and concern- expressed about the trade war with the european union. with thessed the issue president during a phone call on sunday. kim jong-un held talks with top aides to the south korean president today in the first meeting between officials from seoul since kim jong-un to power in 2011. the south korean adv

well, former 2000 democrat vice presidential nominee joe lieberman telling me on this show yesterdayhat mike pompeo at the state department means, what it means for the iranian nook deal. take a listen. >> i think he is ready to pull out and that would be the best thing to do for our national security and mike pompeo who i know and like and respect, i think will be a secretary of state who will support the president in the kind of principal tough policy against iran that'll be best for america charles: former state department spokesperson marie harf and former navy seal dave sears. i was kind of surprised. joe lieberman obviously known as a straight shooter but was complementary of the actions president trump has taken recently with the state department. >> yeah, absolutely i think joe lieberman has always been pro- israel to some extent, and anti-iran is usually if you're pro-israel, it's anti-iran and to good reason. iran is not just a threat to israel. one of our closest partners in the region but a threat as well as the united states. charles: marie? >> well, i think that joe lie

he could get along with the joe lieberman. he said when asked in terms of an earlier generation of liberal leftist, someone asked him why doesn't bobby kennedy, on the firing line, he said why doesn't baloney face the grinder? john: bill as a debater was first-class. we have all said, he was very fair. he let the other point of view view was id and his will give the other fellow enough rope to hang himself. sometimes the other fellow was good enough to hang bill. lose from time to time. that is the risk when you run a fair-minded debate. how do we develop the kind of people, in this different media environment, that are going to be able to take on the other ,ide, give them a fair hearing and then beat the living daylights out of them? that is what bill did. he had personal gifts. we cannot invent people that have those kinds of abilities, but we can create circumstances in which our people develop the abilities and can create circumstances in which they are given a fair hearing to take on the other side. how do we do that? d w

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well this important issue is being discussed at no time was language from senate julep senator joe lieberman's bill adopted to the legislation and or stripped. that i mean i don't know if. that's for other people to decide but that sounds an awful lot like mansplaining to me to senator jill brown was use kind of words saying they basically took the language of my there's no make the on this bill you're not going to vote it no honey you're just so it was never really there to you know but we haven't taken it off yet it's gaslight and yeah it's literally that's gaslighting that's oh no you're crazy it wasn't there you're crazy you're the one who's always getting a little emotional the congressional harassment reform idea was that members of congress congressman personally pay for sexual harassment settlements when they're when they're found liable when they're found guilty so lawmakers can tap but one currently what's going on right now as we've seen is that lawmakers can tout taxpayer funds to settle with victims playing this game of like well is not really liable we may or may not be there but

vonnie: still ahead, former senator joe lieberman will be u.s.ut relations as prime minister netanyahu visits the white house. all of ourch interviews on the bloomberg with the function tv . this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 1:00 in washington, 6:00 in london, and two a.m. in hong kong. shery: welcome to "bloomberg markets: balance of power." .avid: the top stories we're watching. trade wars within the republican party. paul ryan urges the president to tariffs.r president trump says he is not backing down. the israeli prime minister visits the white house after president trump recognizes the embassy in jerusalem. he is facing potential criminal charges back on. the national people's congress may compile an economic team to the president xi deliver on what he has promised. ♪ shery: president trump, not backing down on his america first trade agenda. during a meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu moments o,

al gore start doing that lockbox thing and whirring turtlenecks and joe lieberman didn't give him the boost that he thought. not having someone get ralph had nothing on the ballot in florida. florida. wasn't just the corridor i think when james baker came down to florida first as warren christopher, i thought, baker had clearly was going to outgun -- >> we also backed by the u.s. supreme court that twice held the floated with violating article v of the constitution by trying to change the rules of the election. if you have any doubts about the gore strategy i commend your book it's over in the library, david moyes autobiography. the lead lawyer for al gore who says that they did not call for a statewide recount, which is what the law requires, because if they recounted all of the counties in the state, the gore campaign concluded bush is late would grossly want to quote harvest votes picking out three very large democratic counties and tried to go in and harvest votes in the undercount, the people did not vote in the presidential election and somehow get enough votes out of that to er

remember a day it was a critical juncture in the campaign, ways on the road with senator mccain, joe lieberman, lindsey graham, he started a political rally in a battle ground state by saying today we were all georgians. you were furious. not that americans are dumb, but in the middle of a presidential campaign, they're not thinking of who he is and they're not thinking about the country of georgia. i wonder what you think about the fact that that was the man that the republican party nominated in 2008, and in 2016 the gop platform was changed to articulate precisely, in full view, in public, vladimir putin's desired policy vis-a-vis ukraine. >> one of the things that's fundamentally changed, nicolle, it used to be not so long ago that the american people would look at the american system of government and view it as superior to the russian system. they would have faith and trust and belief in the virtues and ideals of the american republic. but that's all been undermined both domestically and globally. if you're looking at the united states at the dysfunction of this administration from abroa

i talked to joe lieberman, he disconnects on saturdays. >> ivanka does toys, one of them is billionaireont of your kids. you do want to disconnect. put the phone down. find the time i would say, when your kids are not around, buy yourself. i have to. i can't not check my phone. steve steph that would be great. problem looking at your phone in off hours, as soon as you engage, you're back at work. brian: i know. steve: back at work. blood pressure goes up. brian: i always think it is amazing too, if we're together and i'm doing this, i know you're here but i would rather talk to somebody here. it is fundamental insult. ainsley: right. brian: right now, i'm not looking down tossing to jillian. i'm looking at jillian. i would rather toss to her. ainsley: why everyone is so stressed out in america. jillian: i find it fascinating, brian, you need reminder to wear sneakers tomorrow. if we have a spot out on plaza, don't forget. brian participates in, he doesn't need the sneakers. let's get into the headlines. tell you other news we're following starting here. new reports suggest ising that pr