i got a rare chance to speak to a top administration official when deputy secretary of state john sullivan joined me. he's in the danish capital copen hay again, diplomatic swing through europe. secretary sullivan, welcome to the program. >> thank you, i'm delighted to be with you. >> there you are in copenhagen and addressing issues of reform, specifically in ukraine and other issues. ukraine so important for many reasons. but how difficult is it to get reform done? we broke on our show a few weeks ago that the finance minister was being forced to resign or beout right fired for trying to crack down on corruption. >> reform in ukraine, as you know, has been a president for years now. the difficulty that the ukrainians face is they've got an ongoing conflict in their eastern regions. so trying to accomplish difficult reform, political, economic reform, while also fighting a conflict that's been sponsored by their neighbor russia makes it even more difficult. so we're here, the united states, like-minded countries, to attend this ukraine reform conference to provide support for, encourageme

myanmar and the work canada is doing to maintain those sanctions and the deputy secretary of state john sullivan in copenhagen on wednesday and to the ambassador yesterday. there is a very deep relationship and that will continue and we have close relationships with u.s. counterparts and the mayor of hamilton talk to me how he has reached out to his u.s. mare counterpart we have had a great relationship now almost 151 years i am confident that will undo her for another 151. >> do you believe common sense will prevail with trump in the white house? >> i am absolutely confident common sense will prevail at the end of the day economic reality is a very powerful thing and that economic reality united states is balanced and mutually beneficial the steel industry actually it has a slight surplus in trade in steel with canada. it doesn't make them and then to follow the rule of law that really matters to canada and it will always stand up for that. thank you. >> so talking about protecting workers, what about businesses? there is a fear of the possibility that to have a large presence in hamilton that

been doing to maintain the sanctions, the deputy secretary of state, i met with him in person, john sullivan on copenhagen, so it is a very deep relationship. that relationship continues, relationships with us counterparts, the mayor of hamilton talked to me how he has been reaching out to the us mayor counterpart. and it i am confidence for 151 years. >> do you believe common sense can prevail with trump in the white house along is he is there? >> i'm actually confident common sense will prevail. at the end of the day i am an economic determine just, and it is a powerful thing. the economic reality, our relationship to the united states is balanced and mutually beneficial. take the steel industry, the us has a slight surplus in trade, steel and canada. it doesn't make sense and something called rule of law matters to canada. >> you talked about protecting workers, what about businesses? there has been a fear there is a large presence in hamilton, it may move to where there is a larger presence. >> we have been very clear with today's announcement, two key components, we are taking action do

i am joined by congressional reporter john sullivan. theoretically california should be a walk in the park for democrats. >> in some cases it has been too much of a good thing. you have so many democrats running that some of them are now at risk of being shut out of the general election because of the state unique top two system. national a democratic strategist have been watching what's going on in california as you mentioned, this is a state that is key to figuring out whether they are going to be able to win back the 23 seats they need to pick up to take control of the house in november. if you low wind is at the back and a lot of anger nationwide against president trump. they can't take anything for granted and if they get shut out of the november ballot, somebody's california house raises, there will be a lot of disappointed democrats tomorrow morning. they will look at this is a boy, we missed an opportunity here. so the entire house of majority, a lot of this comes down to what happens in california tonight. as we see the polls c

i spoke to the deputy secretary of state, john sullivan, about this very point, and particularly in light of the meeting with putin, and we can talk about that in a second. but here's what secretary sullivan says about the nato summit. >> we're very open with our nato allies, our eu colleagues on the preparations for the nato summit. it's obviously high on our agenda, a successful nato summit, where our allies will hear directly from the president, his views on these important issues, reaffirming our commitment to nato, to our nato allies, to our nato treaty obligations which have been a bedrock principle of u.s. foreign policy in the post-war era. we're looking forward to a successful nato summit, i know the president is, and we'll discuss this with our nato allies and other ally kohl leagues, and we're looking forward to it. >> so that should be music to the alliance's ears. but they all know that president trump is very transactional. he's bound to berate them again about the two percentage points of gdp they should be paying toward their nato budget, their military budget. and, you kn

. >> john sullivan, thank you. no one gives us the month of august off.we are not french. taken a whole month off.we pay tax money, taxpayer monies pays for their salaries. get to work. thank you. >> thank you. >> you did not hear that we are taking the month of august off? [laughter] just kidding! now let's go to the track where we could see history made just about one hour from now when they will be off in the belmont stakes. justify, he already won the kentucky derby and is looking to become the 13th triple crown winner in racing history. bryan llenas a live outside the truck with more. >> a arthel! the triple crown is the most elusive of sports prizes. if justify war to win and just about an hour it will be one third horse to win the crown since 1978. look at this video. this is the trophy. the brand-new triple crown trophy the first time in history have redesigned it. it is not three feet tall. the tallest sports trophy there is. if justify war to win today it is all his. justify arrived in new york on wednesd

john kilduff. >>> from n oil toural gas. the u.s. is producing a lot of it, and that is changing the key dynamics of the energy industry. brian sullivan is at the world gas conference in washington. >> reporter: oil may get the headlines, but natural gas is shaking up the geolitical energy game even more than its crude cousin. in just the past fewears united states has become a gas powerhouse, so for the first time in more than 30 years the world gas conference is taking place in america. energy secretary rick perry spoke at the event and highlighted america's gas boom. >> we will set a record this year for dry natural gas production with an average of 81.2 billion cubic feet per day. and we' break tha record next year. >> reporter: we're now producing so much gas that america is now exporter for the first time ever. the international energy agency believes that liquified natural gas from the u.s. willurge om 4% global market share now to more than 20% in just five years. >>e next five years about 45%, almost half of the global gas produesion growth c from the united states. >> reporter: that's good news for companies likeominion reso

john kylduff good to have you here. >> thank you >> can we re-establish the chronology here. last week there's the big meeting. we see the scrum brian sullivan >> great job by brian. >> they raised output but not as much as thought. so the price went up dramatically late last week. there were more meetings between who said what and now there's more supply coming up. >> it was opec week. there was this seminar where shale producers attended friday was the big meeting of producers. now going into the meeting we've been tantalized by russia you get 1.8 million barrels. >> was there a meeting on saturday as well many. >> friday they come out with this announcement. that was very weak all they said was they were going to adhere to the current deal and quota sort of eyeing or alluding to the fact that some countries would up their production to get the spec overall that was all to save face for iran who wanted no changes to the deal, no changes to output saturday was the big day that's when the saudi minister said they were going to put a million barrels more on the market >> so that changed expectations from friday. >> from friday squishy announc