here's jonathan carl. >> reporter: a stark warning from president trump on the threat posed by north korea to u.s. troops in the region and beyond. >> nobody is safe. who is safe? the guy has nuclear weapon. we are probably not safe over here the if he gets the long-range missiles we are not safe either. >> reporter: despite his ominous tone, the president said he is open to the idea of meeting with north korean dictator kim jung-un, he told bloomberg, i would be honored to do it under the right circumstances. >> this is some body that starved his own people. threat tuned destroy the united states, last week put out a video showing the capital getting destroyed by north korean fighters the how could he be honored to meet with kim jung-un. >> the president understands the threat that north korea poses and will do what is necessary to protect our confree from threat that they pose. >> how could that be an honor? >> john, i guess because he is head of state. so, this. >> sean spicer made it clear the conditions are nowhere near right for a meeting any time soon. not only as kim recently

jonathan carl on the chain of events and latest comments from the president. >> reporter: less than 24rs after the firing of james comey, the man leading the investigation into russian meddling, president trump welcomed russia's ambassador and foreign minister to the white house. the russians releasing these pictures of the men laughing together in the oval office. later the president was asked -- why fire comey? >> why did you fire fbi director james comey? why did you fire director comey? >> he wasn't doing a good simply. he was not doing a good job. >> reporter: the big question, why now? the white house initially said the president lost confidence in comey after leaving this memo from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he blasted comey's handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation, singling out the july news conference where the director declared he would not prosecute clinton but then went on to criticize her at length. rosenstein, implied, clinton had been treated unfairly. we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject. >> whit

. >> abc news reporter, jonathan carl, at the capitol. >> reporter: president trump today said that he decided on his own to fire james comey. >> he's as grand stander. the fbi had been in turmoil. the president says he decided to fire comey way before the attorney general weighed in. there is no good time to do it. when i decided to just did, i said to myself, you know this russia thing with trump and russia, is a made up story. the director told him he's not under investigation three separate times including during a dinner at the white house, a dinner that comey requested. >> i said we'll consider and we'll see what happens. comey assured him he was not only investigation in two separate phone calls. >> i said if it is possible, will you let me know am i under investigation. he said you are not under investigation. >> i know that i am not under investigation. i am not talking about campaigns. i am not under investigation. >> is it inappropriate for the president of the united states to ask the fbi directly if he's under investigation. >> one of the conversations happened at dinner.

jonathan carl has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: donald trump couldn't have asked for a warmer welcomed p. coming off air force one to an elaborate red carpet ceremony. and a greeting from the prime minister and his wife who remarked that the netanyahus and the trumps have something in common. [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: trump then became the first sitting president to visit one of jerusalem's most sacred sites and following jewish tradition leaving a written prayer. with him hise milania and daughter, ivanka. they hope it will turn the page from the russia investigation. but today it was the president who spoke about the controversy. trump told reporters to stay. he had something to say about that infamous oval office meeting with russian officials. about those reporthat he passed on highly classified information given to the united states by the zooel israelis. >> just so you understand i never mentioned the word or the name israel. never mentioned it. so you had another story wrong. mention -- never mentioned the word israel. >> reporter: but nobody has ever reported that trump said

. >> jonathan carl. >> reporter: a stark warning today from president trump on the threat posed by northo u.s. troops in the region and beyond. >> the guy's got nuclear weapons. we're probably not safe over here. if he gets the long range missiles, we're probably not safe over here. >> he'sopen on the idea with meeting with n leader, kim jong-un. under what he called the right circumstances quote i would be honored to do it. >> this is somebody who has starved his own people. just last week he put out a video showing the capitol getting destroyed by north korean fighters. how could he be honored to meet with kim jong-un? >> he will do whatever is necessary under the right circumstances under threats that they pose. >> how could that be an honor? >> because he's still the head of state. so it is sort of -- there's a diplomatic piece. >> sean spicer made it clear the conditions are nowhere near right. as he showed the videos of the doctor d instruction of the capitol, there have been missile tests, preparations for a possible nuclear test and now the u.s.s. carl vincent strike group is in

that was jonathan carl reporting. back here in the u.s. tonight.g coming in from both sides of the aisle over the nonpartisan congressional budget office report on the republican health care plan. unless you are a healthy millionaire, trump care is a nightmare. this report ought to be the final nail in the coffin of the republican effort to sabotage our health care system. >> that report issued late this afternoon, found that 23 million americans would lose their insurance over the next nine years. it also found the bill would reduce deficits by $119 billion. paul ryan praised the report, while tom price called it wrong. the house bill is currently being modify by senate republicans. the senate is expected to make major changes to the bill. >> tonight, a famous yoga expert around the world fled the country. the founder of bikram yoga, hot yoga facing an arrest. has been ordered to pay his former attorney millions of dollars stemming from allegations of sexual assault leading to his fall from grals. abc news reporter david wright has our story. >> t

he wasn't briefed on the source or method of the information either. >> reporter: jonathan carl, abc7ouse. >> the president admits he talked to the russians about white house and safety involving a laptop bomb. u.s. officials believe it is the most i am nept large scale terror threat we face. abc reporter looks at the president's info sharing will have on intelligence gathering now. >> reporter: what is at risk tonight, according to current and former u.s. officials is the life of a spy inside isis, placed there by israel, providing sensitive information about terror plots against america on the condition the u.s. keep the source secret. >> the real risk is not just this source, but future sources of information about plots against us. >> reporter: the current intelligence from inside isis involves an active plot to bring down a passenger jet on route to the u.s. with a bomb hidden in a laptop that the u.s. believes can get through airport screening machines undetected. the information is so reliable that the u.s. is considering a ban on laptops on all flights from europe to the u.s.

jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. >>> all right. stow what do the russians make of all of this? a kremlin spokesman called the whole thing utter nonsense. he said the story is not being confirmed or denied. meanwhile, the russian ministry spokeswoman advised not to read newspapers. doing so harmful and dangerous as well. republican members of congress, conc about the trump administration. speaking last night. senator john mccain reportedly said the trump scandals have reached, quoting here in his words. watergate size and scale. senate republican leader. has stood by the president so far. he sounding frustrated. >> i think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white house. >> do you have concerns about the president's ability to properly handle classified information? >> no. >> quite the pregnaause he woul discipline from the white house, quoting here, they have got to figure out a way to come to grips with all that is happening right now. >> the sixth round of syrian peace talks resume in switzerland. expectatio

. >> jonathan carl, abc news, washington. >>> we also have breaking news about the worldwide ransomware attack. cybersecurity researchers say there are clues linking it to north korea. several firms say earlier versions of the virus share similarities with preef yufs hacking attempts traced to north korea, such as one on sony entertainment. however, the hackers may have copied the code. hundreds of thousand of computers and more than 150 countries have been affected. meanwhile, north korea boasting it lawn. ed a new rocket. the medium long-range device can carry a heavy nuclear warhead and may reach bases in the pacific. u.n. security council unanimously condemned the missile test and warned of sanctions. north korea says it wl its tests any time any place. >> aviation officials working to figure out the cause of the deadly jet crash outside of new york city. take a look. the lear jet went down less than a mile from teeterboro airport where it was to land after a flit from philadelphia. the two crew members on board were killed. no one on the ground was injured. and we have surveillance

. >> jonathan carl abc 7 news the white house. >>> president is handing out his and mexico to call himchanged numbers with french president macron. even if he uses his government issued cellphone conversation are vulnerable to eachvesdroppi particularly from foreign governments >>> nancy pelosi spoke about how things have changed in washington post today. >> in the district she represents, house minority leader nancy pelosi got a standing ovation. a day after what would have been president kennedy's 100 birthday. >> i was present at his inaugurati inauguration. >> she witnessed history but the crowd wanted to talk about the president. >> how is this president different. >> ha, ha, ha. what's different would be a long list. how is he the same i can't think of anything. it's not that women are better it's that the beauty is in the mix and we must have women at the table. >> to tackle tough issues like the ones she's faced as a democrat. >> when it comes to who to choose are ones that are great for your your life but not everybody else. >> she avoided even using his name. >> the new presi

jonathan carl has more. >> he already fired him. today president trump aimed and i parent threat at former fbi director jamescomey. the president tweeting james comey better hope there are no tapes of other conversations before he starts leaking to the press. wait a minute. tapes? is president trump taping his white house conversations. today after the tweet a nondenial. >> what about the idea that in a tweet you said there might be tape recordings -- >> i can't talk about it. i won't talk about it. all i want is for comey to be honest. i hope he will be. i'm sure he will be. >> a recording would reveal if he said what the president claims he said about the russia investigation. >> i said if it's possible will you let me know, am i under investigation? he said you are not under investigation. >> today the white house was pressed on whether the president is threatening comey and whether any recordings actually exist. >> did president trump record his conversations with director comey? >> the president has nothing further to add on th

abc's jonathan carl has details. >> reporter: in a terse letter president trump informed fbi directormey "you are hereby terminated and removed from office effectively immediately." explaining, you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. just last week that comey told congress he was mildly nauseous at the idea his announcement about hillary clinton's e-mails may have had an impact on the election. comey up-ended the campaign just 11 days before the vote, announcing his investigators were now pouring over new e-mails discovered on the laptop of anthony weiner, disgraced former congressman married to clinton'sicose aide, huma abedin. two days before the election, comey revealed there was nothing there. then just last week, comey testified about abedin, weiner and those e-mails. >> his then spouse huma abedin appears to have had a regular practice of forwarding e-mails for him to print out for her so she could deliver them to secretary of state. >> reporter: comey said abedin forwarded hundreds of thousands of e-mails some of which contained classified information. but the fbi admi

here's chief white house correspondent, jonathan carl. >> reporter: president trump was asked about hish for a new fbi director to replace the fired jim comey. >> are you shaking up your staff, mr. president? >> moving rapidly. >> reporter: that search may be moving rapidly but they're defying demands for answers as to whether the president has been secretly recording his conversas. late last week taunting the fired fbi director with a tweet saying james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. >> if there are tapes, as the president has suggested, he should turn them over immediately. >> reporter: even the republicans are saying if there are tapes, they need be preserved and turned over. >> if there are any tapes, they need to be turned over. >> if in fact there are such recording, i think they'll have to turn them over. >> but the white house is refusing to answer any questions on this whatsoever. >> reporter: is the white house intending to cooperate with those requests and furnish that information as requested in write snging?

in fact, jonathan carl of nbc news tweeted, hey, what about the back channel of rfk?obert kennedy who back channeled for his brother and met. so there are even some journalists who are embarrassed by how far the media has taken this particular witc witch hunt. it's not going to work. jared kushner is one of the most competent people. he set up the foreign trip. you can see how good it is. they want to take him out and keep trip alone without is someone so competent by his side. ashley: i have a feeling many of them are not, doug. so basically what we're saying is the media, have a bad sense of history. and back channels can be a very effective way of getting policy in place that benefits all. >> you're absolutely right, ashley. there's fake news and there's fake history. this is fake history. ashley: let's not go down the fake news road. doug, thank you so much. it was great fun to talk to you and we appreciate your insight. >> thank you. ashley: a new report, by the way, shows that u.s. credit scores have hit a record high as memories of the recession start to fade.

. >> eric: they are becoming rock stars themselves the press briefing room jonathan carl. >> thrush is hero. >> eric: can you believe glen thrush took his hat off for a briefing? >> no comment. i will say though the press should not take the bait on this. i think it's hard for them to do it. most of the most exhausting narratives and story lines of the trump era has been the endless, boundless self-regard of the washington press corps. democracy dies in darkness, ta da ta da ta da ta da, give me a break. do you know what they should say to the president? cancel him, fine. you cancel him, and we will crack your walnuts worse than we were cracking them before. >> eric: is that possible? >> of course. >> eric: eboni, is it possible? the mainstream media is so against donald trump i can't believe they would crack his walnuts any more than they are cracking his walnuts. >> eboni: i will tell you, this eric. do they dislike him, absolutely. i can't cry any tears for president trump over this issue of delegitimizing his presidency. not when he was the chief of the birtherrism. this is the typ

so jonathan carl referred to that connection. john kennedy used his brother r.f.k. vietnam. obama used a back channel to touch base with the iranians before he was president of the united states. pete: those who forget history in this case are doomed to indict it you mentioned barack obama and also hillary clinton. far more sort of touching ways to trying to establish back channels? >> back channels can be bad. there is iran contra. there is a lot of scandals. hillary clinton. these stories don't get a lot of attention. we all know the story of the russian government giving $2.6 million to the clinton foundation and getting uranium one in return. what you never hear, pete, is that the clinton foundation got $2 million from scovula university. she arranged to have an exchange with silicone valley and sculva became the silicone valley of russia in a great irony she may have given the russians the snake that bit her. pete: back channels are also part of a pay to play or quid pro quo that's a big problem. if you are pursuing diplomacy or things in america's interest. hi

jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. >>> congressman chaffetz republican chair of the house oversightice department inspector general to investigate fbi director james comey's firing. democrats demanding a special prosecutor. they say they're convinced president trump got rid of comey to derail the investigation into the alleged collusion between russia and trump campaign. house speaker paul ryan and gop leaders are defending the president's decision. >> i think the president lost patience and people in the justice department lost confidence in director comey himself. i think the president was looking at a situation, you had senior justice department officials losing confidence. >> senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell dismissed calls for a prosecutor saying a new investigation would impede the work in progress. a handful of republicans are questioning the president's timing and demanding an explanation. >> we have also heard from vladamir putin for the first time since comey was fired. now, in his hockey uniform, before a special hockey game, putin said that comey's dismissal will

joining me to debate that from austin texas, gop strategist carl roe and mit professor jonathan gruber, one of the architects of obamacare. one of the big criticisms is how it would treat people with pre-existing conditions and older people before they are on medicaid. what's the problem there. >> for older americans their health insurance is very expensive. under obamacare that's limited how much they can be charged and by having tax credits that limit the percent of income they have to pay for health insurance as well as expanding medicaid to lower income adults. that goes away under the house alternative. the medicaid expansion goes away. for the poor and elderly they don't have access to health insurance. tax credits become flat and not income based so the elderly have to pay much more for health insurance. you have a system that's not as protective. chris: carl, let's talk about both aspects. democrats are saying there isn't as much protection just shy of medicare and their calling that the age tax and the compromise that the house passed does this, it provides states that set up

we'll have a debate between strategist carl rove and one of the architects of obama jonathan grouper, we'll askly panel about the politics of late night comedy this week on fox news sunday. >>> news is good for the wife of military veteran who just got the gift of life from a complete stranger. >> bob barnard tells us the organization was solicited on facebook and made possible by the transplant team in >> i can't thank her enough, she sells me i'm not her angel >> they consider themselves sisters even though kimberly and britney met a week ago at walter reed national military medical center in bethesda. >> the story behind it is just blows my mind >> kimberly came here five months ago from her home in kentucky, suffering from crippling kidney disease. >> i've been praying for so long, you know, and he answered my prayers >> her outlook changed when this pamphlet arrived in the mail, advertising the walter reed transplant program. offered to military families. >> we pay for everything, food, lodging travel and i sat there and i can like this is too good to be true >> after coming to w

jonathan alter. i used the word espionage with carl higby, a trump supporter. he thought that was inappropriate.too far, big words. is that accurate at this point, that this could be espionage? >> it could be, and i think the press does have to be careful about getting ahead of ourselves. there's enough real news and cause for concern to prevent us from jumping to too many conclusions. this is extraordinarily disturbing. >> plus the lawyer pushing back saying, oh, mr. kushner made thousands of calls. he doesn't remember, have a recollection of this. i would think because russia was so much in the headlines, sergey kislyak is pretty recognizable, noticeable. you remember speaking to him if you're a young guy in your mid 30s. >> the reason they're saying that is because apparently jared kushner lied. he was given a form for security clearance on his meetings with reign leaders or reestatives of foreign governments of any kind, and he said no, that he did not have these meetings. then a story comes out in the press that actually, not only did he have a conversation on the phone which you could conc

jonathan: i'm convinced there is an economics textbook somewhere for sitting on the fence. carlmuch more than a commercial break. from new york city you're watching bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: it is in the clock a.m. in new york, 3:00 p.m. in london and 10:00 a.m. in hong kong. i am vonnie quinn. mark: i am mark barton. welcome to bloomberg markets. vonnie: we will take you from hour andto london this cover stories outside of south africa and iran. we have breaking economic data. more for the fed to ponder over although, they were not have much time left. asie: nonmanufacturing index measured services in the u.s. economy coming in at 57.5, higher than the estimate. this is for the month of april. this is an important economic measure because it measures the biggest part of the u.s. economy, services versus what we see in terms of manufacturing. again, this is an expansion, more than projected. is part off order this reaching the highest level since 2005. that gauge of orders at 63.2.

jonathan: two defense point, what is the federal here? carl: the fed likes to take the easy off ramp when they save your is nothing they can do. this is not part of our mandate. if you continue to run the economy hot and draw in that labor slack, you can maybe not solve this directly with one tool. you start to create those labor shortages which force employers to make smart decisions about retraining workers were offering higher wages than those mediocre jobs and they become better. jonathan: let's explore the argument. let wages rip for a while and let the economy run hot. put morethat, you business owners investing. ethan: i think the fed is quietly letting the economy run hot. they talk about this is a theoretical thing. i don't think they are very reluctant to say they are running the economy hot here in i think that's what they are doing. they have barely hiked interest rates in the face of solid job data and low unemployment and rising wages. it's a good idea. i agree. we should let the economy run hot for a while to make up for it taki

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