mr. ambassador, thanks for you . >> thank you. >> we'll see you soon.obert kimmitt, former ambassador. >>> make or break moment for media. at&t, time warner waiting word on their merger. we'll talk to top anti-trust lawy lawyers in a few moments rick santelli, flattish action market day what are you watching? >> yeah. no i was watching that data, cpi headline, year over year up 2.8 the biggest since 2012 japan had a big headline read at 2.7. central banks, this could be a big week e eal talk about a tt te llhaafr thbrk. see that's funny, i thought you traded options. i'm not really a wall street guy. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you know? well sur at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman? hey, ian. you know, at td ameritrade, we can walk you through your options trades step by step until you're comfortable. i could be up for that. that's taking options trading from wall st. to main st. hey guys, wanna play some pool? eh, i'm not really a pool guy. what's the hesitation? it's just

for britain to hear emotion that's let's start with you please mr ambassador we just seen the national i'm thirty the kids loving it they're very excited how proud are you of these young men coming to represent burundi here in st childwall cope as i said before last time when we met it's a very good opportunity for the kids but also for the countries because they are we call them new generation but they are also the future generation because they are our kids and they need our support. one incredible event give us a little potted history. i'm and they like a street child in south africa in two thousand and ten and he said to me when people see me on the streets i say i'm a street child when they see me playing football they say i am a person i'm a person like you so when i was a world cup for kids a little on the streets to change the way the street children see and change the way street children are treated and finally tell us about the kids how much if they enjoy playing against each of the playing with each other and with each other ok these are not me kids these are kids who live o

mr. ambassador, thank you. ador hubbard, thank you to you as well. >> thank you >>> as we head to break, we'll check in on where we stand with the markets. opening up higher across the board, a little rally for the dow up 12 points, s&p higher by more than 10%, building on gains for the third week in a row. stick around for the fcc commissioner joining us following the net neutrality that happens officially today. it's an inteiew u n'rvyodot want to miss. more "squawk on the street" right after this >>> now for the extf spotlight where scott is looking at the stocks making a big e-commerce level. >> this is a look at what has been working and more recently, a lot of talk that if you breakdown the xyl, the consumer discretionary etf, 30% of its weight is just amazon, netflix and booking.com. the old priceline. so clearly it was a famed portfolio in disguise. however, if you look more recently, there's an equal version of the sector. rcd, a small ticker, that does track the equal weighted version of that sector in

mr. ambassador, and kevin, you too, reporting on this.not only that we see one, if you want to call it the top bad guys from north korea with the policy geeks. and kevin, what was in that letter, and it was quite large, as i said, physically. >> right. and we were at the white house, and president trump comes out to talk to the reporters, and it is unclear whether or not he has read the sentence, and in one sentence he said that he had read it and then another he said that he didn't and so we don't know what was in the letter, and if he has read that letter. and we are spect to the north korea's economy and in terms of how president trump and the public comments in the last 48 hours are suggesting that, look, if they will not be playing ball, they have a additional sanction there on the north koreans, but it is to the ambassador o's point, we can have a ideological debate if financial institutions wants to invest in iran, but no big bank in their mind wants to do b business with north korea and the only place that is with the 90% of the i

mr. ambassador, let me ask you about north korea. when will we know if the north korean summit was a success, insofar that agreements are not unprecedented for the north korean koreans, it's the follow through. when will we know? >> when they agree to having an inventory of all their nuclear and missile sites, many which are hidden. when the north cleans agree to dismantling. they may have 60 nuclear w weapons. that would take a lot of time. but to be able to say they are destroying, dismantling a certain number then you know it will be a success. i mentioned some human rights issues. normalizing the relationship. hotline hotlines. many other factors that the remains of our soldiers. the vibes are good. i'm hopeful. if i were the president and were advising him in this press conference, i would shift the discussion away to north korea. >> you want to see the president do something that could bring some normalization with north korea. this is not a conventional president in the u.s., as we have seen. and kim jong-un is not a conventio

mr. ambassador and thank you for joining us. somed the reaction world leaders and also some business leaders but what is your reaction to these tariffs? ambassador: even the steel union -- this is absolute chaos. the most protectionist administration since the 1920's. the whole basis on which they are acting, the national security justification -- how is it possible that there is a national security threat and we are getting these products, aluminum and steel from our closest allies? the real problem with excess capacity in these metals is not these three allied countries but china. it is like shooting a machine gun at the wrong target. if they want to deal with excess capacity, go after china, not our closest allies. this will invite direct agricultureat our and a whole array of products. brings uncertainty to the economy and it really is an -- it really is a chaotic situation. been involved in many international negotiations regarding trade. some say you have to threaten as partr impose tariffs of the negotiation and not as pa

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the philippines mexico and honduras the end besler joins me from washington mr ambassador what's your assessment of the administration's handling of this whole korean situation so far. well mercurial is right i mean it's been kind of up and down but it seems to be in a good place right now larry and looks like the meeting is going to go forward i think the president's right to try and manage expectations you can't solve everything overnight but you could have a meeting that gives us a sense of direction where these talks are going to go and of course what we want to see is the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and i think that the real big question is is kim jong un the leader of north korea prepared to give up his nuclear program in exchange for a peace treaty and restoration an end to the korean war on that peninsula and reintegration with the global economy including trade with the united states japan korea south korea and so forth his get it's going to be interesting his getting rid of those three in town hawks in north korea and going to more in the middle is that encourag

englishman here and the ambassador said since a footprint in english let's start with you please mr ambassador we just sing the national anthem the kids loving it they're very excited how proud are you of these young men coming to represent burundi here astri child will cope as i said before one last time when we met it's a very good opportunity for the kids but also for the countries because. we call them new generation but they are also the future generation because they are our kids and they need our support. one incredible event give us a little potted history of st child will call them and they lay a street child in south africa in twenty ten and he said to me when people see me on the streets i say mystery child when they see me playing football they say i'm a person. i'm a person like you so when i was a world cup for kids and not on the streets to change the way the street children are seen and change to our history children are treated and finally tell us about the kids sandwich if they enjoy playing against each of the playing with each of the mixing with each other ok these on ordin

the philippines mexico and honduras the end massive and joins me from washington mr ambassador what's your assessment of the administration's handling of this whole korean situation so far well mercurial is right i mean it's been kind of up and down but it seems to be in a good place right now larry and looks like the meeting is going to go forward i think the president's right to try and manage expectations you can't solve everything overnight but you could have a meeting that gives us a sense of direction where these talks are going to go and course what we want to see is the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and i think that the real big question is is kim jong un the leader of north korea prepared to give up his nuclear program in exchange for a peace treaty and restoration of an end to the korean war on that peninsula and reintegration with the global economy including trade with the united states japan korea south korea and so forth his it's going to be interesting his getting rid of those three apparent hawks in north korea and going to more in the middle is that encoura

mr. ambassador, i didn't raise my hand. i have two kids. i'm the breadwinner.i can't go to jail right now. i've got to show up to work to pay for my family. don't think for a minute i changed my preferences about this regime. we made a big mistake if we think that they've got this whole society locked up and they wanif theywant to be on this pah many years. i don't thin think that he's pue institutions in place to survive the tenure. there is no party or organization. it all depends on the one leader and i dliterand i do think thatl be change coming. think about this for 12-year-olds were arrested just last week. you arrest a 12-year-old for protesting article 31 in the constitution and it's a constitutional right to think that she's ever going to vote for putin. in the long run i'm an incredibly optimistic about the future and therefore the future of u.s. russia relations. i just don't know when the long run begins. thank you all. you've been great. plus the >> thank you all very much. thank you, michael. i had a feeling if you want to buy that you can do so o

mr. ambassador, appreciate your insight, as always. hope to see you agaion ambassador nicholas burns. >> crystal clear. >> yep. >> i like him. no waffling. >>> when we come back, cramer's mad dash and count down to the opening bell busy tuesday morning taking shape. we'll talk some rates and anti-trust, as well. there's more news headed our way. "squawk on the street" is right back ♪ opening bell in a few minutes. cramer's "mad dash." watching rh. >> first tiffany and ralph return a lauren. they blew the numbers away and never came back away there's a convertible bond we're looking at a considerable short position 35% of the flow and remember about 35% is owned by gary freedman, the ceo himself. a remarkable conference call saying it came together. dramatic numbers you look for dollar, too, they came in above 33 he's taken the year 634. you can argue he's going to do seven. what i think happens is this, i don't think it comes in. if ralph lauren and tiffany are all the rule, you'll get this and then this and this so you have to be -- i

mr. ambassador back over to you. because, listen, we know that michael cohen is the fixer. would take a bullet for the president of the united states and if he's been in the president's orbit for a number of years. and this is the if and yet to be proven but if the allegation is that there was nefarious behavior that did not benefit stormy daniels in that particular case and there are multiple cases involving michael cohen, especially even just being investigated for criminality at the moment, what does this speak to in a broader sense? >> well, the -- the golden egg is the treasure is in those files that are being now reviewed in new york. there is sure to be the possibility of additional corroboration for this case. and the other two cases that we know about that davidson and coen worked on and who knows what else. so it may be what is in this complaint is the tip of the iceberg for cohen. and this complaint is a relatively small worry. cohen's willingness to take a bullet for trump is going to be tested because i think having done this for almost 30 years, every time whe

mr. ambassador, thank you very much for the time. daniel freed, distinguished fellow at the atlantic council. >> and president trump's so focus now is that meeting on tuesday with kim jong un, a meeting he's on his way to as we speak. he said he's confident the summit will be much more than just a photo-op. >> this is a great opportunity for peace and lasting peace and prosperity. >> bill neeley is nbc news's global correspondent and he joins me now. bill? >> reporter: the world's focus is if you like shifting already from that summit in quebec, a summit of allies to the summit here in singapore of old enemies, and the stage is being set for a summit like no other. because whatever you say about this meeting, it is not a normal summit. so the advance teams from both the u.s. and north korea have arrived, the north koreans arriving at there hotel here today. there is an empty aircraft on the runway at pyongyang airport, which we believe will take kim to the summit. it is not an aircraft of his country, it's an diplomatic plane lent to

mr. ambassador a pleasure to have you on.ke sure i get part of the commerce secretary's statement to cnn. this is what he is saying. these allegations are completely false. i did not receive any non-public information due to my deposit position. the fact that the reporter planned to do a story on me certainly is not market moving information. so, embassy eisen, is it possible he exposed it? >> i do think there are serious questions here that need to be looked at and we can't just take mr. ross' word for it. number one you had a short sale. in effect you had mr. ross who moved stocks of navigator would go done. he knew that the "new york times" was planning the story. it was not known to the world. and he had information inside from his experience serving at that company about the inside issue that if exposed might cause the stocks to fall. so it needs to be independently scrutinized. it is fobl if it's a violation of the stocking a, insider trading laws. one other thing, we've seen a pattern in this trump administration. >> t

ambassador to zimbabwe. mr. gordon sunland derby is represented to european union with the rank of ambassador. mr. ronald gidwitz to be u.s. ambassador to belgium and ms. cherith chalet to be the u.s. representative to the united nations are you in management and reform with the rank of ambassador and alternative u.s. representative to the sessions of united nations general assembly. that's a mouthful. i want to welcome the nominees and the families and in your opening statement to help you will introduce your families and your friends to this committee, and i congratulate all of you on your selection by the president for these positions added want to thank you for your willingness to serve. before moving to opening statements i'd like to welcome several distinguished colleagues who will help introduce our nominees. senator tillis senator wyden who introduce mr. sondland. senator gardner gardner and senator durbin what it is mr. gidwitz. senator tillis, if you would like to begin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and

mr. ambassador, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. e president of the european commission said today what the united states actions he called them pure protections, pure and simple, he said the e.u. would respond with tariffs of their on on u.s. goods. are we in a trade war? >> i don't think we're in what you could call a full-blown trade war because the volume of trade involved in this dispute compared to the global volume between the european union and the united states is still relatively small, but an important divergence of view. we believe the tariffs are unjustified and illegal under wgo rules and we believe it's important to push back and use our entitlement to protect or interests and impose tariffs on a u.s. exports so we're in a serious conflict. >> in the bigger picture, you say it's not a big deal, but what's going to be the impact of this in the united states and europe? >> the immediate impact will be to make european steel and aluminum exports to america more expensive which will hit your companies who import these pro

mr. chairman. >> think the vice chairman before i turn to the ambassador for opening remarks from both her and mr. daniel. let me say that we don't have full confidence today not because they are not interested but we are in competition with a meeting at the white house and numerous other things. i apologize to you. i also say this to members. if our delayed start causes a conflict in your schedules, if anyone would just let me know i will try to expedite recognition of you if that helps alleviate anyone's problem with schedules. with that, ambassador nuland the floor is yours. >> thank you, chairman burr and vice chairman warner. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the policy response to russian influence in u.s. politics. as a citizen and a 32 year veteran of the u.s. diplomatic service and a regular target of russian measures, i want to commend the leadership of this committee and the members for your thoroughness and your integrity in pursuing your investigation into russia's involvement in the 2016 elections. i especially commend the bipartisan spirit wi

mr. truman for organizing the hearing. think ambassador wells for your service. i appreciate the opportunity to evaluate the new direction this administration has taken in the resolving america's longest war. pakistan has a clear interest in preventing the cessation of hostilities in afghanistan, but has made itself central to american operation. in the past, pakistan has wagered correctly that the united states would rather accept pakistan incomplete support then lose it entirely. ambassador wells, i believe this president was correct to demand full cooperation from pakistan last august.

ambassador and mr. daniel have joined us for this important hearing. sat on different sites. seeing indicators of russian hacking activity on full both year, and the u.s. and countries like germany and the ukraine. ambassador newland watched pursuant it interest in ukraine, syria and elsewhere. russia's interests were a carryover from the old soviet union. it was with a new twist. they begin to use social media. trying to discredit enemies and the weekend adversaries. ambassador, you and your team were well-versed in the russian toolkit. putin'serstand political will to use those tools. know when the to bigger picture emerged, and how policymakers responded. to determine russia from undermining our democratic institutions? did they take actions, if not, what help them back? we have benefited from the insight of many from the obama administration. i would like to think them on behalf of the committee for coming voluntarily to talk to our staff and for our candid interviews and testimony. they consistently said there were operating in the summer of fall of 2016 without a playboo

mr. ronald gidwitz, nominee to be ambassador to belgium. wallowing the introductions by senators gardner and bourbon, i do not think we need further introduction. mr. gidwitz: thank you, mr. chairman. chairman johnson, ranking member murphy, distant list members of the committee, it is a tremendous honor to appear before you today as president trump's nominee to be the united states ambassador to the kingdom of belgium. for me, it is humbling that the president and secretary pompeo have the confidence in me, hopefully with your approval, to represent the american people in engaging with a critically important ally in a key center of europe. i would particularly like to thank senator durbin and senator gardner for speaking on my behalf today. i would also like to thank several members of the family who sit behind me. foremost is christina, to whom i have been married for almost 43 years. alexander, who lives in australia, and scott, who joins us today. alex is married to a lovely young lady, molly. she recently gave birth to our first grandso

mr. gordon sondland who has been nominated to serve as the united states ambassador to the european union. mr. sondland was born in seattle, washington. and as first generation american, his family history is both fascinating and instructive as to why he has the experience and understanding to serve as u.s. ambassador to the eu. his parents were born in berlin, germany and were married in 1937. they were forced to escape the nazi regime in germany. his mother was able to escape because her father was russian and those with russian passports could leave. she ended up in uruguay where mr. sondland's sister was born. his father of not so fortunate. he had to be smuggled out of germany. he wound up in france where he joined the french foreign legion and fought in north africa. he was put in a concentration camp in africa where he was rescued by a british army. he then joined the british army, being fluent in german assisted with decoding gear minute cy r minute cyphers. gordon went on to graduate from the universityf washington and seattle and began his business career in commercial real esta

ambassador how to exercise his functions or which media outlets to speak to the mr nick mr hart and he that's your party do you agree it's not your place to tell the ambassador. you know what he should do or how he should behave. a lot of members of my party if i'm pretty explicit that we find these statements highly inappropriate for an ambassador. think will be well advised to reconsider his role and his mission over here. i think it also not the right time to be overly excited but what about on without a dinner invitation next week after i think it is and i think the heart of the leader of my parliamentary party today made it clear point in asking whether there's no u.s. ambassador in vienna that mr quits needs to come to berlin to meet mr credit here i think a lot of the language is annoying i think from a german ears to hear read about the awakening and empowerment of anti-establishment conservatives resonates very badly because you're in part you're part of the establishment as it was is that was when but if you translate the if they can they and the parliament in this context it

mr. ambassador. david o.: my pleasure. thank you. jeopardy isw much there around this relationship?ly just to emphasize what you said and the graphic. the transatlantic economic corridor is the most important in the world, bar none. the european union is for the united states and the u.s. is for us the single most important trading partner. this works on trade, investment. 70% of foreign direct investment in the united states comes directly from the european union. we really welcome huge american investment in europe and american companies make an awful lot of money operating in europe. the stakes are very high. we deeply regret that we are in this trade conflict, we would much rather be discussing how we could grow the economic relationship further. david w.: the conflict as i understand now is still looming tariffs and reciprocal tariffs coming back from the eu. and there is talk about automobiles now. what could be the next steps that could further jeopardize the relationship? administration has launched an investigation using the same basis as for steel and aluminum on the secur

mr. mary, ambassador mary, would have ranking woman, which would have been dolley. style, new pell mel jefferson dispenses with all of that and he grabs dolley's arm dining t her into the room and she's frantically whispering to him take mrs. he ignoresmrs. mary, the advice. james madison then escorts the beth pari-in and ambassador walks in without anybody on his arm. we think it's humorous but it scandalous, it was embarrassing and it was in the europe.all over the madisons hold a dinner and a similar thing happens so the esult of all of these incidents, which he considered tremendous, ambassador mary a few, ly gathering going to a few gatherings and he didn't take his wife and he all the other foreign ministers to follow his example. meaning, that there were going be very few opportunities for diplomacy to go forward and for american politicians to get to another. it was not a good situation. it upon herself, really mended fences with mrs. ary, became her best friend, even though i don't know that she particularly liked her, and dolley may have also felt that got

mr. ambassador, if you are going to manufacturing europe, you will have 35 hours workweek and a lot of productivity and labor there. there are so many reasons why they would not do it >> um, those are all factors that they are going to have to consider american workers are so much more productive and closer to their design and research teams and a lot of benefits to manufacturing close and having all your operations in one place and one country. that's a calculus if they're going to have to make depending on the level of tariffs that they face. >> i want to ask you about china, ambassador locke and your expertise of the government there. clearly they're starting to feel the pain and as you said nobody wins in a trade war. president trump knows that and president xi knows that as well. who do you think will blink first? >> you won't have either side e is so much national pride at stakes. china made it clear that they'll not want to be pushed around we'll see these tariffs going into place and we'll see what k chinese do by way of retaliation. whether trump impose addition na l $200 billion on tariff

it says mr banks had three meetings with the russian ambassador. mr banks played down the significance of the meetings — describing two of them as boozy lunches and having a cup of tea. and the independent front page features a different story. it says theresa may is opposed to softening her stance on policies to curb illegal immigration, despite calls for change from the home secretary. it is rather brexit heavy. people will switch off! actually, it is nothing to do with brexit at all, we will talk about something entirely different, i'm not sure what... this is the sunday telegraph. how could that happen? we had to talk about brexit, i'm afraid, that is the only way around this one, theresa may faces a major vote next week and the lords have shredded her eu withdrawal bill and it comes back to the commons next week with 15 amendments and she wants mps to reject everyone. what has happened with the telegraph, amber rudd who was a staunch remain person has got together with iain duncan smith, who was staunchly leave, they say that if tory mps rebel,

the philippines mexico and honduras the embassador joins me from washington mr ambassador what's your assessment of the administration's handling of this whole korean situation so far. well mercurial is right i mean it's been kind of up and down but it seems to be in a good place right now larry and looks like the meeting is going to go forward i think the president's right to try and manage expectations you can't solve everything overnight but you could have a meeting that gives us a sense of direction where these talks are going to go and of course what we want to see is the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and i think that the real big question is is kim jong un the leader of north korea prepared to give up his nuclear program in exchange for a peace treaty and restoration an end to the korean war on that peninsula and reintegration with the global economy including trade with the united states japan korea south korea and so forth his it's going to be interesting his getting rid of those three in-town hawks in north korea and going to more in the middle is that encouraging

it says mr banks had three meetings with the russian ambassador. to what he's called a witch—hunt mr banks played down the significance of the meetings, describing two of them as "boozy lunches" and "having a cup of tea." and the independent front page features a different story. it says theresa may is opposed to softening her stance on policies to curb illegal immigration, despite calls for change from the home secretary. i have been talking this so long that the music stopped. let's begin with a couple of aspects of brexit. the sunday times, brussels to ambush may over free movement. yes, this is the european ambassador, we know from not which country he or she comes. but this person has warned that the eu negotiator, michel barnier, will put freedom of movement back on the table. this is of course another thing for theresa may to deal with. she had the threat of david davies resigning last week. she had boris johnson of david davies resigning last week. she had borisjohnson talking off—the—cuff, the only way he knows. apparently, according to th

mr. chairman. think ambassador for being here today. i have to admit, i'm very frustrated in this process of trying to discover what the civilian strategy of the united states of america in afghanistan is. i've only been here for a short time but i've had the opportunity to affect terry tillerson about the spread i've had the opportunity to affect return pompeo. i spoke with you on the phone, what is our civilian strategy. i want to determine, are you referring to the $3.7 billion. year that was agreed to at the brussels conference in which america is putting up a billion dollars. year of that money? >> yes. >> so that was done in 2016 under the previous a ministration. that commitment still stands from the brussels conference in 2016. >> our levels are lower than that 1 billion-dollar figure but in general that's guiding the approach by us and the international community. >> is the number being spent or is it lower. >> i would have to get a breakdown of what's actually come through. >> what about slavin trying to get for a long time. i

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mr. mcfaul, ambassador henry kissinger spent years, it seems, with negotiating with lee doc to.he first korean american negotiations started in '51 and ended two years later in july. they like long talks. they like long process. is this going to be like that? >> if it's successful, of course it's going to be long. it's going to take years to get a successful completed agreement. that's why i joke this is the first inning. maybe the first batter because it's going to be a long process. and i think we need to judge it by the results each time, you know. it's easy for the white house to come out and say it was a successful summit. i worked for the obama administration. we said that for every summit. that's what they're trained to do and it's obvious from the body language already they're going to try to convince us it's been a great success. to me what is a success is a joint statement that leads to a road map that ends in denuclearization. and that's not the goal that i set. that's the gold that the trump administration set at the outset for this meeting. meetings are easy to have

mean she also mentioned heather the charming lady of the state department she mentioned mr grinnell the new ambassador to to berlin of the u.s. to berlin in his remarks about boosting conservatives in germany i think that's also undiplomatic you know it's it shouldn't be that like that i mean diplomacy should be neutral and you can be influential with a few words like for example the king of sweden or the king of belgium or the british royal family are also those folks persons that can defend the country without having to sate plainly brutally as mr grenell just said a few days ago in germany ok interesting stuff we're going to have to leave it there but nice until there is independent journalist thank you. ninety five year old pensioner northwestern russia has decided to give away his entire life savings and all to help others have a better start. their sheer. horror. reach. their eyes just because there are. here now. but. whether for. a horse out or the sorrow that. he. plans to declare are doing are you. sure so you're more of our provider of come over. for it says. daniel when his money we didn't

ambassador how to exercise his functions or which media outlets to speak to a mr nick mr hart and he that's your party and the do you agree that it's not your place to tell the ambassador. you know what we should do or how we should behave. a lot of members of my party if i'm pretty explicit that we find these statements are highly inappropriate for an ambassador. think will be well advised to reconsider his role and his mission over here. i think it also will not the right is annoying i think from a german ears to hear read about the awakening and empowerment of anti-establishment conservatives resonates very badly because you're in part you're part of the establishment as it was established when but if you translate the if they can they and the empowerment in this context it comes some very ugly german language comes up which resonates with a nine hundred twenty s. and one hundred thirty s. i think mr canal would be well advised to get maybe some teach in sessions about german history and sensitivities that result from that it is for the united states government and for the united s

ambassador to zimbabwe. mr. gordon sunland derby is represented to european union with the rank of ambassador. mr. ronald gidwitz to be u.s. ambassador to belgium and ms. cherith chalet to be the u.s. representative to the united nations are you in management and reform with the rank of ambassador and alternative u.s. representative to the sessions of united nations general assembly. that's a mouthful.

mr. becker has received a passport which seems to be fake. the ambassadoro belgium says he issued a passport to mr. becker, but the authorities believe it is fake. reporter: a spokesman for the presidency of the central african republic said the passport might be the result of the political unrest in the country five years ago. >> during the coup, the troubles in 2013, 2014, the administration was pillaged. there was a place sending passports illegally. these passports, which have been stolen, robbed from the central african republic, are continuing to be sold. mr. becker could be a victim of that. reporter: becker is waiting for the brbritish court to rule on s immunity. reports say that cannot happen until october and bankruptcy proceedings against him will continue in the meantime. brent: here's a reminder of the top story that w we are followig for you. the german chancelellor angegela merkel has insisted on a unified european response to migration, calling for greater solidarity among european countries. merkel met with french president emmanuel macron

mr. gordon sunland has been nominated to serve as ambassador to the european union. he was born in seattle washington and as a first-generation american his family history is both fascinating and instructive as to why he has experience and understanding to serve as u.s. ambassador eu. his rents were born in berlin germany and were married in 1937. they were forced to escape the nazi regime in germany his mother was able to escape because her father was russian and those with russian passports could leave. mister sunderland sister was born. his father was not so fortunate. he have to be smuggled out of germany. he actually rounded up in france and fought in north africa. he was put in a concentration camp where he was rescued by a british army. being fluent in german. after eight yearsy moved to seattle in 1953. work order was born or years later. and began his business career in commercial real estate before managing the aspen group and investment group for more than a decade. the founder, chairman and ceo of providence hotels he originally purchased the bank what ho

mr. holder: my friend was the ambassador to morocco. >> really? mr. holder: thank you. okay. i didn't know you guys were so interested in gerrymandering, you know? [laughter] oh, ok, yep, yep. sure enough. glad you're here, think for coming out. >> yeah. go.holder: okay, here you >> thank you. mr. holder: okay. -- eggs.e aches >> thank you very much. mr. holder: sure enough. >> i think i'm the last one. mr. holder: i'm sad, i think i will miss doing this. i think i'm getting good at this. [laughter] >> thank you so much. mr. holder: we have one more? i have a whole bunch here that i have already done. i don't think i have done these though. >> you good? mr. holder: yeah, yeah. balls.to find my golf >> i think we have enough now. can i do one more picture? mr. holder: sure. ok. >> thank you. mr. holder: it's like an enhanced interrogation technique. clarifyondering how you the president's attacks against jeff sessions, the fbi, as they are not sort of the typical way things work. mr. holder: i've never seen anything like that where a president is going after the attorney gener

, at that time a 28-year-old mine or aid of the trump campaign with the ambassador from australia you to the uk. curious case of mrdowner, that is the ambassador. bottom line he didn't say that much. papdopoulus, led by investigators defending the investigation, said all the stuff about hillary's emails. he didn't talk about that according to australian interview with mr. downer in april, nothing pop pop does said in the conversation that indicated trump himself had been con firing with the russians to collect information on hillary clinton. it is fair to ask, was there enough to go on from this one source to create what mueller has created, this huge investigation? >> and some investigators on capitol hill are asking just that. by the way that happened prior to mueller. this is starting, official start that we cited is july 31, 2016 but this interview, downer has gone back to australia, and you know, very, very, widely-experienced government official in australia and given an interview and basically said, by the way papdopoulus wasn't drunk. nobody was drunk here. there was one drink consumed. that was about it.