scrap it because basically there's nothing to replace it right now this is the european position mr mccraw will point this out has pointed out already and i think mr trump will listen the question is of course whether mr trump will actually change his position on it he has called it a terrible deal and today he also warned iran that if they would restart their nuclear program after the u.s. possibly makes a decision to pull out of the agreement they would have big problems so this didn't sound too mr mccraw will be trying so judgment chancellor angela merkel when she will be in washington on friday and i guess the british also will try their pods through prime minister may so there's a concerted european effort here to convince mr trump to stay in the agreement. on trade of course the united states introduced these new trade tariffs against the world and then exempted the e.u. but only until the first of may and what was life was happen there. we simply don't know the german finance minister and vice chancellor on upshaw's was here in washington last week he talked to vice president pens a

it is an honor reserved for the leader of america closest allies and mr mccraw will be the eighth french president to speak before a joint session of congress every french president with the exemption of microphones. has addressed congress since the former french president stated goal and this will be not only an honorable also a good spot chance for president and i crawl to praise the friendship between the two countries and to remind the lawmakers in congress that this friendship has contributed to forging the western world and the international order we have today so that it's worth working together to solve existing problems and crises here and we'll be talking to you about that address of course a little later in the day and we'll be carrying live coverage of macross address on alexander phenomena in washington thank you very much for now. how this week's champions league semifinalists kicked off with a bang last night as host liverpool defeated drama five two the reds got off to a flying start as mohamed salah remained in jim mockable form he got two goals in the first half liverpo

first meeting where they had this battle of a handshake basically they come have come together and mr mccraw invited donald trump to the busty they parade in france and the president trying very much like that clearly president mccraw was playing to mr trump known. for pomp and circumstance and he has taken mr trump very seriously at least openly he's he's done that publicly he's done that and yes probably mr trump also felt flattered by president kroll and then they're both outsiders in a way crawl. at an unlikely win frons with a new movement a new party that he formed and he beat all the establishment candidates and pretty much the same story with donald trump who hijacked the republican party in a way and also trumps the establishment both of his own party and the democratic party so they have something in common of course on many of the issues they don't see eye to eye they have very different approaches when it comes to the raw deal to the environment to many other issues multilateral agreements and so on and so on but still mr mccraw makes a point of talking to mr trump trying to brin

both men say that they are very fond of one another all the affection apparently has not blinded mr mccraw and in fact it's seduction of trump that may that the world may be watching in real time back roland wants to convince trump not to abandon the iran nuclear deal yesterday the two men met in private and later trump said that he's willing to talk about a new agreement in addition to the existing one once a day mr macro's political charms were aimed towards the u.s. congress french voters and the western world from the threats of iran and north korea to growing nationalism and the plague of fake news mr mccraw methodically explained why there is no alternative to us leadership in the world he redefined trumps america first by reminding the us why it cannot retreat from its global responsibilities and a republican majority congress rewarded him with several standing ovations welcoming all planets let this faith eat there is no planet b. and i am sure one day the united states would come back and joined various agreements bostons the united states and in europe we are living in a time off

let's expand on all that now with artists americana and washington are there some error what else to mr mccraw have to say. well along with those historical references there was some policy discussed most notably the iran deal now the media has portrayed a trump and mccraw relationship as a bromance a sort of speak and even comparing it to the infamous bush blair bromance of the early two thousand but that could definitely be a mischaracterization considering that mccrone took some positions that were totally out of line with trump's policies and including that he expressed support for the paris climate agreement using the phrase make the planet great again which is in stark contrast to trump's make america great again slogan now mccraw was a bit more ambiguous regarding the j.c. p.o. way or the iran deal calling for a more comprehensive deal while reiterating that france would not be abandoning the twenty fifteen agreement now president stance however is not so far off from trump's in that he did call for a more comprehensive deal but the notable is the only notable difference being that he f

he called america's oldest ally france and hailed what he said was a wonderful of friendship with mr mccraw. mr president they're all saying what a great relationship we have and they're actually correct it's not fake news finally it's not fake news so it's a great honor to be here but we do have a very special relationship in fact i get that this has been for. little peace we have to make them perfectly is perfect so it is really it is really great to be with you and your special friends thank you thank you thank you. thank you. thank you very much mr president i want to think president friends and your country your people for this very well might come this wonderful ceremony. this goes to what washington we're joined on the hob and a welcome alexander so those two men seem to be asking very very well what's the explanation for this apparent chemistry between them. well yes indeed what we saw today this small gesture as the president smiling at each other shaking hands holding their hands for a couple of seconds during the world come ceremony here at the white house. itself all that shows

first meeting where they had this battle of a handshake basically they come have come together and mr mccraw invited donald trump to the bus tea they parade in france and the president trying very much like that clearly president mccraw was playing to mr trump known. for pomp and circumstance and he has taken mr trump very seriously at least openly he's he's done that publicly he's done that and yes probably mr trump.

we've had this extremely tactile display over the past couple of days in washington do you think mr mccraw has managed to win mr trump around. hello thanks for having me on the show well i believe maccarone has moved to washington for a number of things most importantly he is winning donald trump support you know from the trio of european nations that are considered as allies of the united states donald trump has shown some cold blood relations with the angle america of germany he has somehow this respect the resume of engler and the only one that he has been fund of working and coming closer with is the french president but the french president there is a reason why he likes i mean donald trump likes to make your own proves to be some practical guy with regard to the united states' interests or at least donald trump interests he is trying to approach the goals that are pursued by washington in the region also with regard to iran and iran nuclear deal and syria but so far i believe that there are differences over the future of the nuclear deal . is the same and the differences are in place

world from the threats of iran and north korea to growing nationalism and the plague of fake news mr mccraw methodically explained why there is no alternative to us leadership in the world he redefined trumps america first by reminding the us why it cannot retreat from its global responsibilities and a republican majority congress rewarded him with several standing ovations welcoming all planets let this faith eat there is no planet b. and i am sure one day the united states would come back and join to purchase agreements bostons the united states and in europe we are living in a time off or and here you can play with your ears and angers for a time but they do not construct anything. anger only freezes and we can suss france supports fully the united states he needs the faults to bring pound down through sanctions and negotiations towards deed. of the korean peninsula. for iran. our objective is clear iran shall never up of this any nuclear weapons. not now not in five years not in ten years net for thank you. are you want to take the story now to our clear richest and she joins us from wa

after this week was the state visit with my cold nothing more than strong acting presidential and mr mccraw enjoying low micron certainly doesn't sound optimistic about the future of the iran deal as we just heard there i think the idea was very much to have france come as a conduit for europe i have him come and cozy up to donald trump to try and form a really good working relationship and we saw that play out they were buddy buddy they really rolled out the red carpet for micron's visit and it appeared that the two leaders seemed to be getting along but mccrone did not come away with any statements from donald trump that he was going to remain in the deal as we've heard he's called it the worst one ever so it's going to remain to be seen whether america can pull out a last minute play and change his mind we. are popular in the us there likability their approval ratings are much higher. last night george washington university spoke at a town hall event no i want to get your impressions on there but first i want to listen to a student she asked. for his advice about a broken american two pa

deal with iran that builds on the existing twenty fifteen agreement to curb its nuclear program mr mccraw made the pitch to the u.s. president on who's threatening to pull out of the deal is on a state visit to the united states today is day two of his trip he will address a joint session of congress a u.s. judge has ruled against the white house decision to end a program that protects young undocumented migrants now the scheme known as dhaka shielded thousands of so-called dreamers from deportation and gave them work permits the judge said canceling it was unlawful and ordered it to resume he's given the government ninety days to explain in more detail his reasons for ending dhaka the un's calling for an inquiry into the deaths of anti-government protesters in the karada of the white house separately accuse the government in managua of repugnant violence and repression the police have released some student demonstrators from custody as the president daniel ortega tries to lower tensions there human rights groups say at least twenty six people have died in violent crackdowns against prote

means now live to washington correspondents american hi there so america ok take us through what mr mccraw had to say to congress. now along with all of those historical references there was some policy discussed most importantly the iran deal now the media has portrayed a trump and micron's relationship as a bromance sort of speak and comparing it to the infamous bush blair bromance of the early two thousand but that definitely could be a mischaracterization considering that mccrone took some positions that were totally out of line with trump's policies including expressing support for the paris climate agreement using the phrase make the planet great again which is in stark contrast to trump's make america great again slogan but mccrone. that didn't seem to be across position he was a bit more ambiguous regarding the c.p.o. way earlier but this time he did call for a mork. comprehensive deal while reiterating that france wouldn't be abandoning the agreement but that wasn't is a position on tuesday when he met with trump. the peepers on more than a barnacle for a number of months had been

congressman from new york told me that he thinks it was quite interesting and good to listen to mr mccraw was use but said that this speech has not changed he's positions on the climate. agreement for example or on the deal. a lot of the message from called today was the antithesis to trump's america first message and he really he gave this rally or this pep talk to the u.s. congress to remember america's multilateral leadership role in the world how do you think any of this is going to happen while in the white house. well i don't think that speech is going to impress president trump as you know he's not a fan of multilateralism he is not a fan of international organizations such as the united nations for example he's approached foreign policy. action now we have to say that the leaders have sort of personal connection that this seemed to get along pretty well with each other but we don't have any indications that president crawlers speech. negotiation conversation with the president. have had and the president of the world or the way how he sees his own president. that's an interesting

with the iran nuclear deal expected to dominate his talks with donald trump mr mccraw is urging the u.s. president on the trump to stick with the original twenty fifteen accords made the twelfth deadline for mr trump to recertify the deal draws closer iran's foreign minister mohammed jeffords a reef is also in the united states he's warned of severe consequences if washington walks away from the agreements now earlier he told the council of foreign relations in washington that neither iran nor its rival saudi arabia can be the one dominant power in the middle east we need to have a strong region not to be the strong growth in that route in an attempt to be the strongest in the region to exclude one another from the region we have managed to destroy the region time to break down and i'm telling you that iran is ready put it because we are bigger not old enough mature enough to appreciate this reality and i hope that our neighbors can also appreciated. continuing to demonstrate in the capital despite the president. protests that left at least twenty six people dead. elections to be held a

here arrived in washington on monday mr mccraw is urging the u.s. president all trying to stick to the twenty fifteen accords alan fischer now from the white house. before getting going to work as a politician in the statesman emanuel mccrone decided to be taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will have your board meeting to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about her security about trade and a lot of the issues very important for our countries and beyond our two countries are the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the trump presidency donald trump gets on well with the man you're mccraw but in the talks that have to follow the french president wants to convince him to stay inside the iran nuclear deal not to abandon it and to also think again about possible trade tariffs on european goods. the white house press secretary seemed to indicate there was little chan

the french government is launching a plan to revive poor suburban areas before mr mccraw previous presidents devise proposals to little effect and attach a buckler looks at what's being done in every area in normandy. like many towns in france ever has a charming historical center but on the outskirts the districts crammed with social housing unemployment is high here and people's hopes for the future are low a local meanies some local officials wants to improve things but it is not easy to get the government in beth northwestern happen will every change here it's always the thing there's no jobs regional council address at is there he is trying to bring change he has a vision of areas like this prospering. over there we are building houses that people can by. successive governments have tried and failed to address the problems in the suburbs presidency man or mac cause. government is proposing a new action plan it's consulted local officials like greece at a salary to find out how best to invest in jobs transport and education he says what's needed is a whole new approach new problem from n

deal with iran that builds on the existing twenty fifteen agreement to curb its nuclear program mr mccraw made the pitch to the u.s. president on the trump who's threatening to pull outs of the deal is on the state visit to the united states today is day two of his trip he will address a joint session of congress. a u.s. judge has ruled against the white house decision to end a program that protects young undocumented migrants now the scheme known as dhaka shielded thousands of so-called dreamers from deportation and gave them work permits the judge said canceling it was unlawful and ordered it to resume he's given the government ninety days to explain in more detail his reasons for ending. the un's calling for an inquiry into the deaths of anti-government protesters in the white house separately accuse the government. of repugnant violence and repression the police have released some student demonstrators from custody as the president daniel ortega tries to lower tensions there human rights groups say at least twenty six people have died in violent crackdowns against protests which began

mr. mccraw i believe your department is responsible in texas for maintaining the statewide sex offender registry, is that correct? >> yes. >> this is a little off topic but a great concern of the threat imposed convicted sex offenders who entered the country illegally and those individuals were released from i.c.e. custody without local law enforcement being notified and ensuring that they were placed on the national sex offender registry. i know a lot has been done within i.c.e. and the law enforcement notification system progress is being made. i understand that and deeply appreciate that, and like wise, concerned that we have a long ways to go with this. it is my understanding that when i.c.e. enforcement and removal operations is scheduled to release an illegal alien required to register on the sex offender list that i.c.e. sends through exchange portal, is that correct? >> yes. >> so when you received this information, what kind of information is provided? what do you get from i.c.e., for example, are you getting criminal histories, country of origin, fingerprints, alias? >> we are getting

that the americans came to their rescue in the first and then the second world war so definitely mr mccraw was talk about that but he will also i think be a messenger an ambassador not just for france but also for europe as a whole when he would look at things like international cooperation which is very important for the europeans of course. there is obviously missing a few known through the house of congress and of as the way to kill the money and i'm a cruel address of the joint session of congress passed in the last couple of days of dyson baucus again we've been talking about the atmospherics off this whole visit the atmospherics which have actually paid a very key villain in president first state visit by hosting the money and mcconnell what do you make of substance what in your assessment has been achieved in the past couple of days in terms of substance we're to be honest we don't know what was talked about behind closed doors and how much substance of some sense of progress has been made. i'm not sure if that was what mark ronson expected i mean makeable becoming the german chance

mr. president about your mccraw of france says he has proof that the syrian government carried out last weekend's chlorine gas attack wisdom across didn't say whether france was planning military action but said he had spoken several times with the u.s. president about the most effective response. carrier and land based french jets would likely play a central role in any strike against syria coordinated by nato allies the us britain and france. for the french president emmanuel mccall he could just be a question of when mccaw insists he has proof the acid regime used chemical weapons against its own citizens in the town of duma and he says france wants to remove syria's chemical weapons capabilities. france will not allow an escalation or anything that could damage the stability of the region but we cannot let regimes do anything they want especially not crimes against international law. on the streets of paris opinion is divided on whether france should take part in any strike on syria. the syrian dictator is inflicting on his people is frightening as far as france is concerned an intervention i

don't know what's going to happen but it didn't sound like donald trump has been swayed by mccraw in the talks no mr crow by by don't jump into a just as you said that it was interesting that especially when we left the press conference mr trump tied up syria with the iran deal saying the rich regional powers will he said will not only pay but put soldiers on the ground. yeah. very often when mr trump makes these statements it's very difficult to see what he actually means so which countries are these saudi arabia maybe which is the big regional arrival of iran i'm not so sure if putting saudi soldiers on the ground that might at some point face of directly with iranian militia or soldiers is such a good idea because that could be the first step towards a major war in the region there. which other countries he was talking about also i don't know him a number of countries are already part of the anti isis coalition in the region so yeah it wasn't really clear what donald trump was talking about there. and that's how it is he keeps everybody guessing and then some of his statements are walked back by

second visit to washington since mr trump took office so far she has been unable to establish a good personal the poor though in contrast to french president emanuel mccraw who just completed a lavish three day visit in the u.s. capital and read. more on this that former boris foreman who is a professor of political science at the bard college in lynn and d.-w. correspondent accustomed phenomena joins us from washington welcome both let's start with you boris foreman what does chancellor merkel hope to achieve in this three hour meeting that emanuel mccraw couldn't in history days that's the big question i mean mccraw is known to have a good relationship as you just said to donald trump but he was invited and was a long sort of moral ritual also him speaking in front of congress something that hasn't happened to french leaders speaking in front of congress for fifty eight years so there was a lot of pomp and circumstance perhaps that's the advantage of a glimmer a call that she can act in the shadow of what just happened also the korean headlines which are much more visible right now so maybe she's going to go she did without the spotlight being on the n

mccraw may address on wednesday before a joint session of the u.s. congress can really help that al-jazeera at the white house. well as mr trump was hosting a us judge ruled against the white house decision to end a program that protects young undocumented immigrants the scheme known as dhaka shielded thousands of so-called dreamers from deportation and gave them work permits the judge said canceling it was unlawful and ordered it to resume he's given the government ninety days to explain in more detail its reasons for ending dhaka. it's been a week since government forces in syria launched a campaign to regain the area of yarmouk for myself fighters it's in the southern part of the capital damascus which was once syria's biggest palestinian refugee camp home to around one hundred sixty thousand people but most have now fled because of the government siege and continuous bombardment it's estimated there are one thousand two hundred eisel fighters in yarmouk and the surrounding neighborhoods. the plight of syrians in battle zones on the country's future is the focus of a major e.u. summit today representatives from more t

all mccraw another meeting in the white house the two presidents met to discuss topics such as syria iran nuclear deal but it's a touchy feely friendship that's all over the headlines. thank. you. mr president the old saying what a great relationship we have and they're actually correct it's not fake news finally it's not great news so it's a great honor great honor that you're here but we do have a very special relationship and try to get that piece of. peace we have to make room for he is perfect so it is really it is really great to be with you and your special right now a lot of the basis of recent unity between donald trump and french president mccraw on has been the recent attack on syria france and the united states along with the u.k. cooperated in the recent airstrikes in syria now it seems pretty clear that mccrie on was hoping that this recent attack could kind of lay the basis for continued cooperation between the united states and france kron has been referring to the united states as kind of a gerund turf contemporary multilateralism however when he brought this rhetoric up at the white house donald trump didn't seem quite eager to go along with it in the long run we