would have wine tasting, he would pick out wine for state visits and i would have a tasting with mrs. obama and her mom and we would especially mrs. robertson would be drinking the wine. obama would like have a taste. but it was -- it was the ability to choose great selections to begin with, that was a big plus for us. >> we do have a question right here. >> i'm from pasadena and i'm saddened to hear bad events with alcohol. i'm curious, why didn't they reduce the number of alcoholic drinks or reduce alcohol level on eggnog and you were talking about protocol, i've been hearing so much about protocols that took place with the british recently and the etiquette that you're supposed to wear a certain thing, was there also that kind of thing to is it the white house that people were given? >> for the first question about alcohol, we did -- we started having -- i think it was previously started having nonalcoholic eggnog and there was -- the recipe is tradition, there was this -- you can't mess with the recipe but we would have the person serving it warn people, hey, this is really potent and j

and mrs. obama from 2011-2015. jeremy is the first man ever to serve in this role of the white house was that was big news at the time but he kept a low profile to do his job which as are white house staffers are advised, serving as the president of the united states of america and microsoft, earned a reputation as being affable and extraordinarily efficient in managing hundreds of events with a young staff and, dare i say it, a lot of laughter. before serving in the obama white house, campaign fundraiser, the president of candidate barack obama was rewarded with a job, white house liaison for the national endowment for the humanities. from their jeremy served as senior advisor to the us ambassador and after being in the right place at the right time he landed his role as white house social sec.. it is a pleasure to have them with us today, and ask them some questions later. please join me in welcoming secretary lee berman and jeremy bernard. [applause] >> thank you. >> we are going to get settled in and before we

even today, in this decade, the president, mr. obama and his wife, and friends visited the estate on vacation and they came up the approach road and they suddenly came to the house and saw everything about it, and then they walked through the house and were standing and looking out and president obama said, now this is why we came. back in the 1880's, george vanderbilt came and saw this, this wonderful view in western north carolina and he saw this view of mount his guy and the french river valley. he started purchasing land and built this home on the property for him and his guest. the estate at one time was 4000 acres. we are now at 8000 acres. this is an english garden set here in western north carolina. it is just one part of the larger gardens, what was historically, and we still call it the home grounds. the gardens associated with the biltmore house. much of the land that vanderbilt was purchasing and looking at the time, because of its proximity to metropolitan or lived in areas of the time, much of the land had been over forres

you can see it right back to some of the characters to huckleberry finn, maybe mr. obama, answered, that's the best we can hope for. what's his place in history? >> i think barack obama was saying he's just a con artist, this president. donald trump makes up facts all the time. he doesn't go on empirical evidence, and it's kind of blowing up of any kind of integrity from the white house now. and because trump doesn't know much history, he's simply anti-obama. anything obama does or says he criticizes. and hence his alley is d' souza who really became famous in the republican world hard right by just trashing obama as much as possible. >> how big a part of the trump presidency is president obama, frank? >> huge, huge. i mean i was thinking about that today. president obama is like the first husband, and you're the second husband. and that person has to either not exist or be all things bad so you can relish your marriage to the extent you want to. i think that's trump's attitude. one of his other predecessors was scooter libby. that was sort of poking the eye of president

maybe, mr. obama answered, that's the best we can hope for. what's his place in history? >> well, i think barack obama was saying maybe the best he is just a confidence man, a con artist, this president. but it turns out the he is also a conspiracy theorist. donald trump makes up facts all the time. he doesn't go on empirical evidence, and it's kind of blowing up of any kind of integrity from the white house now. so barack obama's worst fears are come to fruition. and because trump doesn't know much history, he simply is anti-obama. anything that obama ever does or says, he criticizes. and hence his alley is d'souza who really became famous in the republican world hard right by just trashing obama as much as possible. >> he should be thanking him for the economy because that's one of the things that's keeping his poll numbers even, the local numbers as high as they are now. how big a part of the trump presidency is president obama, frank? >> huge, huge. i mean i was thinking about that today. president obama is like the first husband, and you're the second husband. and tha

areident and mrs. obama lovers of books, but president obama was transfixed by a globe in our direction dated from 1999 -- 1899. interested in examining areas in the middle east and looking at the boundaries in place at the turn-of-the-century , just getting the broader worldview. he spent a lot of time structureshow the that are seen on the globe at that time really impact our world situation today. coming to the morgue is you an entirely different -- coming to biltmore gives you an entirely different perspective. it gives you insight to this fascinating family, the vanderbilts, who were key to the growth of america, but also insight into one family, family who loved books, who loved this calm, beautiful area. who did a lot to enhance the understanding of farming and for street in america at that time estryrming and for at that time. arrive,uests when they they will feel a couple of things. one, they will see a certain layout that doesn't look like what they left, whether they are at the hotel or their citi

this comes amid reports this week that mr. obamaas been meeting with key democrats ahead of the 2020 presidential election. big call on the president here. jessica, i'll begin with you. to get more involved, people are frustrated. you see clinton fatigue. problems with statements that former president clinton made as related to the me too movement, monica lewinsky and hillary clinton not wanting to go way, still out there making statements. >> i think the next few months will tell a different story of president obama's public role in this. he's doing a lot behind the scenes, not just meeting with the nine hopefuls but in terms of fund-raising and ensuring that his legacy, he has to build his life and do things that most presidents get to do and he needed a break after what went on in the 2016 election. i understand the frustration. joe biden and president obama are probably the only democrats that are welcome at every single democrat rally. any candidate would want them there. >> they don't want bill clinton? >> i'd say no. we had s

to that they they had we can pull that of where he says chance or uncle americal of germany told mr obama there we go that she felt more obliged to run for another term because of mr trump selection to defend a liberal international order when they parted for the final time ms merkel had a single tear in her eye she's all alone mr obama noted now. remember i remember us talking about obama passing the baton of the western liberal democracy world to merkel the baton that he had wanted to give to hillary clinton and it is that what that isabel i think it comes to show that barack obama and he says that in the book as well that maybe they just promoted empty cosmopolitan goldberg global the global demand that you know maybe they forgot about identity and that is something that voters in the u.s. least were looking out for when it comes to angela merkel i think she summed it up last summer during the german campaign when she was in a beer tent in bavaria saying look we pretty much have to figure it out by ourselves on the european continent we don't have that partner anymore and i think in th

mr obama got we're running out of time but again i ask you the question i started the interview with when will he end the standoff emerge elsie. right express that one state of emergency is in turkey was necessary because we were fighting to eat there is the organization at the same that and let me give you one statistic to realize that is that last year there were thought that the thirty drop seventy eight per cent so that actual state of emergency was necessary to make sure that all fall apart it was articulate and also let me remind you of the red state of emergency with actual power borders isn't only protection of our borders but it's also political need the borders and joining the borders ok mr i'm going to we're out of time but i appreciate you taking the time to talk with us this evening armagh on deputy chairman of the human of human rights with president everyone's a key party mr armagh i thank you very much thank you. well the fate of hundreds of migrants rescued from the mediterranean remains uncertain tonight the lifeline which is operated by a german charity is carrying

he says mr. obama said. this what if we were wrong? maybe we pushed too far. mr. obama said.to fall back into their tribe. sometimes i wonder whether i was 10 or 20 years too early, he said. now, what does that sound like to you? does that sound like like president obama is saying, you know, this has been a failure unless i was born 10 or 20 years in the future? >> no. it sounds like he is blaming the american people. here is what it really sounds like oh they just weren't ready for migrateness yet. no, let me tell you what we weren't ready for. we weren't ready for your massive tax hikes. worst g.d.p. recovery from recession in modern american history. massive amounts of red tape you imposed on america. war on school choice. war on religion even worse, what we weren't ready for, mr. obama. weaponization through the irs. disgusting spy gate scandal. that's what we weren't ready for. he is starting to realize the real obama record is coming through. kes the jimmy carter malaise route and blames it on the american people. you weren't ready for my higher order ideas. give me a b

today, mrs. obama a message from this is bush -- whereush with a column she described separating children from parents as immoral and cruel. human rights u.n. chief is urging the trump administration to end its zero-tolerance policy. >> the american association of pediatrics has called this cruel practice government sanctioned child abuse. which may cause irreparable harm with lifelong consequences. the thought that any state would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable. today, president trump defended the policy saying the u.s. will not be what he called a migrant camp or refugee holding facility. again quoting, "not on my watch." christopher wray says the bureau is determined not to repeat mistakes identified in a harshly critical what shock report on the handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. wray and is spectral -- inspector general testified before the senate judiciary committee. the justice said department has "a serious credibility problem." re

last month, mr. obama was in san francisco meeting with the ceo of airbnb. >>> happening today, up dating your commute, b.a.r.t. discussing adding canopies and modernizing the stations in san francisco at market street and this is what they would look like and add them over street level entrances at montgomery and added at stations in berkeley. >>> 4:36 right now. coming up here, much more for you. the restaurant chain chip outoto change things up. >>> plus, a message from toyota to americans. why the carmaker says it may be forced to raise the price of america's top selling sedan and camry. >>> first a live look outside in san francisco. also a cool start this morning. but just how much will it warm up today? kari has your forecast coming up. 4:36. you are watching "today in the bay." try jack's new $3 sauced & loaded fries. our hot and salty fries, smothered in cheese and guacamole. plus your choice of carne asada, chorizo, or chipotle chicken for just 3 bucks. so tonight, kick the party in your mouth up

i like the way mr. obama did it. european, even china on his side when he went to the u.n. to sanction iran. anyway. i liked his foreign-policy better than mr. trump. but i wish him success in this matter. thank you. host: now we go back to the new york times. president trump shut cans with kim jong-un of north korea on tuesday. hailed the start of a terrific relationship, a momentous step in an improbable courtship has opened a new chapter for the world's largest nuclear power and the most reclusive one. rash, impulsive leaders who a few months ago taunted each other across the nuclear abyss. mr. trump and mr. cam set aside in hopes diplomacy can counteract decades of mistrust. the president and the north korean leader strode towards each other in the red carpeted reception area of the singapore hotel built on the site of a british colonial outpost. the first time an american president and north korean leader had ever met. let's go to north carolina. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am a veteran. officed to respect the of the presidency. , youu want to

chopper 5 was over a home this afternoon as mr. obama and house minority leader nancy pelosi chatted with a small group of party donors. the meet and greet did not come cheap. tickets went for as much as $237,000. >>> just-in-time for the fourth of july, a huge fireworks bust in the central valley. seven tons of illegal fireworks were seized my house in stockton in one of the largest busts the state has seen in years. the hall includes mortars, roman candles, and other illegal explosives estimated to be worth $100,000. police say stephen clark was selling the fireworks on craigslist. he is jailed tonight on more than $2 million bail. >>> the newly approved california state budget is going to help two beloved beaches in the san mateo county. state senator jerry hill fought to include funding to open tanita's creek beach to the public for the first time and possibly for -- force the sale of land, giving the public permanent access to nearby martin speech. tech billionaire been a coach lot owns the land surrounding martin speech and has ref

but way way or another mr. obama decided to do this, together with the chinese, the russians, and the europeans. and he did it in a way that didn't get congressional sanction. i mean, he didn't need congressional sanction. so the jcpoa is not quite a treaty, which means it can be undone without congressional sanction. but having made this move and gone in, a fact has been created you are now in a new situation. if you undo it, can you go back to status quo? or will you be in a new situation different from where you were before? and i don't think it's easy to go back to status quo because the sanctions, the u.n. impo sagss, the consensus which are split up internationally is not there anymore. >> what you're saying is president trump, who wants to put more pressure on iran by pulling the u.s. out will find he won't be able to? >> he may be able to, if you read what his officials say, they say we are powerful, we're the united states we'll do it to banks that do business in america and companies that do business in ame

to we are also fortunate to have librarian of congress _spee17 to have a conversation with with mrs. obama today she was nominated to the position by president barack obama februar february 2016 and her nomination was confirmed by the u.s. senate july 2016 as the 14th librarian of congress librarian of congress carla hayden and first lady mrs. obama come together now for "in-depth" conversation around her forthcoming memoir becoming and the experiences that has infected her life and her family and her country. michelle obama. [cheers and applause] [applause] there are a lot of librarians here. [laughter] i carla. how are you? there have been many thrilled to be your sitting with you, i am the interviewer the neck just remember our days back in washington d.c. i have known carla and i was at bb professional you should not need nervous. >> and coming back from the third library was particular portfolio and made such a difference to have somebody who understood libraries and read to be in government like that. [laughter] >> that was her. that was not shade she was making a point payment comin

have a different story and environment by ground and for sure that in america for example as if mr obama becomes president. four years ago two years ago i think that he's sorry his presidency. never talk about their own. history. because they do the amount men begin to talk about their own. story who are the who are meant to who came in america and how they the robinson and this is very crucial to make everybody understand who they come from who they are and to be together and to understand together in the same country to be american no a for america no way to american what is this oh you are american or we are not and this is our purpose in the. university we talk about this because you screw soul today to to understand the person we are human being there's no nothing else. we trace this one race human race. as if you. know whatever and we talk about it this is just a biological challenge. but there is agreement human race but there is a pre-condition in people's mind in terms of profession you know like for instance a well known aflat you know when people when he protests or she protes

revealed that the former president's appearance on bourdain's show in vietnam was at the request of mr. obama. and this comes as bourdain's being remembered as an inspiration on so many levels. >> he was generous in how he treated the rest of the world, how he respected the rest of the world, how he never considered anybody or any country or any ethnicity to be either beneath him or beneath the dignity of having their story told by him. >> i was actually thinking about this about two months ago that i looked at him as somebody who actually gave me hope for what one's life could become, you know, could be at 61. >> funeral plans for bourdain have been placed on hold as the french government awaits toxicology results before releasing his body. >>> a new study sounding the alarm about the amount of sugar that young children are eating these days. researchers found many toddlers are eating more sugar than the recommended level for adults. they found kids between the ages of 19 to 23 months consume an average of seven teaspoons of added sugar per day. that's more sugar than a snickers or a kit kat

rationality so that we can get to solutions here today and hopefully we'll find out by the end of tomorrow mr obama on the head of the social democrats in the european parliament talking to us from the council where the summit is taking place thank you sir for joining us thanks to you. while meanwhile eastern european partners have put up a strong opposition to the migration policy hungary's prime minister viktor orban in particular is fiercely against any scheme to redistribute asylum seekers across the block at the height of the migration crisis back in twenty fifteen he built a razor wire fence along hungary's border with serbia new arrivals have since slowed to a trickle but the high security barrier remains in place when fish are reports. barbed wire detectors border patrols hungary's answer to the migration crisis since twenty fifteen journalists are not welcome to film at the border with serbia this is the closest we could get so you can see this fence is one of the most fortified and have only god in europe it's like a sealed fortress the message is clear keep migrants out what does this fe

at the same point in his presidency mr. obama had not pardoned anyone, but eventually issued 212 pardons and 1,715 commutations, most for low-level drug offenders. president trump issued his first pardon last summer to controversial arizona sheriff joe arpaio. he was charged for ignoring a court order to stop profiling latinos. >> do the people in this room like sheriff joe? ( cheers ) >> reporter: historically, the justice department has reviewed pardon petitions and made recommendations to the white house, but president trump has short circuited that process, even fielding recommendations from celebrities. >> we righted a wrong. >> reporter: last week, he issued a posthumous pardon of boxing legend jack johnson at the behest of sylvester stallone. >> jack johnson was not treated fairly. >> reporter: and yesterday, he met with kim kardashian west, who's advocating for a pardon of a low-level drug offender. >> glor: paula, you've also been reporting on the russia investigation as it may relate to presidential pardons here. what i

those warnings those harsh words unlikely to bother too much government a few days ruling party mr obama himself inside parliament behind me with their healthy two thirds majority thanks for the journey home. italy's new government is presenting its plans to parliament where it will face a vote of confidence on whether it can take power prime minister to separate counties addressing the upper and lower chambers of the senate in rome let's go over to sonia she is in rome just wonder what the plans are that we are hearing about. mr condé has just finished giving his presentation to the upper house the senate where he outlined what his government's proposals are for example you also mentioned his plans for stopping a universal income for poor italians as well as other issues such as tackling migration as well a lot of the business of migration he also spoke about it being a government of change and that he seemed to also own the term populous that if populist actually meant helping people but he declared himself to be one but that is also going to be voted in later on in the evening that vo

he's on team leader and he's a very viktor orban from hungary kind of politician including that mr obama was visiting his rallies of before the elections here in slovenia so he said the president said he will get the first meant that by the end of this week to start and try to form a coalition government but he said if he doesn't succeed he is ready to go to new elections after the summer the leader of the party that came second in sunday's election is a relative newcomer to politics what can you tell us about him. yeah he's a new face in slovenian politics he's a former doctor the former comedian who used to imitate his political opponents alexandra during his career he joined mayor of small town thirty kilometers from capitol of slovenia he joined state politics exactly last year one year ago when he entered the presidential race nobody gave humor any chances in that time but he. ended the runner up he was on a second place with forty seven percent of wards of slovenia any president in presidential elections now he's on the second place in the parliamentary parliamentarian elections he

the complaints of the republicans when we created we when it was created as part of dodd frank and mr obama put. elizabeth warren and the other people in charge now and thank you so much really appreciate spending time with us always great thank you for having me. and with the world cup fever going on around the globe how much is it take to host the enormous event we're joined by our sports correspondent steve steve this is pretty amazing i mean anybody with a television knows that this is going on in russia but it's a huge organizing thing and it's got to cost a lot of money to host it how much it costs a lot i mean you know in a tournament where the trophy itself is worth twenty million dollars you know the numbers are off the charts here and if you look in back to the ninety's when italy hosted in one thousand nine hundred the numbers of really grown exponentially in the cost of the host country from one thousand nine hundred to about twenty ten you know it was between four and five billion and then in twenty fourteen it rose with brazil of course at around nearly twelve billion and this

not necessarily cause of rising, but what is more surprising, not mrs obama do people not using cash,s are going through. and contactless transaction. —— it is not that people are not using cash. when you think about where they are being used. the story says the majority are in the likes of supermarkets of course where we spend a lot of money anyway, but there are different areas like parking, and that one i find incredibly easy. so frustrating. yes, straddling around, you don't have pound coin in europe car, using your app is so much easier. these days you have wearable tech, watches, your telephone, everything can take your money off you quicker than you putting your hand in your pocket and giving it. particularly that your children, when they get your phone and start pushing buttons, quite scary. absolutely. a massive change. it showed a few weeks ago when the visa network went down globally, it shows what a big effect that then has. the whole world almost came to a standstill because nobody had any money in their pocket. well, you haven't. i haven't! you were talking about this be

but you, it seems, working for mr obama at the time, naively believed that medvedev somehow was thisnt actor, a moderniser who truly could take russia in any direction. right. and you were wrong. well, we were choosing horses, we were working with the president of russia. and when you are the present of the united states, you don't get to choose who is president of russia. medvedev was there, you met him. he met him at there, you met him. he met him at the gs, you there, you met him. he met him at the g8, you met him when you have a summit with him. he is the one sitting in the kremlin, not the prime minister. but i suppose you, asa prime minister. but i suppose you, as a diplomat, had to answer this question. did you not realise at the time that he was, in essence, still subordinate to putin? of course we realised that. we are not fools. we analysed the situation, and yet, i would say to you, while medvedev was president, on certain issues that matter to us, not whether it mattered inside russia, that is for them to decide, but matter to us on foreign policy, there was a difference.

if that had been a republican saying that about mrs. obama or mrs. nancy pelosi, the skies would have lit up and flooded everybody with a charges, how can you say that. it is misogyniesic. shows republicans are anti-women. trish: instead jessica is trying to say people don't care as much. >> everyone is entitled to that. >> didn't interrupt you. the many times you just kept talking. so you will let me go now. that is part of the hypocrisy problem. when one party is subject to all the attacks when they do it, and if they do it, they should be subject to attacks but the other party largelyets exemption and supporters get exemption. it's a free market, but free market full of double standards. trish: there is so much helping pock chris at this. >> the conservatives have toreme standards the left imposes on right. right can dot no do it, they get hammered. left does it, they get a pass. trish: bill clinton "the today show," he was questioned by the reporter should you have apologized to monica lewinsky? he never personally apologized to her. once again i

asserting everything they were doing was being coordinated or briefed to the president, meaning mr. obama. this reaches back into the obama white house without any doubt or waffling. the obama white house owns this. this is their activity. these crooked, dirty fbi agents and attorneys were coordinating their operations with the obama white house. lastly, there always startling admission by the character named as attorney number 2 where he says there are legal documents with his name all over it, he also used a foul expression. he says his name is all over legal documents investigating president trump's staff. that email text was written the day after the election. this is a stop the presses moment. you have got the president of the united states obama wrapped up in this investigation according to lisa page and you have an fbi attorney talking about how he was investigating the president's staff the day after the election. lou: incredibly, the reason chris farrell was referring to the agent number 2 is because he isn't -- his name is not revealed in that document. >> the american public de

mr. obama chatted with a small group. tickets went for $237,000.>>the message in marin county, watch your cat. the coyote population has exploded and they say cats are not safe. to m>> and then the search for 13 year old cat ended. a neighbor found her collar in the yard. >> i wonder where was she, what was she thinking, you know, was she in pain. >> bernadette has lived in the area for more than two decades. she tells me the coyote population has exploded in that time. you can see many coyotes in marin counties own trail cameras. that change has taken its toll on the outdoor cat population they say. >> cats are disappearing, we're finding bloody carcasses of cats on lawns. coyotes are being spotted not only at night but during the day near schools, parks, neighborhoods. >> bernadette found her cat that way, and posts on next door show she's one of many. it's a trend that hasn't gone unnoticed z by professionals. >> in the last few years, we've noticed a -- 50/50 canine to feline to more 70% felines. >> that's why keeping cats inside at all times i

here is mr. obama back in 2007 talking about negotiations. >> would you be willing to meet separately without precondition during the first year of your administration in washington or anywhere else with the leaders of iran, syria, venezuela and north korea in order to bridge the gaps that divide our countries. >> steven is in the crowd tonight. senator obama? >> i would. the notion to somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them which has been the guiding principal of this administration is ridiculous. >> tonight is possible that we e on a new era or maybe not be. former director of national intelligence james clapper, thor of the new book facts and fears hard truths. also david gergen. you then heard what then e obama said that was then, 2007, and this is now. is ibecause he nature of the threat has changed? >>no. it is because who is in charge has changed and that is that we have moved to a republican president and do everything we can to protect him. i must say anderson, overall, i do thi

mr. obama is scheduled to attend at a private fund raiser in atherton. he was with the ceo for airbnb last month. former president bill clinton's going to be at the s.a.p. center talking about his new book "the president is missing". the event begins at 8:00. expect extra traffic in the area around that time. >>> a rollercoaster of emotions for fans of mexico's world cup soccer team. an agonizing loss quickly tempered when help came from an unexpected source. all mexico had to do was tie sweden today and the team would advance to the next round of the tournament. but mexico lost. however, south korea upset defending world cup champion germany, which does mean mexico advances despite the loss. >> i was really glad to be able to watch itere. see the stadium erupt with such emotion. every single goal, every single play, people get crazy here, and i love it. >> cra >> crazy it was. we'll have much more on world cup action in a few minutes. and telemundo 48 is your home for world cup coverage. >>> the reason children separated from their parents at the border

michelle obama and laura bush and hillary clinton and mrs. carter. obama added sometimes truth transcends party. again, this could be fixed with a phone call from the president while congress fixes the law. it has been the law for a couple of presidents now and the presidents chose to enforce it the way this administration is. >>> president trump escalating trade tensions with china. beijing warns it will strike back. punishment for china stealing u.s. tech and trade secrets. >> beijing outlining tariffs on u.s. exports. the president promises to impose additional tariffs if they follow through. further action must be taken to encourage china to change its unfair practices. china again promises to strike back accused of extreme pressure and extortionist behavior. tit-for-tat tariffs are bringing futures down low to 400 points. and economists are warning that this could escalate a trade war. and voting to ban the zte shares. that sent the shares plummeting. the president lifted the ban in exchange for a fine and u.s. oversight. lawmakers on both sides

aday mrs. obama retweeted message from mrs.e described the policy of separating children from their parents as cruel and immoral. mrs. obama added, "sometimes truth transcends party."

clintonon tried to hide or disclose information and in doing so mr. obama spoke directly to the core component of the law used against mr. paerts intent and said he didn't think it applied in mrs. clinton's case. i'm going to suggest the president suggested that language through the open medium and spoke the word into law, required intent, that showed up in following months in particular james comey july 15, 2016 exxoneration, well, a summary of the prosecution/exxon ratio statement, six times the word intent and i find it no place else. your thoughts on how that genesis might have gone back to the president of the united states on that idea. >> i don't know if that was necessarily evidence, we don't have evidence of that but we do have as noted reference to statements made by president obama and his press secretary and the concerns that those raised and the issues and how it was viewed and perceived by the investigative team. >> my time is expired, thank you mr. horowitz i yield back the balance. >> from california. >> thank you mr. chair. mr. horowitz tha

deal was not in our best interest and congress never ratified this because the prior president, mr. obama did not want to give it to congress because he knew it would fail so it is not a binding deal and president trump made a decision in the best interest of the united states. >> rick: he talked about this extensively during the campaign, a promise of his that he wou kill this deal, it was a bad deal from day one and that he would spike it in and he did. i'm wondering if you think that this might have a negative effect as far as accelerating iran's nuclear program? how close are they? >> they are close but i don't think it will. the difference between this and north korea, there is a military option in north korea but it's kind of unthinkable. in iran, there is a military option. they don't have the ability to unleash hell on their neighbors. we hope to never use it. i'm not saying that but what i am saying is iran knows that they cannot sprint to a nuclear deal. if whae have to do is look at iran's behavior in the region prior to the steel and post this deal. prior to this deal, they di

here is mr. obama back in 2007 talking about negotiations with decidedly unfriendly leaders. >> would you be willing to meet separately without precondition during the first year of your administration in washington or anywhere else with the leaders of iran, syria, venezuela, cuba and north korea in order to bridge the gaps that divide our countries. >> steven is in the crowd tonight. senator obama? >> i would. the reason is this. the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration is ridiculous. >> tonight it's possible that we're on the verge of a new era with north korea, or we may not be. former director of national intelligence james clapper, authorover the new book "facts and fears of the new truth." also david gergen. you then heard what then candidate obama said that was then, 2007, and this is now. is it because of the nature of the threat has changed? >> no. it is because who is in charge has changed. an