mr. president? the presiding officer: president pro tempore, the senator from utah. mr. hatch: the senate is not in a quorum, right? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call, senator. mr. hatch: mr. president, i represent a generation of lawmakers brought up on the principles of bipartisanship and compromise. and i believe that these very virtues of the key to my success as a legislator. by putting these principles in practice as chairman of the finance committee, i was able to pass more than 40 bills sent to law during the last congress. and by working with my friends across the aisle over many decades of public service, i've been able to pass more legislation than anyone alive today. mr. president, i draw from these personal experiences to illustrate a simple point. in an era of endless gridlock and increasing polarization, there is no alternative to civility and healthy debate. we would do well to remember this in light of the frustrations we have all felt over the past several months. the senate is capable of so much more than it is today. i know beca

mr. president. >> we use technology in a way that is pretty incredible. mr. president, i am one of those doctors. i practice right here in washington to my clinic in oregon and i went to say hello to our veterans today. hello, how are you? this is a veteran that served in the coast guard for 20 years. he was a helicopter rescue swimmer and a served the country and here we are in oregon and this is our great team peggy and denise and terry and two-- peggy, would you mind i understand there might be some area of concern on his skin. can we take a look at that, please? >> yes, sir. this is the area of concern. >> okay. so, as we focus in on that you can see, mr. president, i can take a look at that area and if i have any concerns we can send it to a specialist or we can take a look at it, but thank you. we will be right back with you soon. i just want to show the presidents a few other things, but i will be back with you. mr. president, if you walk over here this is actually the new doctors bag. the doctors bag of the future and you may actually recognize this be

mr. president. if we come over here -- we use technology in a way that's pretty incredible. in fact, mr. president, i'm one of those doctors. i practice right here in washington to my clinic in grants pass, oregon. and i want to say hello to our veteran today. mr. amescua, how are you? mr. amescua is a veteran. he served in the coast guard for 26 years. he was a helicopter rescue swimmer and served the country. and here we are in oregon. and this is our great team -- peggy and denise and terry. and, peggy, would you mind -- i understand there might be some area of concern on mr. amescua's skin. can we take a look at that, please? >> yes, sir. dr. shulkin, this is the area that is of concern. dr. shulkin: okay. so as we focus in on that, you can see, mr. president, i can take a look at that area and if i have any concern about it we can send this to a specialist or we can take a look at it, but thank you. mr. amescua, we'll be right back with you soon. i just want to show the president a few other th

mr. president. exactly one month ago, i came before members of the security council and declared it was a dark day for the world because of the dangerous and irresponsible actions of north korea. ago, i said to days of talking were over, and it was time to act. today, the full security council has come together to put the north korean dictator on notice emma and this time, the council has matched its words and actions. the resolution we have passed is a strong, united step towards holding north korea accountable for its behavior. the security council increased the penalty of north korea's ballistic missile activity to a whole new level. north korea's irresponsible and careless acts have just proved to be quite costly to the regime. this resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever leveled against the north korean regime. the price of the north korean leadership will pay for its continued nuclear and missile development will be the loss of one third of its exports and hard currenc

mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. there are two reasons why every member of the senate should vote against confirming marvin kaplan to the nlrb, and the first is he's just not qualified. the nlrb is the federal agency that enforces our labor laws. it protects the rights of workers in the private sector to organize for better wages and better working conditions. it's up to them to make sure that their implores follow the law -- employers follow the law and when there is an issue between employers and employees, that everyone act reasonably. democrats and republicans who served on the nlrb have been the top labor employees in their fleeldz. they have had long careers as lawyers or law professors. many of them have spent time as staffers on the nlrb board. in other words, they understand the labor issues better than anyone. they may have a unique perspective on it one way or the other, sort of promanagement or prolabor, but there is no q

mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: mr. president, i yield back all time. the presiding officer: all time is yielded back. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 174, h.r. 2430, an act to amend the federal food, drug and cosmetic act, to revise and extend the user fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs and bow crow similar biological products and for other purposes signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that the debate on h.r. 2430, the f.d.a. reauthorization act of 2017 shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote

mr. president, thank you so much. president niinisto, i have a question for you as well, but if i could start with president trump. in the middle of hurricane harvey hitting friday night, you chose to pardon sheriff joe arpaio. i wonder if you can tell us, what was behind your thinking for issuing the pardon, and what do you say to your critics, even some in your own party, who say it was the wrong thing to do? >> well, a lot of people think it was the right thing to do. actually, in the middle of a hurricane, i assumed the ratings would be far higher than they were normally. and i put it out that i had pardoned, as we say, sheriff joe. he's done a great job for the people of arizona. he's very strong on borders. very strong on illegal immigration. he is loved in arizona. i thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly when they came down with their big decision to go get him right before the election voting started, as you know, and he lost in a fairly close election. he would have won the election but they just hammer

mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to congratulate the majority leader for securing these important confirmations of nominees who have been waiting for no good reason, simply to get an up-or-down vote and get confirmed, but this is a big day. 65, roughly, nominations confirmed just here in the last few minutes, things that should have been handled but for the obstruction and foot-dragging of our colleagues across the aisle. i want to focus for just a minute on the things that we have been able to do, notwithstanding the lack of cooperation of our colleagues across the aisle since this knew administration came into office. i know the focus of the press and frankly some of our own focus has been on the unfinished businesslike health care reform, but i can assure my colleagues that issue is not going away and gets more difficult to address as each day goes by. but perhaps one of the most significant things we've done the last few months is confirm neil gorsuch as a justice on the supreme court. it is unde

mr. president. i have a question to president trump, if i may. as theinteto,'beg is aise th cutyitti ithbaic gibalt s scicay. and itas been coerned about the russian planes flying there thout transporters on. so my question to you, mr. trump, would you consider russia as a security threat? thank you. pres. trump: well, i consider many countries as a security threat, unfortunately, when you look at what's going on in the world today. as you know, a few weeks ago, our great vice president, mike pence, who is right here, was in the region. and he spent quite a bit of time there. we consider that a very, very important part of the world. we have great relationships there. we have a great relaonip with finland. so i wou consider many countries threats, but these are all threats that we'll be able to handle if we have to. hopefully we won't have to handle them, but iwe do, we will handle them. >> can i have a follow-up, as he had also? so if the situation in the baltic were to escalate, what would the u.s. be ready to do in that unfortunate circumstance

mr. president. if we come over here -- we use if we come over here -- we use technology in a way that is pretty incredible. i practiced right here in washington to my clinic in oregon. i want to say hello to my today.eran how are you? he's a veteran who served in the coast guard for 26 years. he was a helicopter rescue swimmer. here we are in oregon. this is our great team -- peggy, denise and terry. would you mind, i understand there might be some area of concern on his skin. can we take a look at that please? >> yes, sir. this is the area that is of concern. sec. shulkin: ok. as we focus in on that, you can see i can take a look at that area and if i have any concern about it, we can send this to a specialist or take a look at it. thank you. we'll be right back with you soon. i just want to show the president a few other things. mr. president, if you walk over here. this is actually the new doctor's bag of the future. you might actually recognize this because this is the doctor's bag that travels

mr. president, thank you so much. to, i have a question for you as well, but if i could start with president trump, in the middle of hurricane harvey hitting friday night, you joe's to pardon sheriff joe arpaio. could you tell us what was behind the thinking issuing a pardon for the sheriff? as wells what do you say to your critics, even some in your own pardon saying it was the wrong thing to do? >> well a lot of people think it was the right thing to do, john. and actually in the middle of a hurricane, even to it was a friday evening i would assume ratings would be far higher than normally. the hurricane was just starting. i put it out as i pardoned as we say, sheriff joe. he has done a great job for the people of arizona. he is very strong on boarders. very strong on illegal immigration. he is loved in arizona. i thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly when they came down with their big decision to go get him right before the election voting started as you know. he lost in a fairly close election. he would have

mr. president. i'm very excited to be here with senator purdue and president trump to be introducing the new version of the r.a.i.s.e. act. our legal immigration system should a com pleasure two main goals it should help american, woers get a pay raise and two, it should make america more competitive in the world and our system doesn't do that. it's over a half century old and it is an obsolete disaster and it's time for it to change. so first, we bring over a million imgrants into this country a year. that's like adding the population of montana every single year. adding the population of arkansas every three years. the vast majority of those immigrants come here not because of those english language abilities or their job skills or their job offer or educational attainment. in fact, only one in 15, one in 15 out of a million new immigrants come here because of the job skills and their ability to succeed in this economy. that means it puts great downward pressure on people who work with their hands

mr. president. first on the topic of health care, i was very happy to hear the statement from chairman alexander and ranking member murray yesterday in which they pledged the help committee to the task of destabilizing and strengthening the markets. particularly by guaranteeing the cost-sharing reduction program. as chairman alexander said, quote, without the payment of these cost-sharing reductions, americans will be hurt, unquote. that is clear. everyone has said it, even the insurance industry. and yet, president trump continues to treat this critical program as if it's some kind of political hostage. the president treats the critical program as if it's some kind of hostage. insurers in three states -- north carolina, pennsylvania, iowa -- have each released separate rates for 2018. one, if the payments are made, and one that's 20% higher if they're not. in these three states, the premiums will be 20% higher if president trump refuses to carry out the law. every american will see that increase in

mr. president, and he said thank you, mr. president. david: that must have been something. t like when your mother walked in and he were president of the united states? mr. clinton: she started laughing out loud. >> [laughter] mr. clinton: it was so ridiculous, the idea of it, that it could have ever happened. but on the other hand, when i started running she was the only person that thought i had a good chance to win. nobody else did. hillary and chelsea were undecided at the beginning. >> [laughter] but it made me feel good because my mother had a pretty tough life. she was widowed three times. she had a pretty tough life. and she got up at 5:00 every morning and got herself ready and was at work by 7:00 and did everything she could to take care of me. so, i was proud to be able to show it to her. and she was ill then, but she lived another year. just a little more than another year about the time. excuse me, a little less than a year. she died the next june the sixth -- i mean january 6. , david: what's it like to live in the white house? mr. bush: you want to know what m

mr. president. i have a question to president trump if i may. as the president told he's been raising the issue about the security situation in the baltic region and the sea specifically and has been concerned about the russian planes flying there without transponders on. my question to you, mr. president, would be mr. president trump, would you consider russia as a security threat? thank you. >> well, i many countries a security threat unfortunately when you look at what's going on in the world today. as you know a few weeks ago our great vice president, mike pence, who is right here, he was in the region and he spent quite a bit of time there. we consider that a very, very important part of the world. we have great relationships there. we have a great relationship with finland. and so i would consider many countries threats but these are threats we can handle if we have to. hopefully we don't have to handle it, but we'll handle it. >> i have a follow-up. if the situation in the baltic were to escalate what would the u.s. be ready to do in that

mr. president, and he said thank you, mr. president. david: that must have been something. ke when your mother walked in the oval office for the first time and you were president of the united states? mr. clinton: she started laughing out loud. [laughter] mr. clinton: it was so ridiculous, the idea of it, that it could have ever happened. but on the other hand, when i started running, she was the only person that thought i had a good chance to win. nobody else did. hillary and chelsea were undecided at the beginning. [laughter] mr. clinton: but it made me feel good because my mother had a pretty tough life. she was widowed three times. she had a pretty tough life. and she got up at 5:00 every morning and got herself ready and was at work by 7:00 and did everything she could to take care of me. so, i was proud to be able to show it to her. and she was ill then, but she lived another year. just a little more than another year about the time. excuse me, a little less than a year. she died the next june 6 -- i mean, january 6. david: what's it like to live in the white house? mr

mr. president. and he said, thank you mr. president.at was it like when your mother walked in the oval office for the first time and you are president of the united states? mr. clinton: she started laughing out loud. [laughter] mr. clinton: it was so ridiculous, that it could ever happen. ♪ ♪ david: both of you ran for congress and both lost. you have that in common. but after you lost the first time, you were trying to beat an incumbent congressman and you lost. did you say, i am out of politics? what made you say -- mr. clinton: no. i got a break, in a way. the democrats did well in 1974 because president nixon resigned. but i ran against a congressman who was one of his father's best friends. he had an 85% approval rating, and 99% name recognition. mr. bush: that is called suicide. [laughter] mr. clinton: i was zero and he beat me 51-48. about three points. it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. we wound up being friends too. but this district we ran in had the highest amount of gasoline use per registered vehicle in

mr. president, that's exactly what they are doing. house left for break last week. >> why did congress apparently ignore the president? is this part of a larger pattern? joining us with more, john harwood. i have to read something that you wrote about this, it says fresh evidence arrives every day of the government treating the man elected to lead it as someone talking mostly to himself. >> ouch. >> like your crazy uncle. >> reporter: well, look, this is a situation where more and more we are seeing officials move independently of the president. look just at the news we got this morning, first of all, the conversation with the mexican prident suggests that the president was making statements that he knew couldn't be fulfilled. the vacation news you just reported, he said at the white house when health care was hung up, we should stay here until that's done. if what the president says cannot be taken literally by anybody, that leaves his officials to govern themselves without him and leaves fellow republicans to govern without him as th

mr. president.what you can tell the people of texas to expect in terms of long-term recovery efforts, and in particular, you have been feuding with some key congressional leaders. you've also threatened a government shutdown potentially next month over border wall funding. are are these goithese going to funding that will be needed for long-term recovery? >> no, todd, i think you'll see rapid recovery, certainly from the president. it's a terrible tragedy. your governor has been absolutely outstanding in the job he's done and his entire staff. i will say that i just spoke with greg, and he is working like 24/7. we expect to have requests on our desk fairly soon, and we think that congress will feel very much the way i feel in a very bipartisan way. that will be nice. but we think you're going to have what you need and it's going to go fast. texas is a unique place. it's a great, great state, great people. and i think you'll be up and running very quickly. really very quickly. so, yeah, i think you'l

mr. president? i'd like to claim that you did to the research but i have confess the question was fairly obvious. sure that president rump briefed you today or you're aware of the new plan for afghanistan in bringing the aliban to the table for negotiations. given the history and ideology f the taliban, do you ever believe that they would honor ny kind of an agreement that was ever made or would they when the united states and finland countryies go back on that deal? all i want to under line that finland has been involved from the very beginning all the attempts to solve the afghanistan we have roopers there and aid going on all the time. all possible in ways to solve the situation in afghanistan. it has been on-going for quite a decades. for negotiations t by surely you're to have full one you or the negotiate and or so full belief negotiated is also fulfilled. these elements has to be all the when you discuss afghanistan.ty in >> i know there might be a couple more questions. more?nt to take one go

mr. president. president trump: thank you very much everybody. >> mr. president, do you want the support of these white national groups who say they support you? have you denounced them strongly enough? >> do you call that terrorism, sir? next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." and then newsmakers with stephen law. after that, a discussion on corruption in the oil and gas industry around the world. >> tonight, on q&a -- >> the social and legal response to the issues that black men have is to lock us up, put us in cages, to stop and frisk us. treat us as citizens whose rights other people do not respect. we are not full citizens of the u.s. >> paul butler takes a critical look at the u.s. criminal deficit system and its impact on african-american men in his book "chokehold: policing black men." >> there has never been a time when community relations has been near good. for a long time, as a black person, if you called police to report a crime, if you were the victim, the police did not pay that much attention to it. now, the sense is,

mr. president, did you have discussions with mr. sarkov? what were his impressions, what were the results of your meetings with him and what will be the further steps of the united states towards the minsk process? president poroshenko: if you allow, i will start. really, we talked all sides of our cooperation with united states of america, including rendering to ukraine. the enlargement of our defense capabilities, cooperation and military and technical sector -- i would divide this question into two parts. first part, really, back during my visit, we agreed that we would have a very active dialogue regarding the defense capabilities of ukraine. it is not about only the rendering of lethal weapons, but the revving up of defense capabilities. electronic defense, the means to intensify the capabilities of our defense forces. well, talking over these issues requires silence. today, i would abstain from commenting on the topic on these issues, but i would like to say that being the president of ukraine, i'm satisfied the level of our negotiatio

mr. president, thank you so much. , i have a question for you but master with president trump. in the middle of hurriance harvey starting coming pardoned former sheriff, joe arpaio. what was both behind your thing and what you say to your critics, even some in your own party, who say it was the wrong thing to do? >> president trump: i let people think it is a right thing to do. in the middle of a hurricane, even though it was a friday evening, i assume the ratings would be far higher than normally. the hurricane just starting. i put it out that i had pardoned sheriff joe. he has done a great job for the people of arizona. he is very strong on borders. very strong on illegal immigration. he is loved in arizona. i thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly when he came down with the big decision to go get him right before the election voting started, as you know. he lost in a fairly close election. he would've won the election. they just hammered him before the election. i thought that was a very, very unfair thing to

mr. president. pres. trump: ok? thank you very much everybody. >> mr. president, do you want the support of these white national groups to say that they support you? have you denounced them strongly enough? >> would you call that terrorism, sir? announcer: later today, the net roots conference in atlanta, the indoor gardening -- gathering of organizers. today is the third and final day of the conference and at the closing session this afternoon, former vice president al gore is among the speakers. he is expected to talk about his new documentary on climate change. that starts at 4:30 p.m. eastern . when it gets underway, we will have a for you live. tomorrow, stephen law, the president of the senate leadership fund super pac, working to electrical because to the u.s. senate. he is our guest on newsmakers. he talks about key senate races of 2018 and tuesday's special primary in alabama where the voters will choose the republican nominee to fill the senate seat vacated by the attorney general, jeff sessions. makers" on c-span at 10:00 p.m. eastern on sunda

mr. president. pres. trump: thank you very much, everybody. >> mr. president, do you want the support of these white national groups who say that they support you? have you denounced them strongly enough? >> a car plowing into a group of people, would you call that terrorism, sir? announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning, an associate professor of chinese studies in seoul, south korea and patrick cronin, senior director of the asia-pacific security program at the center for new american security, discuss how the region is responding to threats from north korea. then family physician and author dr. matthew on on his new book, "distracted," looks at how regulations are impacting the medical profession and health care reform in the u.s. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. announcer: sunday night on "q&a" -- >> the social and legal response to the issues that black men have is to lock us up, put us in co

mr. president. and he said, thank you mr. president. d: what was it like when your mother walked in the oval office and you are president of the united states? mr. clinton: she started laughing out loud. it was so ridiculous, the idea that it could have ever happened. ♪ david: was it like when your mother walked in the oval office for the first time and you are president of the united states? mr. clinton: she started laughing out loud. mr. bush: you know what my mother said? get your feet offer the jeffersonian table. ♪ both of you ran for congress and the both lost. you have that in common. after you lost the first time you were trying to beat an incumbent congressman and you lost. did you say, i am out of politics? mr. bush: i got a break in a way. 1974emocrats did well in because president nixon resigned. whon against a congressman was one of his father's best friends. he had an 85% approval rating, and 99% name recognition. mr. bush: that is called suicide. and henton: i was zero beat me. it was one of the best things that ever happe

mr. president, you heard it right there. it's thursday, the president sundays off on everything, from north korea to mcconnell to the russia investigation.

mr. president? mr. clinton: you are the one that told me that once you become a grandparent, you are immediately at the bottom of the family totem pole. you're the least important person in the family. david: it is true. mr. clinton: we qualify. david: we will talk about your presidencies. you are now both former presidents. what is the difference between being a former president and president? now one day you have the nuclear codes. you can send nuclear bombs off, everybody is working for you. and the next day when you leave office, you have no power. what was the transition ike? mr. clinton: nobody plays a song when you walk in the room anymore. mr. clinton: i was lost for the first three weeks after i left office. i kept waiting for the music, you know. mr. clinton: actually, it is wonderful. i've had almost -- very rarely in 17 years have i even given a thought to -- i wish i were there, i could do this, or i miss this. i think you have to be grateful for the time you have and then realize you shoul

mr. president. president trump: thank you very much everybody. wantr. president, do you the support of these white national groups who say they support you? >> you call that terrorism, sir? ♪ announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that affect you. coming up sunday morning, associate professor of studies and professor of the security program at the center for new american security discuss how the region is responding to threats from north korea. then family physician on his new book "distracted" that talks about how new regulations are affecting medical care. sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. sunday morning. join me discussion. >> sunday night on q&a -- >> this social and legal response to the issues that black men have is to lock us up, put us in cages, stop and frisk us. treat us as citizens whose rights other people do not respect. we are not full citizens of the united states. announcer: georgetown university atyer paul butler looks policing black men in his book "chokehold hair

mr. president, do you have any response to the russian president dispelling 755 workers -- >> no, i wantre trying to cut down on payroll. as far as i'm concerned, i'm thankful that he let go a large number of people. now we have a smaller payroll. there's no real reason for them to go back. so i greatly appreciate the fact that they cut our payroll for the united states. we'll save a lot of money. >> was it appropriate for the paul manafort raid predawn? >> i thought it was a very strong, signal or whatever. i know mr. manafort. i haven't spoken to him a long time. he was with the campaign for a very short period of time. but i've always known him to be a good man. i thought it was a very, you know -- they do that very seldom. so i was surprised to see it. i was very, very surprised to see it. >> have you spoken to the fbi director about it? >> no, i have not. to do that early in the morning, whether or not it was appropriate, you'd have to ask them. i've always found paul manafort to be a decent man. he's like a lot of other people, probably makes consultant fees from all over the place

mr. president.er here -- we use technology in a way that's pretty incredible. in fact, mr. president, i'm one of those doctors. i practice here in washington to my clinic in grant pass, oregon. i want to say hello to our veteran today. how are you? he is a veteran, he served in the coast guard for 26 years. he was a helicopter rescue swimmer and served the country. here we are in oregon. this is our great team, peggy and denise and terry. peggy, would you mind, i understand there might be some area of concern on his skin. can we take a look at that, please? >> yes, sir. this is the area that is of concern. >> okay. so, as we focus in on that, you can see, mr. president, i can take a look at that area and if i have concern about it, we can send this to a specialist or take a look at it. thank you. we'll be right back with you soon. i just want to show the president a few other things. we'll be right back with you. mr. president, if you walk over here, this is actually the new doctors bag. the doctors

mr. president." and he said, "thank you, mr. president."avid: that must have been something. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed. i will leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job. of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? ♪ david: i'd like to start by acknowledging the presence of mrs. bush. thank you very much for being here. [applause] mr. bush: actually, i was supposed to do that. david: sorry. [laughter] david: i want to ask you about your parents. how are they doing? mr. bush: i hate these tough questions. [laughter] thank you for asking. told dad today that i was going to be on stage with bill, and you were the moderator. david: what did he say? mr. bush: he was surprised. [laughter] david: okay. okay. surprised you could not do anybody better? [laughter] oprah w

mr. president. >> members must seek peaceful, diplomatic and political solutions. the council must seek to reduce tensions in this region. there is no other way. we object to the dpr k missile launch however as we repeatedly noted, addressing the issues through sanctions and pressure alone is impossible. this path will not enable us to achieve these results in so far as that does not propose any options for engaging the dpr k in constructive negotiations. they can be no military solution we believe that all security council resolutions must explicitly underscore that fact. we must also preclude additional, unilateral sanctions on top of those being imposed by the council itself. that is in order to normalize the situation in the korean peninsula. there is a new approach with both an end to the dpr k missile test and an abandonment of military infrastructure built up including the fad system, the exercises being conducted, there is an urgent need to create an trust among the states in the region and create an architecture security in northeast asia. the roadmap for

peaceful resolution to discuss that and now i'm joined by the country's former president hamid karzai mr president it's great to see you in moscow well. now you've long been arguing that the current american approach to afghanistan is not working that it's time for the americans to assess the strategy and perhaps adjust the course and it strikes me as a little bit too naive it's almost like asking the taliban or ourselves for that matter to lay down arms don't you think that you are perhaps in gauging in a wishful thinking i mean what we need to afghanistan we need peace of. and to be need success against terrorism in afghanistan the u.s. goes on in the name of fighting extremism and terrorism fifteen years on do we have also told moral. we have a lot more of it so obviously we have faded there and the casualty is the victim is the afghan people and our piece but mr president you know better than i did that you know what you essentially won the americans and not just the american

mr. president. i'm excited to be here with sen. perdue and president trump to introduce the new version of the raise act. it should help american workers get a decent pay raise and have a higher standard of living. two, it should economic growth and make america more competitive in the world. our current system simply does not do that. it is over half a century old. it is an obsolete disaster. it is time for it to change. first, we bring over one million immigrants into this country a year. that is like adding the population of montana everything will year. adding the population of arkansas every three years. the vast majority of those immigrants come here, not because of it in was finally to -- their english language abilities or job skills or their job offer or their educational attainment. only 2015 -- one in 15 come here because of their job skills and ability to succeed in this economy. that means it puts great downward pressure on people who work with their hands and on their feet. for some people, they may think is the symbol

mr. president. of hurricane harvey, the believe that cutting fema's budget is the right thing to do? president trump: was going to happen is th fema money is relatively small. they have the money necessary for texas and louisiana if we need, but the real number, which will be millions of dollars, will go through congress. i think it will happen very quickly. it will go very fast. i want to congratulate you on the network. is a great network. >> if i may follow up with one other question from earlier. ? is your plan still to have mexico and for the wall president trump: yes, it will. one way or another, mexico will pay for the wall. we are right now negotiating nafta. in my opinion, mexico has been very difficult as they should be. why wouldn't they be? it is one of the great deals of all time for them. one of the worst trade deals &. finland would never have signed nafta. this is not a deal you would want to sign. this is not a deal finland would know about. nafta is one of the worst trade deals eve

mr. president. people of texas in terms of long-term recovery efforts, and in particular you have been feuding can key congressional leaders and also threatened a government shutdown potentially next month over border wall funding. are these going to hamper long-term the -- the funding that will be needed long term for funding? >> no, todd. i think you'll see very rapid action from congress, certainly from the president, and you're going to get your funding. it's a terrible tragedy. your governor has been absolutely outstanding in the job he's done and his entire staff, and i will say that -- i just spoke with greg, and he is working like 24/7. we expect to have requests on our desk fairly soon, and we think that congress will feel very much the way i feel, in a very bipartisan way, that will be nice, but we think you're going to have what you need and it's going to go fast. texas is a unique place. it's a great, great state, great people, and i think you'll be up and running very, very quickly, rea

mr. president! -mr. president! -mr. president! -unbelievable. -mr. president. -mr. president.t me just take a moment to insult jeff sessions. jeff, you look like a melting gap kids mannequin. okay, jeff? you got it? moving on. how do you respond to criticism of your ban of transgender people in military service? like this: i'd like to introduce you to my favorite new team member who i will eventually betray, anthony scaramucci. (cheers and applause) -thank you. -wow. thank you. thank you. -wow. wow. -thank you. thank you. thank you. i love the president. thank you. -i love the president. i love it. -i love you. -i love you. i love you. -i love you. -i love you. -i freaking love you. (sighs) (cheering and applause) thank you. i'm gonna fire so many people. i don't know who it's gonna be-- reince--