mr. steele, what is your thought to victims out there? because as kristen said in her closing arguments, they are character assassinations that take place in the courtroom. and if someone feels too scared to come forward at this time, just a chilling effect? >> i hope the end result will, will not cause somebody to refrain from coming forward because we got to the right result in this. and, yeah, it's difficult. and people were put through character assassinations, and it was very difficult to sit through and watch. but you also saw what the jury did in the end, and i hope that, that people recognize that you got to show courage like this lady did, like she showed courage. she stepped up. she went forward. and, and we got to the right result. and she stayed through this, you know. she didn't have to start down this journey with us. she didn't have to come here for the first trial. she didn't have to come here for the second trial. but she did. i think that means so much, and i hope that others that have been victimized understand that and

mr. steele relied upon. because they were kremlin sources.the russians wanted to sow the seeds of division in our country. >> disinformation at every level. >> exactly. >> and does robert mueller need protection from the senate? >> i think that it would not hurt if we passed legislation to send a message to the white house that we want the investigation to continue. but the fact is that the president is never going to sign that legislation. and there are some legitimate constitutional concerns about it. but, having the discussion in congress helps send a very strong message that we do not want mr. mueller's investigation interfered with in any way. >> i think you're certainly right. the president would not sign that legislation. so are there other steps the senate could take to protect the integrity of the investigation? >> it's important to note even if somehow mr. mueller were fired -- and remember, only the deputy attorney general can fire him. that the investigation is still going to go on. so it would not spell the end of the investigati

mr. steele? we don't. we have e-mails and conversations that mr. steele t me this, but i don't have a problem due to the timeline. >> laura: congressman, go ahead . >> they raise $50 million from ten donors from new york and california to drive the narrative of the russia collusion story and the phony dossier. i5 democrats were opposed to dirty money and dark money in politics, their only opposed to it if it helps democrats republicans, but if it helps them they love dark money. $50 million to promote the stor from big donors. >> thank you to both of you tonight on this friday. nancy pelosi may be helpless to stop her nightmare scenario and november. we will tell you what she's afraid of the other democrats talking about. >> laura: democrats keep insisting that there is terribl disunity in the gop, but it looks like they're not even on the same page at their own voters are buried in new poll shows that more than 70 percent of democratic voters want to impeach trump if their party retakes the house in november. that is a big red flag for the woman wh

mr. steele. can you imagine how it would be on the other side? so i am glad we did this today for the special counsel. i stand with my colleagues on the other side, on this side that president trump somehow tried to fire mr. rosenstein and would get rid of mueller it with up hidden his face and it would create a crisis for this country. we don'tis need that to move forward in a professional way but i promise you this. if you believe law enforcement should beld impartial you should care about what i'm saying. if youat believe that the fourth person in the department of justice should tell everybody his wife works for research firm paid by the democratic party and the democratic nominee that the person they hired hated candidate trump and went to russia and the court use that without being informed, i cannot believe we don't have a special counsel for this. this to me undermines as much as anything else the way the system should work. bias everywhere, wanting to get a result. thank you. >> senator durbin. >> mr. chairman let me first thank you and

why on earth would mr. steele wandering around an old apartment building full of mud and graffiti and trash? >> for fun? >> far lot of fun. he has friends because this is the best place to throw on your goggles and go wind tour. he can run down to hallways and find open corridors and fly right through. >> it is an absolute play for these droenes. >> there's a camera on that drone. it will transmit the video back to his goggles. basically he is seeing kpagtly what we are seeing and is able to thread that drone like a needle. >> can i draw attention to the murals, all of the different tags. >> that's right. aparticipantly at one point there was a public art project that invited people to use this building to paint. you're seeing really cool urban art. >> don't think he is infallible. >> oh. >> could pt quite find the way out. hit the wall. he looks at it. let's get back up in the air. he tries to pull this move. >> into the water. >> how bad was it? zb bad enough he had to shut it down for the day. that was this pa

steele. worked with mr. can you imagine how it would be on the other side? i'm glad we did this today for the special counsel. i stand with my colleagues on this -- thate, on of president trump tried to fire mr. rosenstein or mr. mueller that it would blow up in his face and be the work decision of his presidency. we don't need that. let's move forward in a professional way. i promise this. if you believe that law enforcement should be impartial then you should care about what i am saying. the fourtheve that person in the department of justice should tell everybody his wife works for a research on -- firm paid by the democratic party and the democratic nominee and that the person they hired hated candidate trump and went to russia to get a bunch of garbage and the court used all that, that goes to the heart of the rule of law. i cannot believe we don't have a special counsel for this. , as much asnes anything else, the way the system should work. bias everywhere, wanted to get a result. >> senator durbin. but me thank you and your staff as well as senator fe

mr. steele, what is your thought to victims? in your closing argument, there were character assassinations in that courtroom and if someone feels too scared to come forward at this time, just a chilling effect. >> i hope the end result will not cause somebody to refrain from coming forward. because we got to the right result in this. and yeah, it's difficult. and people were put through character assassinations. and it was very difficult to sit through. and watch. but you also saw what the jury did in the end. and i hope that people recognize that you got to show courage like this lady did. like she showed courage. she stepped up. she went forward. and -- and we got to the right result. and she stayed through this. you know? she didn't have to start down this journey with us. she didn't have to come here for the first trial. she didn't have to come here for the second trial. but she did. you know? and i think that means so much and i hope that others that have been victimized understand that and see that courage and see where it

mr. steele attitude about this was. he told mr. or that he's desperate that trump not get elected. he told the fbi when he was an informant for them, a source, that is not using a dossier for political purposes me that given it to me. he wasos lying. he given the dossier to the media contrary to what he said to the fbi because he is being sued in british court for defamation and in the court filing he admits to giving it to the press while working forde te fbi. now, and october the fbi discovered this and when they asked him why did you do it, here's what he said. well, when you reopen the clinton investigation i thought that was really unfair and they had to do it. >> political as you can possibly be, motivated for political reasons, gave the dossier out oakland to his own words because he didn't like what the fbi did about reopening the clinton e-mail investigation. that that's about everybody in s country. mr. ohr tom his number one contact, who is he? he's the fourth guy in the fbi -- and the department of justice. his wife worked for fusion gps for god sake. his wife worked w

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the election that he, with his organization, and money from private donors, hired, tried to hire mr. steelnd a fusion gps. i don't have a problem because of the time line. what. was his motive? clearly, it was political. do we se see any corroboration. i don't have a problem due to the time line. >> of course she doesn't. they raised $50 million from ten donors from new york and california to drive the narrative of the russian collusion story and phony dossier. i thought democrats were opposed to dirty money. if it helps them, they love dark money. this was $50 million to promote this story. >> thanks to both of you tonight. nancy pelosi may be helpless to stop her nightmare scenario in november. we'll tell you what she is afraid of the other democrats talking about. >> laura: >> democrats keep insisting that there is terrible disunity in the g.o.p. looks like they are not even on the same page as their own voters are. a new poll shows 70% of at that timic voters want to impeach trump if their party retakes the house in november. that's a big red flag for the woman that wants to be speaker

mr. steele, what is your message to prosecutors in other jurisdictions whether it be new york city, los angeles, chicago, chester county, who may view these cases as historically difficult to prosecute? after today, what is your message to any prosecutor that may be on the fence about pushing forward about a case of this nature? >> i'm not here to send messages to my colleagues. we're in a great community of prosecutors, particularly in pennsylvania. all i can tell you about that is the incredible outpouring of support that i've gotten every step of the way along this journey. they've been great. you know, i look at our colleagues in the attorney general's office. you know, how they have walked this walk with us. michelle henry, for example, who tried the king case with me. you know, each step of the way, these folks are here to support. so i don't think it's any time to send a message to them. we're all working the cases together and each person has to deal with it in their own jurisdictions. >> what are your thoughts to the victims out there? they said that there were character assassinations

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mr. steele and the fbi getting close to the election. he's kaurktized it that way. would you see it that way as well? >> i don't know anything about that. if i did i couldn't answer it but i don't know. >> i'll ask you more questions that you can answer when we come back. james comey is our guest tonight. stay with us. all-new lexus ls 500 and ls 500h. experience amazing, at your lexus dealer. mother...nature! sure smells amazing... even in accounts receivable. gain botanicals laundry detergent. bring the smell of nature wherever you are. i ...prilosec otc 7 years ago,my doctor recommended... 5 years ago, last week. just 1 pill each morning, 24 hours and zero heartburn. it's been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10... ...straight years, and it's still recommended today. use as directed. in the 2018 lexusxus saes and es hybrid.standard lease the 2018 es 350 for $399/month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. today. you n >>> joining us is former fbi director james comey. his new book "a higher loyalty" is driving everybody crazy. it's very

mr. boente also took a note that looks like it says "going to bring lawsuit" with something we candidate read, "steele this looks from mr. boente's handwriting. >> i don't. >> it looks like he was taking a note when he was talking to you about your interaction with the president. it looks like the president told you he was going to bring some kind of lawsuit over the steele dossier. did the president say that to you? >> looking at this i have some recollection of that. i don't know whether it's in my memo. i wrote a memo after that march 30th call from the president, but it actually rings a bell as i sit here. >> and the content of the dossier, particularly the prostitute allegation involving the ritz carlton hotel room and all of that, you write in detail about bringing that up with the president, how unnerving that was for you both shortly after the election in january '17. was it your impression that the president was concerned about the real damage that the dossier could do to him as a legal matter, as sparking an investigation or did he seem more concerned in terms of embarrassment or the wave he

mr. steele who was their investigator in london. they put out a statement saying, we welcome, though we're not surprised, that michael cohen opted to withdraw this meritless complaint rather than face a discovery process that would have forced him to defend his reputation and address the allegations of the steele dossier under penalty of perjury. with his decision it appears mr. cohen can now focus on his many other legal travails. it sounds to me like this is another instance where they are trying to wall off the president and the people around him from getting to the bottom of that dossier that has triggered the president since the day jim comey walked in and told him about it. >> if you think about the context of all this, the washington post and others have reported that michael cohen was known for recording conversations with clients, recording conversations with people he was interacting with on legal cases. and so if he had a discovery process, those e-mails, those audio recordings, they could all fall under that purview. and

mr. steele, the guy and he didn't know who was behind it?have you ever thought of an fbi director with more unaware of what was going on around him? david: unaware or lying right now. >> doesn't have a good answer for it. i mean the idea he -- he not only said he didn't know, he didn't need to know or wasn't interested in. david: by the way, this information, that you know, it was put out by mr. comey, that in fact the republicans started the trump dossier, the "washington free beacon" which is republican group at one point paying fusion, they put out this last october, the free beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the steele dossier. did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of or provided payment for any work performed by christopher steele. and james combpy, the head of the fbi didn't know that. >> well, look, if you look at what happened over the last year, quite a few fbi agents have been removed from their posts, retired, reassigned so forthright? we don't know the reasons why. we do know when the inspec

mr. steele that we've been talking so much about. and trump took it very -- in a very difficult way.e became fixated on this subject and would repeatedly try to prove to comey that these allegations were not true. he did so in that trump tower briefing. he did so again in a phone call a week or so later, and again and again. and comey details all of it in his book. according to his account. and the big picture, ali, about the portrait comey paints of the president is about as scathing as it gets. he describes the president as a congenital liar, somebody who is unethical and unfit for this office and somebody who is really blurring what should be traditional boundaries between the white house, the politics in the white house and the more independent fbi and department of justice. comey was very alarmed and described it as a forest fire of a presidency. >> phil, let's talk about the lewd allegations that the president seemed to be obsessed with. did he ask comey to do anything about it? does comey believe the allegations to be true or what he was asked about them? >> he did. so the all

mr pompeo. the israeli leader has long railed against the steel. steel. the israelis will see mr pompeo as being exactly the kind of figure who they would like to push this forward. it's eight weeks since a nerve agent attack left a former russian spy and his daughter in a critical condition in hospital in salisbury. yulia skripal has been released but her father sergei is still receiving treatment. the events of the 11th of march have had a lasting impact not only on them, but on salisbury, with businesses and tourist attractions across the city continuing to report a fall in takings of as much as 70 percent. simon jones has more. most of salisbury may be open for business, but the police cordons remain, a reminder of what happened to it weeks ago. in the shop overlooking the spot where sergei skripal and his daughter were found poisoned on a park bench, they say some weeks takings have been down by 70%. to suddenly go from a busy walkway and having a very busy shop to having almost no one in, it can go three hours with no one walking past, it is

mr. steele. can you imagine how it would be on the other side. i'm glad we did this today with the special counsel. i stand with my colleagues on the other side -- on the side that president trump trying to fire mr. mueller would be the worst decision of his presidency and created a crisis for his country. we do not need that and let's move forward in a professional way. if you believe that law enforcement should be impartial, then you care about what i'm saying. fourthbelieve that the person in the department of justice should tell everybody that his wife works for a research firm paid for by the democratic party and the democratic nominee and that is a person they hired. he hated president -- candidate trump and went to russia to get a bunch of garbage. that goes to the part of the rule of law and i don't know why we don't have a special counsel for this. this undermines the way the system should work. bias everywhere, running to get --esult, then the process. damn the front. -- the process. >> thank you for the party that led to our vote today

well, actually, i think that mr abe really didn't get anything on trade during these talks. he came here hoping to get an exemption from the steel was pretty clear that he wouldn't get them right away, and then he tied them to other trade issues, basically saying i want to doa issues, basically saying i want to do a bilateral trade deal with japan, and in the course of those negotiations, then maybe we will lift the steel tariffs. and again, that was something that the japanese are not wanting to do. they much prefer multilateral arrangements. they are not really interested in opening bilateral trade arrangements. but he indicated they had agreed to do so. citing mr trump held a pretty tough line on trade and mrabe has held a pretty tough line on trade and mr abe has gone on with it, so he will go home empty—handed, from what i gather, from this press conference in terms of what japan was hoping to get out of this meeting involving trade. thank you very much forjoining us. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes joins us live from tokyo. as barbara was saying there, japan, shinzo abe talking about tpp, president trump not so ke

low-grade steel, clearly for mr trump, the rustbelt was a big election winning ground. the chinese have responded in this way as well but with low—grade steel, and we have seen the chinese actually going towards a more high—grade steel in its usage in the last sort of view or so anyway, the long—term effect of this, i would say it is relatively small. who loses out from all of this? you said isa loses out from all of this? you said is a sort of low—grade war, but who loses out from the high—grade rhetoric around this? it is going to be individual industries, in mentioned agriculture. if the chinese get quite strong there, the us agricultural industry will. at the moment, the longer term effects are not clear that there will certainly be industries and probably specific countries that do begin to sort of suffer as these tariffs really begin to bite. now, donald trump, a lot of this is coming via his twitter account, how should we be looking at this? is this sort of just a war of words or should we be seeing it as a statement and react into every time we get an update on

optimism around the tariffs on steel and aluminium mrtrump optimism around the tariffs on steel and aluminium mrr macron will have to prove his new friendship helps french interests, otherwise he will face questions at home as to what his new bromance is worth. thank you. the french sculptor auguste rodin, who created some of the greatest and most innovative works of the modern era, visited the british museum regularly in his later life. an exhibition at the british museum suggests that he took great inspiration from the greek art on display there. the bbc‘s will gompertz visited the exhibition, where the works can be seen side by side. we know about auguste rodin, he's the 19th century french sculptor who gave us this, the kiss. the man who reportedly said, when asked to describe his technique, "i simply choose a block of marble and chop off what i don't need." he made his name with the age of bronze, a sculpture so lifelike he was accused of simply making a plaster cast of a human body. it was controversial — for some — but not the radical rodin, who headed across the channel to make an appoin

they are not in a very strong position, because they have been ndslapped with these steel aluminum tariffs that mr. trump revealed a couple weeks ago. mr. trump has not given them the inception he has given to other ales. -- the exemption he has given to other allies. mr. abe ll be asking for that. it could be a tough discussion. tura: how about the personal relationship betwe two men? what difference has golfing made on policy? rabar you know,laa, the last time mr. abe was here at mar-a-lago, the north korean leader fired a missile, and mr. abe was next to mr. trump at the time, and i think he felt he had influenceethere. he hashawkish on the issue and the trump administration has been hawkish, which is why he was rattled when they seemed tot chanir approach somewhat. there is a question on how much influence mr. abe has. he is full of vrable on trade, as i said -- vulnerable on trade, as i said. but highlighting the chummy relationship, and mr. trump said said they would sneak out for round of golf. laura: barbara plett-usher, thank you very much. syrian state tv says chemical weapons inspectors

mr. page. and didn't tell the court christopher steele had had his relationship with the fbi terminated. in wrote the letter explaining why comey should be fired, now he's overseeing an investigation firing of comey. how does that work? he has a ton of problems including when are you going to get us the information we are entitled to in an you be redacted form and in a timely fashion. lou: the house intelligence committee, oversight committee, as you said, have been demanding those documents. devin nunes the chair of the house intelligence committee, he and trey gowdy got a look at the so-called electronic communication that was the foundation for a call for a special counsel. yet there is no response on the part of the doj or the fbi's two committees' request. >> they met with mr. meadows and i. and i asked four simple questions. tell us the proximate numbers of document worn titled to. i don't know. tell us the step steps in the current process get the information. they said i don't know. and then the third question, when are we going to get the information we are supposed to with and o

mr. trump to decide whether he wants to impose tariffs on the european union for its importation of steel and aluminum. mr. macron thinks that would be a bad idea for mr. trump to do. >> you can not make a trade -- how many is he going? i'm simple for what? it is too complicated if you make war against everybody. you make trade war against china, trade war against europe, war in syria, war against iran. it doesn't work. you need allies. we are the allies. reporter: the first lady coming out of the shadow as little bit are if the state dinner. she is apparently behind all of the minute planning of this first state dinner coming tomorrow night. the first state dinner of the trump administration. ashley, back to you. ashley: will be quite an affair. doug mckelway thank you very much. joining me to talk about that and other issues former arkansas governor mike huckabee. great to see you, governor. politics makes for straight bedfellows, maybe mr. trump's lone ally in europe. he had a public spat with theresa may and uk. here we have emannuel macron by all accounts is political outsider who ma

and despite the apparently real friendship between the two leaders, mr abe has been left out again. these tariffs on steele not been dropped and that was definitely what mr abe was hoping for, and he's sort of now been drawn into discussing the possibility of a bilateral trade deal betweenjapan and the united states, and that is something that again japan absolutely does not want. it wants america to come back into the trans—pacific partnership, which japan is currently leading after president trump left it last year. cu ban officials have announced a replacement for president raul castro, who's stepping down and ending six decades of rule by his family. the new leader will be the current vice president, miguel diaz—canel. raul castro will stay on as the head of the communist party and is expected to remain a powerful influence. our correspondent, will grant, reports from havana. cu ba's old guard is finally changing. almost 60 years of rule underjust two men, two brothers, are at an end. the father of the revolution died in late 2016. his tomb a shrine to legions of socialist followers. now the younger b

there's a little bit more cautious optimism around the issue of tariffs on steel and aluminium that mrlevy against the eu. one way or the other, though, mr macron has to prove that his new friendship helps french interests, otherwise he's going to face questions at home as to what is new bromance is worth. lucy williamson at the white house. abdul—malek al—houthi, leader of an armed rebellion in northern yemen, has promised to avenge the killing of one of the most senior figures in his movement. saleh al—samad, who was political chief for the houthi rebels, died in an air strike by the saudi—led coalition. in an address on his tv channel, mr al—houthi blamed what he called us and saudi forces of aggression. the saudis have sided with yemen's government in its war with the rebels. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we have a new prince! god save the queen! well—wishers join the duke and duchess of cambridge in celebrating the arrival of their third child. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high, the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never

deal you mentioned that turnaround has today and said that there will be consequences if mr trump rips up at the steel emanuel macro is very much on the side of the rest of the world saying that even if they said deal is not perfect it's the best one on the table do you think they can reconcile their differences over that. to be quite honest i don't know definitely president marc wrong with trying. to have already talked about this issue so we're german chancellor a makeover and she comes to washington on friday this is a very difficult issue the europeans also the british their european union they all say let's stick to this agreement especially as we don't have anything to replace it this president mccrone today said this might not be perfect but it's the best chance we have to sort of keep a lid on the iranian nuclear program and this whole thing has to be seen in the context of the overall security situation in the middle east ability for the region the europeans fear might be a nuclear arms race in the region if this agreement falls apart i think president mccraw has brought those points across t

there's a little bit more cautious optimism around the issue of tariffs on steel and aluminium that mr to levy against the eu. one way or the other, though, mr macron has to prove that his new friendship helps french interests, otherwise he's going to face questions at home as to what is new bromance is worth. lucy williamson at the white house. this just thisjust in a this just in a private dinner they just had a. dinner was friendly, we are told. they discussed the situation of both countries, the us economy, the polls for president trump and the preparations for the mid—term. they discussed relating the internet and the fight against radicalisation that talked about trade, syria and the fight against terrorism. expressed the will to build a common agenda on trade and international topics. 0verall build a common agenda on trade and international topics. overall it was a very personal and friendly atmosphere. abdul—malek al—houthi, leader of an armed rebellion in northern yemen, has promised to avenge the killing of one of the most senior figures in his movement. saleh al—samad — who

mr. cohn. however, one factor might be large and orange. ( laughter ) now, here's the deal-- cohn is a proponent of free trade. and trump's new tariffs on aluminum and steelre. well, that's just economics-- supply and demand. he saw his boss demand a dumb- ass steel tariff so he supplied himself an exit before ( bleep ) hit the fan. ( cheers and applause ) now, it's odd, he just pa-too! ( piano riff ) now, it's odd that cohn would choose to resign now, seeing as how he had drafted a resignation letter after the tragedy in charlottesville, which trump responded to by saying there were good people on both sides. however, cohn ultimately changed his mind and decided to remain on. so for the record: for cohn, supporting nazis is okay. but imposing import taxes? now you've gone too far, sir! ( applause ) ( laughter ) and cohn's departure-- cohn's departure is especially shockinr ross just two days ago: >> gary cohn, as far as i know, is certainly not going to walk out. >> stephen: in a way, he's right. he didn't walk out. it was more of a desperate sprint. ( laughter ) but, seems like every day another rat flees the sinking ship. soon, trump will be down to mi

steel. welcome. mr. business guy, ins s-- since you are the business guy, is this a business war? quack like a trade war. >> not yet. i think we're on the brink of it -- and larry kudlow who is a colleague came out and calmed markets by saying -- >> it seemed to work. >> these tariffs may never take effect. and we may get into a negotiation. that did work. the marpgts ended up closi-- th markets closed higher after the futures were down after the china announcement overnight. so we're not there yet. but i think it depends on the extent to which president trump can pull back or people can contain the president because his impulses as ams newspaper reported in the story over the weekend, this is a president right now who is following his instinct and impulses mostly unconstrained. >> and -- is he -- do we think he will likely look -- john just described is larry kudlow saying, oh, no, american will blink. i hate to say that. but china roared and america blinked. prest ump will not like that look. >> it was -- i agree that it was clearly however a concerted effort because sarah hucka

also don't forget that they haven't been excluded on the steel tariffs so far. mr. still needs to get a concession of the united states not to be put on the blacklist for steel tariffs. , they important to japan have a lot of steel companies. to negotiate also a separate trade deal, you might have to concede a much stronger currency, for example, which he really doesn't want to do. it's a difficult negotiating position for him. mr. trump may not agree immediately. you might try to draw this out for long time. abe needs results very quickly. shifting focus to korean assets, have assist news of talko's meeting and talking about going to meet kim jong-un, how does that affect korean equities, the yuan, etc.? it's probably good for korea overall. overall he will bring calm to the country and probably foreign investors will be a bit keener at looking at korea. one of the side issues is that the korean currency could get a bit stronger. it's not in a danger zone yet but if he gets another 10% stronger from here, i could start to affect exporters from korea and they are a

steel an alum in tariffs and the war in syria and chancellor merkel's second visit to washington since mr trump took office. it's all could moments during their first meeting at the white house that still sums up the utter lack of political chemistry between i'm going to machall and donald trump. when trump simply didn't react as merkel asked him to shake hands thank you. german chancellor i'm going to america's reputation as the global leader who keeps the world strong men on the straight and narrow simply doesn't seem to apply to this u.s. president who insists on setting the pace and direction of global politics. observers say trump's erratic decision making challenges merkel's political style to confront even partners with very harsh positions to threaten and then to undo and sort of go back into a more co-operative mood and i would say he has kept european partners pretty much on their toes trump upstaged his nato allies by talking about money rather than values twenty three of the twenty eight member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed t

the memos highlight the president's apparent obsession with the steele dossier. which mr.ump brought up with comey unprompted several times, including during one meeting at the white house. comey wrote, quote, the president brought up the golden showers thing and said it really bothered him if his wife had any doubt about it. he then explained, as he did at our dinner, that he hadn't stayed overnight in russia during the miss universe trip. the president said, the hookers thing is nonsense, but that putin had told him we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. he did not say when putin had told him this. >> did you believe him or did you think he was speaking hyperbolically? >> didn't seem to be speaking hyperbolically. >> a spokesman for the kremlin saying putin could not have made that remark to trump, saying they never communicated before trump became president. expressed anger at then national security adviser michael flynn for delaying a phone call for president trump from vladimir putin. the return call was scheduled for saturday, comey wrote, which pro

the memos highlight the president's apparent obsession with the steel dossier which mr.t up with comey unprompted several times, including during one meeting at the white house. comey wrote, "the president brought up the golden showers thing and said it really bothered him if his wife had any doubt about it. he then explained, as he did at our dinner, that he hadn't stayed overnight in russia during the miss universe trip. president said, the hookers thing is nonsense, but that putin had told him we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. he did not say when putin told him this. >> did you believe him or think he was speaking hydrobolically? >> didn't seem to be speaking hyperbolically. >> reporter: a spokesman for the president said putin could never have said that to trump saying they had never communicated before trump became president. in another encounter, trump expressed anger at then national security adviser michael flynn for delaying a phone to call to from russian president vladimir putin. flynn said the return call was scheduled for saturday, com

mr. kalic: yes. man of steel. it seems that hitler's had a long history of not letting his troops withdrawal. it was the same thing here. do you feel like the fact that history of not letting his troops withdrawal, which meant they either surrendered in mass or were killed off, made the war shorter? those troops could have been used later on to defend germany and whatnot. but they were gone. either to death or capture. he his own-- was worst enemy by not allowing his troops to pull back? mr. kalic: that is a tough question. i don't know. him -- ways, if you keep them in place, they will get destroyed. they put up a good fight. months to take budapest. again, once you lose it, you have lost it, then you have lost access to the oil reserves. the germans are going to launch one more defense and hungary around the beginning of march, they will fail miserably. you don't have the combat power. losing --- you are every day you stay in place, you are losing. >> right. true. mr. kalic: that is the easiest way i can answer

but mr abe is in a weak position because he wa nts is in a weak position because he wants tromp to lift these tariffs on steeljapan. so i think the japanese are expected to be squeezed a bit with regard to what mrtrump once in squeezed a bit with regard to what mr trump once in terms of trade. i think it might be a more difficult composition than the one on north korea. i can see some boats in the background, they looked like they may have some people giving things safe while this goes on. described to me how a resort that is not designed for political summits deals with the security pressures of not just the president coming to town but the prime minister ofjapan. well, the president moves his security detail to the resort when he comes here enough times, that there is a kind of format and system to it. but also, he mentioned to journalists today, he does like to host leaders here because it likes to show off his resort. it is also a way of getting them into a co mforta ble way of getting them into a comfortable space. this is the second time mr abe has visited mar—a—lago, the the summit, they have had many