mr. macron of france. it is a new france, isn't it? olivier: mr. macron is the new france but you still see that there is a lot of the old france still there with occupy

mccrone macron from- mrs. france. they will enjoy a private dinner historic,ernon, the our nation's first president, george washington. this setting will serve as a reminder of rinses unique status as america's first ally. -- france's unique status as america's first ally. a terrificaster is person. on a personal note it has been a privilege to serve alongside him and to travel around the world, advancing the presidents america-first foreign policy. his decades long career is in inspiration to us all. the president wishes him well. they will continue to be great and will no doubt be seeing a lot of each other in the years ahead. >> what effect did the announcement today have on the post by the president? >> we will continue, as the president has said. goodnts to have a relationship with russia, but that's going to depend on some of the actions by the russians. at the same time the president is going to be tough until we see that change take place. we can to have that meeting and a meeting with vladimir putin at some p

mr. macron from france. bringing global leaders into pressure. mr. macron saying he thinks we need a new deal in iran and it has to meet five criteria. it's president trump that has been the strongest on that and he's bringing along major players and influencers like france. >> bret: kellyanne conway, we

each other the mr macro was touching mr trump's leg what is the explanation for this apparent chemistry between these two men. when i think a president like role france invested a lot of time and effort into this he chose to not mr trump maybe other leaders in europe are doing at least behind closed doors spots to give it a chance and he was trying to reach out to trump he invited him to the busty they military parade in paris last year playing of course to mr trump's known love of pomp and circumstance but he also always gave the impression that he's taking trump very seriously and also today when the two met at the white house president ma kroll several times called mr trump his friend at the same time of course you also didn't refrain from pointing out there are differences and he has to because mr trump is not so popular in france as in most european countries so he cannot be seen as too close or shirk away from the differences and he mentions for instance that we should refrain from nationalism and that all the western partners should work together and much of that sort of frameworks and he also mentions climate change and that he might have a d

having been elected to change france, mr gare du nord is gambling that france itself has changed. —— rgh, who's 96, has been admitted to hospital in central london for a hip operation. in a statement, buckingham palace said the procedure had been planned and would take place tomorrow at the king edward vii hospital. the duke has missed several recent royal events, as our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. the police officers at the entrance — the sign that there is a royal patient behind the doors of the private king edward vii hospital in central london. the duke of edinburgh was driven here this afternoon, ahead of hip surgery tomorrow. there have been few public appearances from the duke in recent months. last summer, he retired from public life. his final official engagement, inspecting the royal marines on parade at buckingham palace. since then, when he has been seen in public, he's generally looked fit and well. here, a brisk walk to church at sandringham on christmas day. and even though his hip problems have been bothering him for around a month, he was seen in early

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

mr. macron of france. it is a new france, isn't it? olivier: mr. s the new france but you still see that there is a lot of the old france still there with occupy buildings and anger. he is going through a tough time. i think what he wants to do is franceal for france, but is in a difficult political place. the weather is nice amongst trading. the students like to be outside rather than inside. there are converging tensions. i think we have to watch the next month. n does notf mr. macro succeed, it is terrible news for france and really terrible for europe. macron is a good answer to the populist alternative. if heif he fails, i worry very h we could see trouble. tom: i have to leave it there, olivier blanchard, thank you. vonnie: tom keene with olivier blanchard. we have more to come from the spring meeting with imf in washington, d c over the next days. let's get a check on u.s. majors. the stoxx 600 in europe in its steep earning season. the dow is down nine points. the s&p 500 is up .25. ibm is down more than 7% in the index. the nasdaq is up abo

having been elected to change france, mr macron is gambling that france itself has changed.dent trump intends to deploy troops to protect the border with mexico until there is a wall and what he called proper security. when they were in office, george w bush and barack 0bama did both send thousands of national guardsmen to the border, but president trump said the entire immigration system needed an overhaul, and accused immigrants of flowing illegally into the us, disappearing and never showing up in court. here's a little of what he's been saying. we have very bad laws for our border and we are going to be doing some things. i've been speaking with general mattis, we will do military things... until we can have a wall and proper security, we will guide our border with the military. it's a big step. we really have not done that before, certainly not a lot before. however, we will be doing things with mexico and they have to do it otherwise we are not going to do the nafta deal. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how new technology is being harnessed to monitor some of

france stand forever in solidarity for the noble cause of liberty and peace. thank you very much. [ applause ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the french republic. [ speaking foreign language ] >> mr. president, dear donald trump, dear melania, dear bridget, dear distinguished guests, thank you for your warm welcome and for honoring france and the franco-american friendship with this state visit, the first of your presidency, which bears witness to the strength of the bonds that unites our two countries. [ speaking foreign language ] >> but first of all, please allow me to join your condolences, addressed to -- by the french people to the canadian people and to express our deepest sympathy to president bush and his family. it is in this sad moment as well and in this terrible circumstances that we stand together. [ speaking foreign language ] >> two centuries ago it was laugh fayette who was welcome -- lafayette who was welcomed here to the united states 30 years after the war of independence. at the time he spent almost 14 months amongst you and my stay will be shorter but it is of special importance to me and to all my fellow citizens who, for a long time, have had powerful and

studio: the press conference from donald trump and mr macron of france. first state visit by a foreign leader to the trump white house. a lot to discuss in the meetings they had throughout last couple of days. the most pressing perhaps, whether or not donald trump will continue to sign america up to the iran nuclear deal, and also whether mr macron has been able to convince the us president that he should put the united states back in the paris climate change agreement. but lots to discuss that. there will be much more of that in beyond 100 days. now... hello and welcome to sportsday. it is live from anfield. i'm live at anfield, ahead of what should be another pulsating night of european football on merseyside, asjurgen klopp's liverpool host roma. it is the champions league semifinals. if anybody thinks we are underdogs, who cares? wherein the semifinal and we can go who cares? wherein the semifinal and we can go to the final. that is all i care about. the italian side roma have arrived here at anfield and they will be given the usual warm welcome from

having been elected to change france, mr macron is gambling that france itself has changed.nt trump says he intends to deploy troops to protect the border with mexico until there is a wall and what he called "proper security." he said the entire immigration system needed an overhaul, accusing immigrants of flowing illegally into the united states, disappearing and never showing up in court. let us hear a little from what he said. we have very bad laws for our border and we are going to be doing some things. i have been speaking with general matters, we will do military things and so we can have a wall and proper security. we will guide our border with the military. it is a big step. we really have not done that before, certainly not a lot before. however we will be doing things with mexico and they have to do it otherwise are not going to do the nafta deal. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... how new technology is being harnessed to monitor some of the world's most endangered species. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdo

having been elected to change france, mr macron is gambling that france itself has changed.across england to try to spot the disease at an earlier stage. the stragegy is to avoid the situation where patients are referred for separate tests, for different forms of the illness, when they have non—specific symptoms. the former health secretary, lord lansley, who‘s being treated for bowel cancer, is calling for improvements to the screening programme. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. it helped me focus more on what actually my symptoms were. patients with unexplained symptoms can get sent around different places for tests if their doctors think they might have cancer. but now a one—stop—shop trial aims to bring everything together on single sites, the aim being to get diagnosis or the all clear within 28 days. the advantages are that the patients can have all the tests they need doing in one place rather than having to go back—and—forth to different departments. and the quicker we can get the diagnosis of cancer for a patient, then the quicker they can start the treatment,

can do to a political leader in europe and anticipate a lot of backlash is against him mr mark wrong returned to france we just saw a letter signed by five hundred european parliamentarians from twenty eight countries in defense of c.p.o. away and mr murch wrong. you know has made a travesty of presidential ambitions and and prestige by caving in and appeasing mr trump on the iran nuclear deal and this completely self delusional to think that he can arrive at the new deal by linking it to non-nuclear regional issues it certainly because iran for its part can advance its counter argument that the man should be brought in and the us and french misbehavior their role you know that aggression against syria recently on complete hoax of chemical weapon a strike that the most people know it never happened and on and on and now you know it's very very disappointing. poor performance by mr crone today i want to ask mr for exactly what do you think might have persuaded macron who was such a staunch advocate of the current deal of renewal of the current deal into proposing this new broader agreement what could ha

mrs. macron from france for a state visit later this month. today i can also add the detail that on the first night fo their visit, the president and the first lady, along with president and mrs. macron, will enjoy a private dinner at mount vernon, the historic home of our nation's first president, george washington. this setting will serve as a beautiful reminder of france's unique status as america's very first ally, going all the way back to the revolution. finally this is general mcmaster's last day serving as national security advisor here in the white house. general mcmaster is a terrific person. on a personal note, it has been a privilege to serve alongside him and to travel around the world, advancing the president's american-first foreign policy. his decades-long career in service of his nation is an inspiration to us all and we know he will do well wherever he lands next. the president wishes him well. he will miss working with him, but they will continue to be great friends and will no doubt be seeing a lot of each other in the years

france stand forever in solidarity for the noble cause of liberty and peace. thank you very much. [ applause ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the french republic. [ speaking foreign language ] >> mrar bridget, dear distinguished guests, thank you for your warm welcome and for honoring france and the franco-american friendship with this state visit, the first of your presidency, which bears witness to the strength of the bonds that unites our two countries. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> but first of all, please allow me to join your condolences, addressed to -- by the french people to the canadian people and to express our deepest sympathy to president bush and his family. it is in this sad moment as well and in this terrible circumstances that we stand together. [ speaking foreign language ] >> two centuries ago it was laugh fayette who was welcome -- lafayette who was welcomed here to the united states 30 years after the war of independence. at the time he spent almost 14 months amongst you and my stay will be shorter but it is of special importance to and to all my fellow citizens who, for a long time, have had powerful and sincere feelings for

andi representative of the united kingdom and i will now give the floor to the representative of france. mrn of the united nations security council going on live now in new york. you heard from the british ambassador, karen pearce, and before her was the american representative, nikki haley. before that, from the russian ambassador to the united nations. and he spoke about the air strikes, calling them cynical. and he said that russia wa nted cynical. and he said that russia wanted to put a vote to this security council on a draft resolution. but to bring in our correspondent, jonah fisher, in moscow who has been listening to that. how would you characterise the russian position on what has happened? things we have been hearing all day in moscow from the russian authorities. namely, that they very much doubt that this chemical weapons attack took place as it has been described in douma and they believe there is a conspiracy effectively amongst the west to try and make them look bad and to frame them. vladimir putin put out a statement, much of it was word for word what the ambassador said i

substantially but we're going to stop illegal immigration i know that you face similar challenges in france and mr president i admire the leadership you have shown in addressing them in a very honest and direct fashion and not always popular both of our elections so much of the success to the desire of every day citizens to be heard to be listened to edge of control over their own nations and their own futures let us demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will always rain at all times it will rain during our meetings today we also discussed the robust economic relationship between our countries the united states is setting records in business and we will continue and i know that france will be setting records under your leadership very soon. we look forward to exploring increased opportunities for bilateral trade and investment based on the principle of fairness and importantly reciprocity mr president thank you again for accepting our invitation to the white house and such an honor the foundation of our friendship draws from the deepest wells of civilization and is susta

mr. president, america represents endless possibilities for my country. brings about hopes. france of freedom and peace. [speaking french] >> translator: over the last centuries we have weaved our histories through our common struggles are each time, together, we have the western world and aspire to universality. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> translator: through our revolution from the very beginning, yesterday evening we were at mount vernon at the residency of the first president of the united states, george washington, on whose tomb i wish to pay tribute together with you. from the bastille prison which was sent to him by lafayette as a simple of this unbreakable bond. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> translator: this year, through our struggles for freedom, they year as we commemorate centenary of world war i, i wish to offer you a tree. from this forest north of my country where 1918 1918 u.s. ss and marines in particular displayed courage and devotion. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> translator: i am pleased that this tree that grew close to the famous -

speaking after meeting mr trump, mrs merkel — like france's president macron, who also visited washingtona first step" in slowing down iran's nuclear activities. laura trevelayan has more. a warm welcome for the german chancellor from the american president. with both leaders aware of how minutely their body language would be scrutinised. after all, when president macron was here in france earlier this week he was feted and embraced for three days. unlike angela merkel‘s first meeting with president trump here, when he seemed to avoid taking a hand. by contrast, the mood was positively upbeat, including handshakes. angela merkel praised her warm reception and the president said they're misunderstood. we actually have had a great relationship right from the beginning but some people did not understand that. but we understand it, and that's what's important. but there's no disguising the gulf between the pair. the cautious angela merkel does not want the president to put tariffs on imports. and stay in the iran nuclear deal. but mr trump's new secretary of state signalled today that is unli

mr. macron's first state visit. let's listen in to the president of france and the united states during president macron's first stateesident trump: melania and i are truly honored to welcome french president macron and mrs. macron to the white house. it is an honor. we are thrilled the first official state visit of my presidency is not only with a great friend but with a leader of america's oldest ally, the republic of france. today, in our nation's capital, the stars and stripes proudly fly alongside the tricolored flag as a symbol of the world and to the world of unity, fraternity, and friendship, that forever links are nations together. 40 years after the end of our war of independence, the great general lafayette traveled to george washington's home at mount vernon to visit the grave of the father of our country, president mccrone, we are deeply moved that nearly two centuries we are deeplyn, moved that nearly two centuries later, the president of france made that same tribute last night. melania and ier, had a great visit with you to celebrate bastille day. we were awed by the beauty -- we were all in by the be

mr. macron from france. bringing global leaders into pressure. mr. macron saying he thinks we need a new deal in iran and it has to meet five criteria. it's president trump that has been the strongest on that and he's bringing along major players and influencers like france. >> bret: kellyanne conway, we appreciate you coming by. thank you. coming up, america's election headquarters. talking candidate strategy. how a u.s. senate seat in west virginia could possibly be won by a republican. we have a new poll out in that race. also a special election happening today. we have it all next. using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. booking a flight doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on flights, go to priceline. ♪ >> bret: november election still more than six months away about strategies for winning are already taking shape. for democrats, one of those tact

mr. trump says trade with france is complicated because of the european union which has trade barriers which would prefer to deal directly with france on trade. i guess that's bilateral, one-on-one. so trade is being discussed, and earlier they were clearly discussing the iran nuke deal. >>> fiat chrysler hopes to attract a new generation of truck buyers with the all new ram 1500 pickup. gary gastineau is with us, and i want him to sell me one of these things. whatsell me that one. >> stuart, i'm not going to sell it to you, but i've got the guy that can do that for you, jim morrison, head of the ram brand. your background is actually in marketing. stuart varney owns an f-150, and he's probably the fanciest guy i know. give me three reasons why he should buy this? >> well, it's a no-compromise truck. it's a hard working truck, as you can imagine, but it's more technologically advanced than any of the competition. everybody's talking about the 12-inch radio -- >> that's the big display screen in the middle. >> yeah, for sure. but it's got more luxury than any be ford or chevy has, and more lu

mr. president, dear donald, dear melania, thank you, thank you for honoring france, me and my wife and the french delegation with this whichstate visit, commemorates the quality of our two countries. in turn, please allow me to raise my glass. president macron: [speaking in french] >> [translation] please allow me to raise my glass to all of our fellow citizens on both sides of the ocean who fought for our values. please allow me to raise my glass. we have to be up to the debts that we owe them and up to the sacrifice. please allow me to raise my lass to the iraq couple -- irrevocable friendship between france and the united states. [applause] announcer: in his weekly address, president trump talks about prescription drug abuse and opioid addiction. senator jean shaheen gives the democrat -- jeanne shaheen gives the democratic weekly address. she talks about health care law. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] trump: it is great to be with you. i want to talk about opioid addiction, which claimed hundreds of lives every day in 2016.

president called the relationship between america and france a special one. mr president they're all saying what a great relationship we have and they're actually correct it's not fake news finally it's not fake do so it's a great honor great honor that you're here but we do have a very special relationship in fact i get that you sent. him a little piece we have to make room for years for it so it is really it is really great to be with you and your special friend and. a lot of love in the room that let's get more on that from our correspondent calum open eyed little donald trump happy with media coverage is it. well the world has been observing a blossoming political friendship between trump and french president and a cron let's all remember how last summer they kind of sealed the deal when donald trump took a trip to paris the city of love and the two really established a longstanding friendship between the two leaders let's take a listen. to the friendship between our two nations. and ourselves i might it is unbreakable nothing will ever separate toes. now on

represent of the united kingdom for statesmen and i now give the floor to the representative of france. mryou know mr president the men and women of the week after the chemical weapons attack in damascus and the day after yesterday strikes let me. say yet again to those who are still wondering france has absolutely no doubt about that the assad regime's responsibility in this attack. this morning that we've published really the form of the report of our intelligence services where you go and we would ask those who yet again we are challenging the evidence and distorting the facts in the eyes of the world to review that information mr president for years. with the active support of his allies has carried out a strategy of destruction aimed at crushing all opposition and even more flouting the most basic principles of humanity and at the cost of hundreds of thousands of civilian lives in syria we've seen this in aleppo homes in eastern. than four years you know the syrian regime has used the most terrifying weapons of mass destruction chemical weapons to massacre and terrorize its civilian p

mr. president comes at a critical times with our allies. along with our friends, written and friends, -- britain and france, took action aginst the use of chemicalria. we want to thank you, mr. president for your steadfast action. it was absolutely incredible. thank you. [translation in french] president trump: the long friendship between the united states and friends began 241 years ago this month when a 19-year-old frenchman named lafayette set sail to join america's fight for independence and won the friendship of george washington and help secure the aid of the french for the american cause. decades later, president andrew the memory of lafayette will be second only to that of washington in the hearts of the american people. >> [translation in french] president trump: the beautiful friendship between the united states and france has changed the course of history. exactly 100 years ago this spring americans fought side-by-side with the gallant french in world war i. a generation later, in the second world war, hundreds of thousands of young americans and free french sacrifice together to save civilization in its hour of greatest need. >> [tra

we all recall in mr a book tonight france for koyama it was published here in this country hunting as it was called the end of history and one hopes the other author and american thinker samuel huntington i then it. took up the conflict of civilizations at least two big books founded animal with a fountain where the funding and the return to the cold war indeed these two were. in the and was the the the gist of these two works with that there was a follows people of the world follow the way the path of the united states about yourselves to the will of the united states if not within and we will attack my way or the highway. my way of the highways says the speaker as you see in the united states that was the return of the cold war philosophy i give it now you lies. are worthless they don't yes. anyone they only. those who. use because this is a lie just once they're useful one ever lies just lies once when lies keep being repeated. well the person who lies only. underscores the fact that the person lying on the is a liar my colleague the distinguished representative of friends with the

you face similar challenges in france and mr. president i admire the leadership you shown in addressing them in a very honest and direct fashion and not always popular. both of our elections zero much of this success to the desire of everyday citizens to be heard, to be listened to and to have control over their own nations and their own futures. but as demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will always reign at all times. the rare meetings today, we also discussed the robust economic relationship to train our countries. the united states is setting records in business and we will continue and i know that france will be setting records under your leadership very soon. we look forward to exploring it increased opportunities for bilateral trade and investment based on the principle of fairness and importantly reciprocity. mr. president, thank you again for accepting our invitation to the white house. it has been such an honor. the foundation of our friendship draws from the deepest wells of civilization an

france. translation: mr president, ithink the peruvian presidency for having convened to this emergency securityncil meetings which france solicited with eight other member states of this counsel. i also wish to thank the special envoy and the deputy to the representative for disarmament affairs mr thomas markram for their importance and thorough briefings. mr president, there are times in the lives of nations where what is essential is at stake, let forget, peace or war. civilization or barbarism. the international order or chaos. this is the case today after the horrific chemical carnage which once again push the limits of horror on saturday in douma. we are aware of the fact that two new chemical attacks, particularly serious ones took place in douma on seven april. the human toll is now the 50 —— including the number of children. this toll is likely to be even higher. some areas remain inaccessible for assistance and once again toxic substances have been dropped to asphyxiate, to kill, to terrorize civilians. by reaching them in the basements when they sought refuge. chlorine gas has a speci

i know that you face similar challenges in france. mr.re the leadership you have shown in addressing them in a very honest and direct fashion. and not always popular. both of our elections owe much of the success to the desire of everyday citizens to be heard, to be listened to, and to have control over their own nations and their own futures. let us demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will always reign at all times. it will reign. during our meetings today, we also discussed the robust economic relationship between our countries. the united states is setting records in business and we will continue. i know that france will be setting records under your leadership very soon. we look forward to exploring increased opportunities for bilateral trade and investment based on the principle of fairness and importantly reciprocity. mr. president, thank you again for accepting our invitation to the white house. it's been such an honor. the foundation of our friendship draws from the deepest wells of civilization and is

the two leaders planted the sapling, taken from the site of a world war one battle in france, during mrared. some reports suggest it might be in quarantine. others say it was simply the wrong time of the year to plant the oak, and hope it will be back in the autumn. lots of speculation online about what happened to the sapling. the australian government has pledged half a million australian dollars — that's nearly 380—million u.s. dollars — to restore the health of the great barrier reef. the reef is so large, it can be seen from space — but health of its coral has been severely damaged by pollution, rising sea temperatures and an invasive, pest—like starfish. over the past two years, two thirds of the reef has been devastated by bleaching. joining me live is australia's federal environment minister, josh frydenberg. tell us exactly what this money is going to address. nice to be with you. this is the single largest investment in protection in australia's history, a $500 million commitment by the turnbull government and it will go towards improving water quality, working with local farm

the two leaders planted the sapling, taken from the site of a world war i battle in france, during mrisappeared. some reports suggest it might be in quarantine. others say it was simply the wrong time of the year to plant the oak, and hope it will be back in the autumn. lots of speculation online about what happened to the sapling. the australian government has pledged a$500 million — that's nearly us$380 million — to restore the health of the great barrier reef. the reef is so large, it can be seen from space — but health of its coral has been severely damaged by pollution, rising sea temperatures and an invasive, pest—like starfish. over the past two years, two thirds of the reef has been devastated by bleaching. joining me live from townsville in queensland isjodie rummer, from the centre of excellence for coral reef studies. will this be enough to resolve the problem? it is quite a lot of money and speaking from a scientist, we will take it but it's not enough. and why isn't it enough? what is the real solution that is required, if not money? our biggest concern is that the top th

mr. trump hostedeaders of france and germany this week who urged the president to preserve the iran nuclear deal. >> we should abandon it without having something substanal an more substantial. robert: we cover it all with tara palmeri of abc news, yamiche alcindor of the pbs newshourth mark landler o "new york times," and dan balz of "the washington post." >> this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by --. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa.ro rt: good evening. the images this week of state craft and stage craft were ground breaking. even as negotiations continue. but north korean leader kim jung un and south korean leader moon jyin came together shaking hands and smiling as they agreed to remove all nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula and announced they will work with the states and china to officially end the war. a war thaegan in 1950. at the summit the first between korean le ders in man a decade, moon and kim pledged to ish a permanent and solid treaty. that declaration includedis pr to pursue a phased reduction of military arms, transforming the

mr president. to the press. question from the french press. a question from. france press on behalf of the french press as you mr president you were saying that there was no plan b. that the. iran deal was to be preserved no you were talking about a new deal with the band why did you change your mind did you join the strong go approach suggested by president trump is it because you could not convince him and in addition you think you know them who signed the agreement the deal who will follow you. when i say there was no plan b. are usually referred to the fact that there is no. plan that it was about climate rather than your own mother and not regarding the run of always being coherent and you can go back to what i say to the un general assembly in september i always say it was the j.c. feel way that we needed to do three piece caused twenty twenty five the ballistic issue and the regional influence are do not know what president trump will decide to go in there j.c.b. away and it is his responsibility the j.c.b. away is the first pillar of this framework hundreds d

i know that you face challenges in france, mr. president, i admire the leadership you have shown in addressing them in an honest and direct fashion. not always popular both of our elections owe much of the success of the desire of everyday citizens to be heard to be listened to and to have control over their own nations and their own futures. let us demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will always rain at all times. during our meeting today, we also discussed the robust economic relationship between our countries. the united states is setting records in business and we'll continue and i know that france will be setting records on your leadership very soon we look forward to explore increasing opportunities and bilateral trade and based on the principle of fairness and reciproci reciprocity. the foundation of our friendship draws from the deepest wells of the organization and sustained by our people's love of history, culture and liberties. the alliance between france and the united states have been the

i know that you face similar challenges in france, and mr.dent, i admire the leadership you have shown in addressing them in a very honest and direct fashion and not always popular. both of our elections owe much of the success to the desire of everyday citizens to be heard, to be listened to, and to have control over their own nations and their own futures. let us demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will always rein. at all times it will rein. during our meetings today, we also discussed the robust economic relationship between our countries. the united states is setting records in business, and we will continue. and i know that france will be setting records under your leadership very soon. we look forward to exploring increased opportunities for bilateral trade and investment based on the principle of fairness and, importantly, reciprocity. mr. president, thank you again for accepting our invitation to the white house. it's been such an honor. the foundation of our friendship draws from the deepest wells of civ

the proof of all this while this is a problem because this was a new that's a road decision by france by mr mccollum there is no european decision to be involved and this weakens as well the european. foreign policy so we are criticizing mr mccaughey coming to my city on the tense of may. and where you get. charts cries. of war but and i call that these circumstances should not rise to. standing back after everything has happened over the last week specially the last couple of days it's calmed down a bit now by the looks of it for the moment can you see any solution to the escalation between russia and the west over syria. well i think there should be a return to international law to rule based international dealing we have seen in the script affair we have seen now in syria that there is no rule based dealing with these problems there should be a return to the united nations to international law or to the o.p.c. really the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons so there should be we are for strengthening the international organizations and not for putting them side like it was

france's president emmanuel macron is due to arrive in washington on monday, the first state visit of the trump presidency. he invited mrris last year for france's national day onjuly iath. but the two leaders have many tricky issues to discuss — trade tariffs, the future of the us role in syria and the iran nuclear deal. speaking on fox news, mr macron called on the us president to stick with the joint plan to deal with iran. what is a what if scenario, a plan b?ido what is a what if scenario, a plan b? i do not have a plan b for nuclear against iran so we will discuss that. i want to say on nuclear, let's preserve the framework because it is better than the north korean type of situation. second, i am the north korean type of situation. second, iam not the north korean type of situation. second, i am not satisfied with the situation with iran. i want to fight against ballistic missiles and to contain their influence in the region. for more on all this, i'm joined by benjamin haddad, who's a fellow at the hudson institute — specialising in european and transatlantic affairs. this is rocky territory for president obama

mr. president. thank you. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the long friendship between the united states and france began 241 years ago this month when a 19-year-old frenchman named lafayette set sail to join america's fight for independence. he quickly won the trust of george washington, fought bravely in the battle and helped secure the aid of france for the american cause. decades later, president andrew jackson wrote that the memory of lafayette will be second only to that of washington in the hearts of the american people. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the beautiful friendship between the united states and france forged in revolution has changed the course of history. exactly 100 years ago this spring, americans fought side by side with the gallant french in world war i. a generation later in the second world war, hundreds of thousands of young americans and free french sacrificed in its hour of greatest need. [ speaking foreign language ] >> 60,000 american service members rest for eternal between the peaceful hills of the french countryside and in the fields of virginia and georgia french

mr. president, dear donald, dear me land yarks thank you, thank you for honoring france, for honoring me and brigitte and the french delegation with this first state visit. which is commensurate to the quality and the level of the bones between our two -- bonds between our two chris and please allow me to raise my -- countries and please allow know aise my glass. please allow me to raise my glass to all our fellow citizens on both sides of the ocean who vote for our values. please allow me to raise my glass. we have to be up to the debt and -- that we owe them and up to their sacrifice. please allow me it raise my glass to the friendship, the unbreakable friendship between france and the united states. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> french president macron wrapping up his state visit to washington today. with a speech before a joint meeting of congress this morning. you can find that at cspan.org. you'll also be -

i know that you face similar challenges in france and, mr. president, i admire the leadership you have shown in addressing them in a very honest and direct fashion. and not always popular. both of our elections owe much of the success to the desire of everyday citizens to be heard, to be listened to and to have control over their own nations and their own futures. let us demonstrate through our partnership that the voice of the people will always reign at all times, it will reign. during our meetings today, we also discussed the robust economic relationship between our countries. the united states is setting records in business and we will continue, and i know that france will be setting records under your leadership very soon. we look forward to exploring increased opportunities for bilateral trade and investment based on the principle of fairness and importantly reciprocity. mr. president, thank you again for accepting our invitation to the white house. it's been such an honor. the foundation of our friendship grows from the deepest wells o

the assad regime needs to be hearing an international response and france mr. foley shoulder this. ultimately we know that only -- claimed the lives of 500,000, a conflict that has millions to the root of exile. france is committed with a special envoy with the united states. however, in the light of this most recent carnage, we can no longer merely repeat words, words with which not been followed by deed are liable to be how about. shoulder the full responsibility. france will be clear, france will on its commitments and honor our word, thank you. i think you for the representative of france for the statement. i give it over to the representative of the united kingdom. >> thank you mr. president. i think all the teams on the ground for the important but incredibly difficult work that they do. this is an important security council session, my government shares the outrage that other colleagues described today. this is truly horrific to think of victims families sheltering underground when the chlorine found them. mr. president, it is the third time in five days that the council has

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

france that. it's view life the thing all pragmatic and if you or. succeeds into having sullied and also food for relationship was derived from it would come down i think positively in friends mr trump is looking for supporting syria syria and other places where france has influence i can present micro gif they want to research and i believe merkel having been able to open up have been willing to well surely he has more power than i'm going to america for instance would have since the he's the head of the army and we don't have the parliamentary army which the devaney has so he has more more power and more leeway. but he won't do much without the support of europe and partners and i think this bilateral relationship between france and the us if that were to to. be come more protective wouldn't be enough in itself and michael would need both. germany u.k. and the rest of you have for all the issues like trade. we thank you. for to rather us the day's news a toronto court has charged the suspect in yesterday's van attack with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder prosecutors allege that the twenty five year old to deliberately drove into pedestrians on a busy city stree

he talked about the chemical weapons of assad and britain,nse by france, and the united states, showing our alliance together. shery: mring right now saying that france will not leave the jcp away because they decided withwe president trump to work on a new comprehensive deal. when mr. mcclellan was speaking yesterday, he tucked about the goal on iran being a regional solution that would include syria. broader strategy on iran help what is happening in syria civil war? rep. mccaul: that was the fourth pillar he talked about in addition to the three provisions i mentioned. that is to deal with yemen and syria. political have a resolution with syria. it's a civil war that has caused more strife in our lifetime, certainly the century khmer -- within this century. using chemical weapons. very complex. turkey,ssia is there, israel, all roads lead to damascus and syria. i do think diplomacy with the french will be important on that. shery: we have headlines today that another federal court has prohibited the trump administration from ending the daca program. you and chairman bob goodlatte have put together an immigration bil

mr. president, excellencies, i've been following the reports of airstrikes in syria conducted by the united states, france,

while in france, mr. hill senwrath finished high school and in 1949 fred moved to the united states and he had $40 to his name and new no english. he studied electrical engineering at the city college in new york and obtainedo long career with well known companies such as lockheed martin, i.b.m., and ampex. after meeting his wife, fred moved from san francisco to fairfield bay, arkansas. here he retired to enjoy a slower pace of life in the ozarks in the natural state. as a man currently in his late 80's, fred has turned his horribly painful childhood memories of the trials he faced and so many other jews faced and experienced during the holocaust into an educational moment. . in a letter to me he mentioned a lesson he wants to give to our arkansas students. not only can we use this as a way to think of our future in the country and the world, but we can recognize the seed in each student, each student has a dream they must find it now, not later, so they can focus their life on their future he understand