so selling cars in norway. at the same time, the green economy is an area where we see tremendous economic and business opportunities in the future. and finally, i think it's important to say that we also are discussing some of the big, difficult issues. for example, the development in afghanistan. where i think and hope we can find a future. it's important that we are all working together to find a solution both in north korea, afghanistan, syria and iraq. and since september 11th, 2001, norway has contributed to a range of mission and operations, including the fight against isis. and i have assured the president we will remain unwavering in our commitment to the fight against terrorism all over the world. so mr. president, i am looking forward to future cooperation, and thank you for a very fruitful meeting. president trump: thank you. some questions. how about sara westwood? where is sara? thank you. "washington examiner." >> thank you, mr. president. yesterday in a meeting with lawmakers, you said you would

and i believe norway will get there quite soon. norway is also a vital and valued member of the campaign to defeat isis. because of us, isis has now lost almost 100% of the territory it previously held. not so long ago, in iraq and in syria. we're grateful for norway's civilian assistance efforts and generous humanitarian aid to the region. they've been out there and really doing an incredible job. i'm also pleased to share that the economic ties between our two countries are robust and growing. the united states currently has a trade surplus which is shocking. do you believe i'm saying we have a surplus? there aren't too many. you have to go back and check your people, but we're getting more and more surpluses all over the world. i will say that. i told that to the prime minister. but our two countries are robust and growing. the united states currently has a large contingent of products that we sell, and back and forth with norway, and one of the big products, of course, is our military equipment. i want to thank the people of no

and i believe norway will get there quite soon. norway is also a vital and valued member of the campaign to defeat isis. because of us, isis has now lost almost 100% of the territory it previously held. not so long ago in iraq and syria. we're grateful for norway's civilian assistance efforts and generous humanitarian aid to the region. they've been out there and really doing an incredible job. i'm also pleased to share that the economic ties between our two countries are robust and growing. the united states currently has a trade surplus which is shocking. do you believe i'm saying we have a surplus? there aren't too many, you have to go back and check your people. but we're getting more and more surpluses all over the world, i will say. that i told that to the prime minister. but our two countries are robust and growing. the united states currently has a large contingent of products that we sell, and back and forth with norway, and one of the big products of course is our military equipment. i want to thank the people of norway f

norway. let me just repeat that. the secretary for homeland security claims she doesn't know for sure if norway is predominantly white. norway. this is notable not only because her first name has a j after another consonant like the word fjord. but her last name is danish and norwegian according to ancestry.com. and in fact nielsen is one of the most common names in denmark. about 5% of the population, if my studies are correct. and also she's homeland security secretary. and yes, all available statistics bear out the fact that there are mostly white people in norway. you can also use the trusted

and i believe norway will get there quite soon. norway is also a vital and valued member of the campaign to defeat isis. because of us, isis has now lost almost 100% of the territory it previously held not so long ago in iraq and in syria. we're grateful for norway's civilian assistance efforts and generous humanitarian aid to the region. they've been out there and really doing an incredible job. i'm also pleased to share that the economic ties between our two countries are robust and growing. the united states currently has a trade surplus, which is shocking. do you believe i'm saying we have a surplus? there aren't too many. you have to go back and check your people. [laughter] >> but we're getting more and more surpluses all over the world. i will say. that i told that to the prime minister. but our two countries are robust and growing. the united states currently has a large contingent of products that we sell, and back and forth with norway, and one of the big products, of course, is our military equipment. i want to thank the

taking a press conference with norway. the president balked when asked if he would do an interview with special counsel. saying there was collusion. also tried to clear up stance on immigration deal. let's talk to my panel and discuss what we just saw. first of all, he said many times no collusion, no collusion, no collusion. but the question was, would he be willing to meet with special counsel robert mueller as has been discussed in the press a lot. and gloria, he wasn't very clear at all. in fact he seemed to suggest that he might not be willing to. >> yeah, i think he's been talking to his lawyers. and i think the president's instinct from our reporting is to want to go out there hand just clear the air as he said last june, 100% i want to testify about my, what i said to comey. and today he said, well, there is no collusion, it seems unlikely you would have an interview. so it seems to me that what he is saying, then he went into chapter and verse about how hillary clinton was interviewed over her emails, over the jul

american businesses -- norway, one third -- norway supports hundreds of thousands of american jobs. with your investments in the united states. thank you. norway's commitment to mutually beneficial commerce is a model for other nations. it is an amazing country. i look forward to an even stronger economic relationship andeen the united states, norway growing its record of success with even more jobs and job creation. we are proud of our increasing cooperation on health and health security, and also on by your defense -- on biodefense. i commend the prime minister's efforts to promote vaccine development and disease prevention. we can save and improve many lives. we are working hard and in some cases together on many elements. want to thank, i you for joining us at the white house. for decades, norwegians and americans have stood side-by-side against common threats to our security and values. we face threats always, together. we are partners. advancedership has peace, cooperation, and respect for human dignity around the world. toare united in our efforts seize new opportunities and

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we do a lot of business with norway. and i know you bought some additional military equipment in the form of f 35 and other things. so i congratulate you. we make the best in the world. and norway is a great customer hand great ally and great friend. so it's an honor to have you. >> thank you very much. and i'd like to say we really appreciating the good work we have together with the united states. that you are our closest ally inside nato. and we see your military personnel also training and it's part of what we think is very good on our corporation side. so we lost the senior minister on the economic side. so must be making good products. >> we are doing a little bit. we do make great products. and we were discuss discussing with the prime minister we make the greatest military equipment in the world and you buy a lot of that and we appreciate that. it's called jobs but also called great america. >> no way contributes supports up to 400,000 jobs in the united states by our investment and in doing so. and a special thi

ithink an emphasis on that from countries outside norway. norwegian participants. i will say this, there is collusion, but it is really with the democrats and the russians, far more than it is with the republicans on the russians. the witchhunt continues. john, go ahead? reporter: thank you, mr president. i also have a question for the prime minister, but a i could address the president first. sarah brought up the russian investigation, your legal team has said that it believes that in the next few weeks the special counsel robert miller will ask for some sort of interview with you, your legal tea m of interview with you, your legal team believes as part of rubbing of this investigation. are you open to meeting with him, would you be willing to meet with him without condition, or would you demand a strict set of parameters be placed? again, there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians, or trump and russians, between the trump campaign and russians, ortrump and russians, no collusion. when i watch interviewing all the p

norway is pushing ahead.rnment that comes a tipping point where they say they have done quite well and they need to start clawing back some of taxation. norway is that situation right now. green car sales doing really well. i'm sure we will find another way to make chocolate. we have ten seconds. chocolate's years are numbered. it is terrible news to end up on for those of us with a sweet tooth. we are out of time i'm afraid. thank you so much. thanks for watching the briefing. storm eleanor brought some damage, disruption to ireland and the uk. it has continued to move away in towards the baltic states, as you can see here, beginning to weaken now. but we're looking out to the west, to this next area of low pressure, which is showing signs of deepening, strengthening all the while as it's reaching our shores, and could bring us a spell of gales or severe gales during the course of this afternoon. initially, it's going to send a weather front out ahead of it. some of the rain will be fairly heavy, quite persi

the idea he picks norway van go ahead. >> he met with the leader of norway yesterday. >> that's what was on his mind. >> he said asia. >> you can't have it both ways. >> you're asking for it both ways as well. he saw him yesterday. >> let me say a few things jason. >> he said asia. he generalize ds to the entire age. en population those are good people to have in the country as well. i mean, again that's racist van go ahead. >> anderson, anderson. >> one at a time van go ahead. van. >> i have the floor. so here is what i want to point out. whenever they try and defend what trump- let's just have an honest conversation. they don't talk about what trump said. they say we only care about individuals and merit and all this great stuff which nobody can argue with. unfortunately that is not what the president said. and so, yes, listen we can argue about the diversity visa. >> what's what this is about. >> we can talk about whether diversity visa which bakari and i are for are better than skills based. that's a conversation grown people can have. the word shit hole never comes up in that co

norway. >> norway. >> is one of them. no, well, okay.y of you think -- >> joni ernst arguing norway can see russia from their window. >> he is standing up for a lot of the countries that where we have seen. >> name a few. could you name a few. >> you bet. norway is one of them. >> no, well, okay how many of you think -- you laugh but folks, who borders norway? russia. >> tech: ...every minute counts. and you don't have time for a cracked windshield. that's why at safelite, we'll show you exactly when we'll be there. with a replacement you can trust. all done sir. >> grandpa: looks great! >> tech: thanks for choosing safelite. >> grandpa: thank you! >> child: bye! >> tech: bye! saving you time... so you can keep saving the world. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ we're pretty sure no one's everg asked howsaid microwaved. eggs, you deserve a breakfast made with respect. try the new bacon, egg, and cheese on brioche. panera. food as it should be. there are 7 continents. 7 seas. but at celebrity cruises we'd argue, more than 7 w

norway is seventh highest educated country in the world. why not want more people from norway?of the color of their skin. >> and not more black people from africa, according to van college education is high from african immigrants. >> and president is talking about merit-based system. >> this is crazy. >> insane. >> fact we're having this conversation with educated people on national tv is insane because you don't understand the fundamental values of diversity. you don't understand that people who come from different parts of the world to the greatest country in the world bring various tools. they have different value. and yes if you can't rebuke the comments by the president of the united states, if this was merit-based system based on intellect, i'm going to sign up to deport donald trump. listen to this, people from nigeria, liberia, cameroon, south africa, tanzania, they bring value to this country. poor immigrants from ireland come to this country, not talking about them. poor immigrants from white countries, no one talking about them. but someone wants to bring intellect

, he said, norway, they don't even take refugees in norway, he said. and i just met with a norwegian prime minister. we need more europeans. we need -- it was pretty clear to me what the president's message was in that meeting. >> just to clear it up, when he said s-hole countries, referring to africa? >> yes. >> now, senators cotton and purdue have challenged the notion he said s-hole and i believe there is some reporting out there that the white house officials say that purdue and cotton think he said s-house countries as opposed to s-hole countries. >> let me say they're wrong. i can tell you explicitly they are wrong. and let me also say is that their defense? that s-house is acceptable, s-hole he would never say? come on. to think that the president of the united states would refer to any country on earth as an s-house country, for goodness sakes, what does that say? >> so those senators had some things to say about you and your memory. i want to read them to you, give you an opportunity to respond. purdue said i'm telling you he did not use that

if you wa nt already in place for norway. if you want trade access it won't cover everything it's not access to the single market or financial services. otherwise it's closer to the situation of canada. we have some trade agreements which allow access to you a the services, be they financial or others. access as well to any industry sector, but not the same level of relationship as if you are a memberof same level of relationship as if you are a member of the single market. there shall be no high pocks ary in this respect or it wouldn't work or we will destroy the single market and its coe herence. it's simple. i don't want to exclude any sector in the trade agreement to come. the negotiations will be led by michel barnier, but it does mean that the access that it will allow will be equivalent to access as if you are a memberof the equivalent to access as if you are a member of the single market. you can choose between norway or being the equivalent of a current member of the european union. then full access. what i set out i

people from norway don't want to come here. you get more south and east asians. >> they did come here when they were a basket case and moved to the midwest of the country and have contributed greatly. that is what happens. that is what happens, people come from countries, they join this country and make it greater, whatever their color. >> so many people are stuck on immigration policy, where they think it's the early 20th century forever. you can have a lot of low-skill people who want to work hard and it will be fine because there's endless manufacturing jobs. that's not how we work. >> they said the reason they are ending these protections for haitians is those countries are no longer basket cases and they can go back. >> you are contradicting yourself. if you say they shouldn't go back because they are dangerous and violent. >> i don't have a left position. both countries have a lot of problems. a lot of these people have lived here 10, 12, 17 years. they haven't caused trouble, they have jobs. there's something cruel about

tired of africans and haitianing, the president would like more people from cup trees like norway, norway, white people, in other words. james baldwin, the great writer, the great american said ignorance alied with power is the most ferocious enemy we can have. ignorance alied with power. for the president of the united states to believe haitians have not contributed extraordinary things to american society is ignorant. for him to claim all the countries of africa are shitholes is woefully ignorant. but as disturbing as you may think these sentiments are, these comments by the president are actually not anything new. three weeks ago "the new york times" reported something else the president said about haitians in another meeting at the white house. he reportedly said they, quote, all have aids and said that nigerians quote, live in huts. now, the white house denied he said those things at the time three weeks ago. they are not denying he said the comments today, which were spoken in a room with bipartisan lawmakers. perhaps the white house feels the president's remarks will be well receiv

and more coming in from norway.learly someone is lying and we will have more on all of that shortly. we begin with breaking news that could be, could be significant in the russian investigation. steve bannon has just left the house intelligence

more immigrants from norway? secretary nielsen: i don't believe he said that specifically but using norway as what he was referencing from the merit-based perspective, we would like those who have skills. moving away from country quotas and to an individual merit-based ystem. senator leahy: norway is a predominantly white country, is it? secretary nielsen: i do not know that, sir, but i imagine that that is the case. senator leahy: the obama administration -- enforcement, the ability of enforcement is limited. secretary nielsen: that's correct. senator leahy: the obama administration focused on those who posed public safety threats. president trump has expanded those. now he has those who could be charged with a crime a priority. that means millions of undocumented immigrants subject to removal. they are a priority for removal. one of the things i learned as a prosecutor, if everyone is a priority, no one is a priority. in texas, border patrol agents detained a 10-year-old girl with c.p. on her way to a hospital,

we do a lot of business with norway. i know you just bought some additional military equipment in the form of f-35's and other things. so i congratulate you. we make the best in the word, we make. norway's a great customer and a great ally and a great friend. so an honor to have you, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. i would just like to say we appreciate the good work that we have together with the united states. you are our closest ally inside nato. we see your military personnel, all the training in norway. you must make a good product. >> we do make great product. we were just discussing with the prime minister, we make the greatest military equipment in the world. you buy a lot of it. we appreciate that. it's called jobs. it's also called great equipment. >> norway contributes to that. we estimated up to 470,000 jobs in the united states by our investment and what we are doing. it's a special thing. we have very -- our transportation is different. tesla is coming to norway. >> we do that, too. thank you.

norway's crown prince outgoing nosedived. his family lives nearby and when it's time to relax he likes to head to the park he grew up in a rural area. it's been a help to my limbs in those i've spent half of my life in germany then is home for me too but i'm always glad to be able to go to norway on holiday in the winter and i always go skiing with my son during the summer holiday i usually go to no way with my family to enjoy the nature of the amount and swimming and norwegian ice cream that's the highlight. of. canada cheroot always knew he wanted to be a chef today induced teams serve up to one hundred meals a day but still it's his dream job. the steak today dark oil and getting. if you fancy trying that out yourself you can find the recipe for that dish and many others on our website d.w. dot com slash fifty kitchens now we're off to the elysee palace in paris to find out more about the how lode ground in front of it what everyone is allowed to approach the french president's residence by walking over the gravel courtyar

roast ilke is a traditional specialty in norway. for the roast use the backstrap which is especially tender and leave. meat is a prime in a greedy norwegian crazy and is served on special occasions. mixers roast don't cause a big favorite with guests especially in the winter. if. you . get served with mashed potatoes. and red current jelly. the s. is that it is alkies very exotic of course as it's new doesn't really have a stronger gamey flavor it's milder lean and tastes a bit nutty this is it's comparable to beef isn't for the lack of it that in flies . most who says located in central berlin on a busy street in the shona back district rents are still affordable here but it's not an area that draws a lot of walk in customers. still after seventeen years most who sues own local fixture. norway's crown prince are going there is dying to. his family lives nearby and when it's time to relax he likes to head to the park he grew up in a rural area. has been the head of my lives in those i've spent half of my life in germany then is home

norway. clearly someone is lying and we will have more on all of that shortly. we begin with breaking news that could be, could be significant in the russian investigation. steve bannon has just left the house intelligence hearing room. mr. bannon who answered plenty of questions refusing to answer questions today to congress. that is according to the lawmaker who was in the room whom i will talk to in a moment. can steve bannon do that legally? we will find out when word of the development hit this afternoon, press secretary said -- his testimony uncooperative enough to earn him a subpoena from the panel. bannon also got subpoenaed from special counsel mueller making him the first known member of president's past or present inner circle to get a subpoena. we begin with what he is saying, what he is not saying, and manu raju joins us from the capital. talk to me about what has been going on. >> reporter: well this has been a rather contentious affair, after about 90 minutes this morning in wh

we had 404 from norway.we overwhelmingly give advantage to very poor countries and it's an honest question. not a racial one. what effect does that have on the pot of rate in this country? >> can i tell you that while this is a free market network and i would imagine that you follow the basic laws of economic. you have people paying tax system like the 23,000 number that you just mentioned. >> tucker: from el salvador. >> or 200,000 who have tps and the status was just revoked by the administration last week, you are taking that contribution away from the economy and these people are going to wal-mart. they are buying gas. they are buying clothes. they are going to supermarkets and they are stimulating local and national economy. >> tucker: so you are speaking in generalizations and, again, i actually ghir. >admire. these are the rates of welfare use by country. these are families that are using at least one welfare program in the united states from central and south american immigrants it's 73%. >> can you

he wants people to come from more countries like norway.e met with the prime minister of norway yesterday. what does that say to you? >> that president trump doesn't understand what makes america truly great, which is that we have a long history of welcoming people from around the world, embracing people who have come here from troubled places around the world who are coming here for opportunity and for freedom and who have contributed immensely to our country as a number of the commentators in the last half hour said, whose own family histories came from countries that used to be disfavored and the subject of these sorts of slurs. this is just beneath the presidency but also suggests he doesn't get what makes america great. >> what is stunning, the white house issued a lengthy statement. they didn't deny the president used these ugly words to describe people who want to come to the united states from africa, haiti, el salvador. they didn't deny that and one of our white house reporters is saying that they are sort of pleased that this will

the president right now is welcoming the leader of norway. again, they are going to meet for at least a few minutes inside the white house, then they will take questions from the press. unclear right now how many questions donald trump will take. usually it's two to the american leader and two to the foreign leader. we will see what happens. that right there, nice quick warm greeting between donald trump and the leader of norway. we will go back to that when they come out to talk to the press. i'm sorry, kasie. continue. >> reporter: i was basically at the conclusion of my thought anyway. the upshot being here that grassley and feinstein do have a pretty good working relationship. despite the fact there's the occasional flareup, it mostly stays behind closed doors, and there were other republicans in leadership, for example john cornyn, who said positive things about this transcript being out there under the light of day. to a certain extent, the interests of both sides, they are not necessarily the same, but in this case, they may not be com

there's a lot moving on the trade front this month >> hosting the prime minister norway, there at the white house, and they're going to hold a joint news conference. i would imagine this this question will come up during that news conference in the meantime, breaking news on toyota. phil will have details, phil >> this is confirmation what have we first reported yesterday afternoon, toyota and mazda will be announcing they are building a joint final assembly plant in huntsville, alabama. we are an interview with tim lenz we'll talk to him about this and talk to him about the reports regarding nafta and canada and guys, why is that important regarding toyota the number one vehicle manufactur manufacturer, exporter from canada to the united states in 2016, toyota, more than a half million vehicles we'll be following this over the next hour, guys, back to you >> i was thinking about impact on huntsville, alabama too >> this is reported, phil, they were going to win this, i imagine it will have a big impact on the community. >> very big impact, and remember, they are an engine plant down

. >> did you say you want more people from norway? >> i want them to come from everywhere. everywhere. >> just caucasian or white countries? or do you want people to come in from other parts of the world? >> in a sign the white house has grown weary of the questions, he shouted at another swraenlt the president of kazakhstan. the president is insisting he is

there are nearly one thousand hydro power plants in norway.ust about all the electricity generated in norway comes from hydro power it's also very cheap which is important if blue crude is to be competitive. electricity accounts for between forty and sixty percent of the cost of producing synthetic fuel. because norway has plenty of cheap energy bukan up thinks it's the perfect place to upscale blue crude production to industrial dimensions. in addition we need access to. which could also be expensive for us. substantial cost related to investments we are making. when you see the plant the plant behind me here we produce approximately a million. found a plentiful source of carbon dioxide. a cement factory a brave excel for western was low. it blasts huge amounts of the greenhouse gas into the air. broken up once to capture that harmful carbon dioxide and use it to manufacture a synthetic fuel based on blue crude. it's a big problem for for norway and we can use this public i said into products produced approximately one hundred million liters

norway. clearly someone is lying and we'll have more on that shortly. >>> breaking news that could be very significant in the russia investigation. steve bannon has just left the house intelligence committee hearing room and there's word emerging on his testimony or as it happens his nontestimony. mr. bannon, who answered plenty of questions as you know from michael wolff, refusing to answer questions to congress on legal instructions apparently from the white house. that's according to a lawmaker who was in the room who i'll talk to in a moment. the question is can steve bannon actually do that legally? we'll find out. that as well tonight when word of the development hit this afternoon, press secretary sarah sanders said, "we've been completely cooperative throughout this entire process. we're going to continue to be coopera cooperative." also claiming the legal right not to cooperate, as bannon did today. his testimony uncooperative enough to earn him a subpoena from the panel. that is onl

we should bring in more people from places like norway. he later added, why do we need more hatians? take them out. >> the remarks came during an oval office meeting with lawmakers. sources tell cnn when the subject turned to imgrants from haiti the president asked why do we want hatians and more africans in the u.s. the post says the comments shocked the lawmakers in that room with him. late last night the hatian government summoned the top u.s. diplomat there to discuss the president's remarks. >>> if you're expecting an on camera response to the controversy from the white house it may not be today. we are told that news about the president's remarks broke just as he was recording a video message from martin luther king day. >> king's daughter bernice has since weighed in with this tweet. only in a country still haunted by white supremacy and hounded by racism would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading africa and haiti while praising norway. there's an ugly history that preceded trump's comments today. >> sources say the presid

her razor norway! leading the way. —— a ray for norway. see you soon. her good morning.g. we will see the wind pick—up in wales. inland gusts could reach 60 mph, strong enough to bring down one or two trees. there could be transport disruption and localised power cuts. further north the wind will not be that strong. a band of persistent rain getting in across the central belt and southern scotland. some miserable weather in northern ireland and scotland. snow across higher ground. further south, gusty winds developing across wales and southern england with the risk of localised destruction. the winds die off for of localised destruction. the winds die offfora of localised destruction. the winds die off for a time overnight. then we see the localised rain coming off the atlantic. coastal areas could have gusts of wind up to 70 mph overnight. it will be a blustery kind of night here. there will be plenty of showers elsewhere as well. on friday generally it is a day of sunshine and showers. we do have this narrow band of rain which will be slow moving across southern scotla

referring to was the prime minister saying that the people of norway work very hard. >> norway is a predominantly white with country, isn't it? >> i actually do not know that, sir, but i imagine that is the case. >> now secretary neilson spells her pittsburfirst name with a j following a consonant, which is a very common norwegian, like fjord, neilson is a very common danish and norwegian name, i don't know her background, but you would think she would understand that norway is predominantly white? >> let us agree, yes, norway is predominantly white. what is very interesting, andrea, is we put something up on our facebook in terms of trump's racist comments and it turns out right now that more people are leaving the united states to go to norway than are coming from norway to the united states for good reason. norway is a strong social democracy, guarantees health care to all people, strong child care, strong pension program and that's that. but bottom line here, in terms of discussion in the oval office, i have known dick durbin for many, many years, he and i disagree on this or th

but also the oil companies in norway. that we get more projects done, because of cost cuts. because they are building long-term prices. i don't think we will get the same type of complicity as we have had for some years because so much of our agenda is directed towards trying to get the benefits of what the economy has done. for example, tourism. we have nice places in norway if you want to go skiing. host: how worried are you about the rating agencies cutting your debt? guest: i am much more confident that we now have a better story to put before the rating agencies. many of us were involved in having a dialogue with them. some of the things they were worried about, we are putting right now. we are correcting issues of political instability, where we are more stable now, we are correcting issues of regulatory uncertainty. we are attending to that. we are also addressing issues of where growth of our economy will come from. and we are also addressing issues of state owned enterprise reform process. i think we now have a m

>> it was an american general, robert nailer, he visited norway, the american marines base in norway and said there's a war coming. a big [ indiscernible ] >> maybe he knows something that i don't know. okay? [ laughter ] >> i would say this -- i would say this, we have a very, very powerful military. we are getting more powerful by the month, by the day. we're ordering a lot of the equipment that you're ordering, we're ordering it in larger amounts to put it mildly. we are building up our military to a point that we have never been before. we're also -- we were very much weakened over the last long period of time but not with me. no, i don't expect that. i think we're going to have, because of strength, peace through strength. i think we're going to have a long period of peace. i hope we do. we have certainly problems with north korea. but a lot of good talks are going on right now. a lot of good energy. i see a lot of good energy. i like it very much what i'm seeing. i just spoke this morning with the -- as you know, with the president, president moon, of south korea. he had some r

spread dpresid you say you wanted more people to come in from norway? >> everywhere. >> reporter: just caucasians or other parts of the world? >> jim, thank you. >> reporter: and i don't know if you saw that, the president of the united states in the oval office ordered me out, ordered the press out and eventually we will go. but to have the president point at you and say you are out goes beyond what the president should be doing in the oval office. the other thing that caught my eye as the day went on, is we were escorted into the roosevelt room. and we tried to ask more questions about these remarks that the president made last week and on that occasion, it was startling because two press aides for the president stood right up in front of me and started shouting so loudly that i couldn't ask my question for the president. they blocked his view of me and blocked anything that i could be saying trying to shout me down. so it was another episode here at the white house that reminds you at times it doesn't feel like you are covering the president of the u

word but his real problem is that he clearly expressed a preference from people like norway to the black and brown people from impovertyished countries. now lawmakers in the oval office in this stupid he said/he said about what the president actually said and why. credibility for so many poppy on the line. >> it sure is, chris. are the president's comments, his own words further jeopardizing a deal for d.r.e.a.m.ers. the president is pointing the finger at democrats. they're the ones holding up the deal. all of this as the government shutdown looms in just a few days, this friday. democrats threatening to vote some of them against any funding legislation if it does not include protection for d.r.e.a.m.ers. a lot to get to. >> joining us now is haiti's ambassador to the united states paul attador. do you care in your diplomatic role what the actual word was or you focused on the sentiment of this comparison of people from haiti versus people from norway and who the president wants in the united states? >> we care as a people. we feel that the narrative of haiti in the united states has be

>> the prime minister of norway. how does that make it okay? if he had met with the -- >> chris, i'm not saying -- >> i'm just saying if he had met with somebody who was the head of a government in south america, you think -- >> what if he had said prime minister modi. what if he had said let's have more immigrants from india. he's a huge fan of president modi and the indian people. would we have this debate right now? would we have this debate right now? >> yes. >> van? >> yes. let me tell you why. first of all, just to correct the record because sometimes we act like these stereotypes are real, but he was just rude about them. just to be clear, 10% of white americans have advanced degrees in the united states. god bless them. 25% of nigerians have advanced degrees. >> great. >> hold on. let me finish. 30% of americans of all colors have college degrees. 43% of african immigrants have college degrees. in other words -- >> we should be admitting on a merit-based system, we should be admitting more of those folks. >> this is a legitimate argumen

being from norway is not a skill. and with the standard of living in norway you won't have many people from there. what does he mean he wants more immigrants from norway? >> i don't believe he said that specifically. what he was saying was he was using norway as an example of a country that is what he specifically referring to is the prime minister telling him that the people of norway work very hard and so what he was referencing is from a merit-based perspective we would like to have those with skills who can assimilate and contribute to the united states moving away from country quotas and to an individual merit-based system. >> norway is a predominantly white country, isn't it? >> i actually do not know that, sir. i imagine that's the case. >> okay. now, the obama administration focus limited enforcement resources and everybody have to admit the ability for enforcement is limited. you can't hit every single thing. >> that's correct. >> the obama administration focuses on those who pose public safety threats. presi

. >> norway is a predominantly white country, isn't it? >> i -- i -- i actually do not know that, sir, but i imagine that is the case can. >> norway is over 92% white. we haven't been able to find any information about kirstjen nielsen's history. but according to ancestry.com most people named nielsen trace their heritage to scandinavia, specifically denmark there is denmark just south of norway. now you don't have to be of scandinavian descent to know that norway is predominantly white, as senator leahy put it in his question that provoked that very inept and obvious lie. kirstjen nielsen obviously decided she had to lie about it, being common knowledge that norway is predominantly white. she had to lie about something everyone knows, which is that norway is predominantly white, in order to protect the racist president of the united states who last week in a meeting that kirstjen nielsen attended said he would rather take in immigrants from norway that from any of the 54 countries of africa or haiti. countries that are the opposite of pre

in norway, we are looking at more areas.icy of norway, the long-term prospect is that we will not get the same type of income from oil sector as we used to have. so maybe, we haven't decided yet. i can't say we agree or not before we have done the scrutiny work. francine: oil is at $70 a barrel. is there a danger that it makes norway more complacent about sticking with oil? >> i don't think so. we have been through a shock. that used to be $140 per barrel. we have had a slimming of the supply sector but also the oil , companies in norway. we do see that we get more projects done, because of cost cuts. not because of opec. i don't think we will get the same type of complicity as we -- same type of complacency as we have had for some years because so much of our agenda is directed towards trying to get the benefits of what the economy has been better than last years. for example, tourism. we have nice places in norway if you want to go skiing. francine: how worried are you about the rating agencies cutting your debt again? gue