pompeo: i do. but having said that, i don't recall the precise timing when i was here. >> i think it was in april perhaps. sec. pompeo: the fact that we're having conversations and we haven't had additional missile tests and nuclear testing, i'm optimistic that we're headed in the right direction. >> and the testimony you used the term final fully verified denuclearization. you used the word permanent verifiable irreversible denuclearization. you and resolutions call for complete verifiable due -- de nuclearization. are these the same terms? do they mean the same thing? sec. pompeo: precisely the same thing. >> full, complete, total denuclearization according to u.s. law. sec. pompeo: yes. >> why the different words? sec. pompeo: sometimes one needs to just breakaway. i'm happy to use the term complete, verifiable. yeah, they mean the same thing. >> the declaration or determination, was that directly addressed at the singapore summit with president trump and chairman kim? sec. pompeo: it was. >> it

i asked him about the difference of opinion between mike pompeo and kim yong—chol.never going to be an easy process. the dialogue has been opened at the highest level. that is really the biggest hurdle. this will be on and off in fits and starts. both sides came out spinning in a slightly different way. secretary pompeo emphasised when he thought there was progress and the north koreans, the north korean statements, that was not a pulling the plug statement, that was a sort ofjiggling with the plug and pushing back and pushing their agenda. we willjust have to see where it moves in the next stage. should much of these issues have been clarified before the meeting with president trump and kim jong—un? that is an interesting debate. there are two schools of thought. the traditional diplomatic approach would be all the preparation leading up to the summit. from a focus on north korea, i would say there is a good logic behind the trump administration approach, which is to start with opening that channel to kim jong—un. their system is very different to ours, and kimjong

one on pompeo.is one-word answer to your question about the whole issue of whether the u.s. government would think about allowing russians access to diplomats or u.s. agents in any context, he said none. really, annunciated that word. that was the type of clarity that i was hoping to hear, that was the right answer. back to the gala poll you showed, i think there is a difference between asking people for your response, what is the most important issue for you going into the election, of course, people will say things like the economy or health care. but as that graphic scrolled down, right next to russia was abortion, which also came in at 0%. no one is going to argue that abortion is not an important issue too many people. that i think it is a separate question. people care about this, people care about the issue, it is just not top of mind when we are considering their vote for a that is how i read that. >> shannon: we did see that the economy -- two separate categories. the economy and jobs are a

shannon bream will sort that out with mike pompeo. i'm sure it is one of the questions she will ask him. shannon: had i known i would have asked him of that. i challenge you to a nugget eating contest. thank you. we begin with a fox news alert. secretary of state mike pompeo is speaking out extensively on backlash to the helsinki summit and shedding new on what happened behind closed doors. my interview with him coming up shortly and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein's turn to speak, making major news with the director of national intelligence. andrew mccarthy will break it down for us. as california continues to wage war against the trump administration over immigration policies, the cabinet or front runner has progressives worried. why he is apologizing and backtracking. the white house tamping down another firestorm making it clear the president is not entertaining vladimir putin's proposal to allow his government interview americans. despite the outrage over the helsinki summit donald trump is ready for round 2. kristin fishe

fact that thethe pompeo hearing happened at all. struck that it took so long for us to have that hearing. it was really in response to singapore, and the meeting between the north koreans and americans, between our president and team jungle -- kim jong-un. to see whating happened in singapore. it took us one month before we got the secretary of state before the committee. one of the responsibility of congress and the senate foreign relations committee is to hold oversight hearings in regards to foreign policy. these are huge foreign policy issues. we have a constitutional responsibility to hold these hearings. we willcorker indicated have additional hearings on russia and sanctions. that's the right thing for us to do. this is our constitutional responsibility to hold these oversight hearings. we want a unified position on on policy. we want to see congress and the white house together on foreign policy. when the president deviates from what we believe is the right policy for our nation, when he questions the nato alliance, when he

pompeo: good afternoon, everyone. i want to first commend my good friend ambassador haley entered team here. she has a great team behind her. thank you. i came here was to meet with members of the un security council. south korea and japan. and convey the details of my trip earlier this month. i also had the opportunity to meet with the u.n. secretary, secretary-general, to discuss a variety of topics. the countries of the security council are united on the need verification of the denuclearization of north korea as agreed to by the leader. members of the un security council and by extension all u.n. member states have unanimously agreed to fully enforce sanctions on north korea. we expect them to continue to honor those commitments. when sanctions are not enforced, the prospect of successful denuclearization of north korea are diminished. right now, north korea is illegally smuggling petroleum products. ship to ship transfers are the most prominent means by which this is happening. these transfers happen it -- happen

we're hearing pompeo. this is an interesting committee hearing because you're not getting tough questions from one side, pattycake questions from the other, you're getting some interesting tough questions from both sides of the aisle. >> absolutely. the thrust of those questions is what happened in that room with vladimir putin and donald trump at that meeting. i don't think mike pompeo can really say that he fully knows. dan coats remember last week told an audience in aspen he didn't know, so i'm not exactly sure why mike pompeo would know and why president trump would be a completely reliable narrator in this but that is deeply frustrating for a committee that is supposed to be exercising overnight of u.s./russia policy and is already suspicious of this relationship. >> danielle, let me play for you an exchange between senator menendez and secretary pompeo. >> senator, i understand the game that you're playing. >> no, no, mr. secretary -- >> i do. i get it. >> with all due respect, i don't appreciate yo

secretary pompeo,s the pompeo said that the administration's been tough on russia, tugher than its predecessor, and that the president has the progative to have privat conversations with his own cabinet, and with other leaosrs. were tanswers sufficient? >> oh, absolutely not. what we have seen is a president who refused to critique russia on their annexation of crimea. they're holding the eastern edge of ukraine. he hasn't criticized them over the attacks on individuals in britain with chemical weapons. he hasn't criticized them ford cozying up a supporting the syrian government as it droppedb barrel n people, and he certainly hasn't criticized em for cyber attacking our elections. and we heard nothing today to contravene that. in fact the one thing we did hear is that there is not yet any type of agreement with norto korea t even over creating an inventory of its ballistic missile and nuclear safeties. >> i want to get to north korea in a secon but the president's defenders on russia say, you are criticizing some of the president's rhetoric or lak of criticism, as you put it, but the policy h

pompeo knows exactly what happened in that meeting. mr. trump's way of doing business is that's not what he does. he does what he wants to do when he wants to do it. to the surprise of his own national security team. comfort level a as to what happened in the room itself. we do know that in the public settings after the meeting, in , president. putin trump raised questions about our own intelligence agencies, sort of accepting president putin's's statement that he was not in interfering in our elections in 2016. allowing mr. putin to make a comment about american former diplomats being made available to the russians. that was not dismissed out of hand as it should have been. the list goes on and on and on. there is not a comfort level that mr. pompeo has a deep understanding as to what happened in that room. >> senator, you mentioned that you would like to know what happened in that meeting. we saw a number of moves by lawmakers in congress to try to around natossues and the intelligence community's findings for reinstatement. we saw some

what have we learned from secretary pompeo's testimony at the hearing? we have seen president trump now as you say the singapore summit, we understood last night that the remains from servicemen in north korea were being returned. we saw the helsinki summit. now we also heard reports this morning of the president's negotiations with erd juan over the imprisoned pastor. what have we learned about the president'sing in shating style, his ability to conduct these affairs on the world stage? and were there any take aways particularly from that hearing with secretary pompeo that you were surprised by? guest: well, first, the president's unpredictable but there is a pattern here. we've seen now the fact that he has no problem in offending our closest allies before going into major summit meetings. we saw that in regard to north korea, we saw that in regard to russia. so traditional alliance means nothing to him as far as the getting unity before meeting th leaders that are strong men type totalitarian leaders such as kim jung un, and vladmir putin. we see that

laid out. -- objections secretary pompeo laid out. we are beginning from a position of agreement on wanting to deter destabilizing activities in the middle east and supporting terrorism. no one supports these activities, except perhaps assad. we are looking to what we need to do to deter this violence. it doesn't some like there is enormous agreement in europe as to how to go about this. you were not looking to grant waivers, what does that mean you are not rolling them out as -- ruling them out as well? what he was -- what do you expect will be accomplished during your time in europe? the goal of moving forward, is that just a way of solidifying opposition with the way the united states is going about this? president from connie was visiting in austria as a part of their ongoing efforts to work with the europeans. visiting ins austria as a part of their ongoing efforts to work with europeans. this month is an anniversary austrians -- that austrians to assassinate the head iranian kurdish dissident group and two others. we will be dis

secretary pompeo was questioned about that. and gave some outline of it but conced that he was going to have to, in a closed session, disclosehore of wat he knows, although, those of us who have been through those closed sessions already know. i suect we're going to hae a closed session in the very near future where we have discussions of that.th but, lookis thing-- this thing is moving forward well. i've just-- i'm amazed when i turn on the tv and see the talking heads tell us oh, the president's failing on north korea. look at the years that it too barack obama to get to a very bad agreement in iran. the president wats a good agreement. let's be a little patient with him, and give him credit for what he's been able to achieve so far. >> senator james risch of idaho. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> now for a perspective from the other side of the aisle, democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon. senator, thank you very much for joining us. secretary pompeo, is the pompeoa said that thinistration's been tough on russia, t

potn senator pompeo went to -- given secretary pompeo went to ponding -- to pyongyang -- they emphasize the steps they were taking, the mandy moore from the other side. as a result, they went away from the discussions disappointed. bothderscores the fact north korea and the united states are going to have to take additional steps in the summiton the singapore suggests. present moon jae-in -- president aon jae-in's call to political declaration by the end of 2018 is a good goal. north korea needs to take additional concrete steps to the denuclearization goal. the closure of the tunnels is good, but not enough. missileth of ballistic testing is good, but not good enough. ofth korea -- the halt ballistic missile is good, but not enough. halt korea needs to material production. we could remotely verify a lot of that with national technical means. be an important step. it would move along the peace process. both sides need to think more creatively. both sides need to not be afraid to take additional steps. otherwise, the process is going to bob down -- to bog down. any questions? back, then

pompeo arriving in north korea overnight. third visit sin kim jong un agreed to give up nuclear weapons. officials say part of the mission is see how committed kim is to promises. they've upgraded nuclear research facility. u.s. officials say there are signs that trade between north korea and china is actually on the rise. we will have more on this later on so. tracee: president trump narrowing the list of supreme court justice nominees. cheryl: blake berman at the white house with the latest names. >> president trump believed to be down to final 3 contenders to replace kennedy, bret kavanaugh is a local, revered by many between the bush orbit. ray on this kethledge and amy cone barrett, based out of chicago, she was put into the post by president trump. clearly not on short list merrick garland who is confirmation process was stimet. that didn't stop chuck schumer that he should nominate garland. it was more like a check the box kind of phone call. schumer did warn the president that if he nominates somebody hostile to roe v

the pompeo clips are really striking.ow you serve in the trump administration and you become nasty -- >> he's playing to an audience of one. >> senators are entitled to ask questions, a very reasonable question to ask about. what did the president tell you about the private meeting? doesn't mean you have some horrible agenda or terrible p m premipre premise behind that question and even in contentious times the bush administration, obama administration, cabinet officials in a polite way, at least on the surface, to senators and congressmen and vice versa. you sort of do need that to have the government to work. >> one thing has gone by the wayside -- >> i'm totally out of it. >> fat joe and i -- not pompeo and the senators. >> i may never get over you and fat joe hanging out last night. i'll try. let's talk, jean, about what is happening on capitol hill with jim jordan and the freedom caucus. sincere, i guess, on their part that they believe the department of justice is withholding information. the department of justice s

so mike pompeo, it has been said privately and on air that pompeo has quite low expectations of whetheragreement there. is he being dissed? being called a gangster is not a good start. >> true. >>> conversations that they knew the sexual misconduct 30 years ago and did not report it at ohio state. a former wrestler at the school t , he told about jordan and he had to hear the conversations because he was there. the ohio lawmaker denying the accusations this weekend. >> i nerve sver saw or heard of abuse. if i had been, i would have dealt with it. >> the chairman of the house freedom caucus calling on members to support jordan. the ohio republican expected to return to washington this week to fight the allegations. >>> american soybeam farmers and -- soybean workers and farmers set to lose. the u.s. is combating china's unfair trade practices. beijing is responding to the trade bullying. china tariffs target cars. that hurts ford and tesla. both export huge number of cars to china. german automakers ship to china. producing in alabama and south carolina. exporting half. mercedes-benz war

to be clear, secretary pompeo traveled back to the region with a mission. he was there to flesh out the details of that vaguely worded joint declaration that the president and kim signed at the singapore summit just last month. remember the president touted that as a game-changing moment on twitter. he said north korea no long irposes a nuclear threat. he said that americans could sleep well at night that put the pressure on the secretary of state to really produce some tangible results. well now you have the north koreans saying that the u.s. team's attitude was regrettable. and by way of contrast, take a look at how the secretary of state characterized his meetings sometimes after they wrapped up. >> we made progress on almost all of the central issues. some places a great deal of progress. other places there's still more work to be done. we now have a meeting at panmunjom. set up for july 12th there will be discussions between the folks responsibility for the repatriation of remains. and the process will begin to develop over the days that follow. so ver

amy: secretary of state pompeo delivers a speech against iran on sunday. tweetingows up by "never ever threatened the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which through history few have suffered before." direct actionat against nuclear weapons in the united states. >> we want very much to get as close as we possibly could to the heart of the weapons systems themselves. amy: on the anniversary of martin luther king's navalination, -- entered marine bases. one of the largest in the world. hammers, armed with crime scene tape, 80 bottles full of their own blood and charged the u.s. with crimes against peace. one of many around the world. the majority of the activists are in jail. we speak to to our who are -- we speak to two who are out. of the granddaughter movement. eight defining moment in the annals of zionism. --: is really lawmakers israeli lawmakers sign a statement. from the jewish voice for peace. all that and more is coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. presiden

i think secretary pompeo, secretary mattis have been very clear. johnbolton's been very clear regarding what they believe the u.s. posture toward russia should be. the president is the one i think who has sent mixed messages.d so if thisnistration wants to get on the same page, it starts at the top.at ulty it's the approximate the and his rhetoric that need to be addressed. >> it is so interesting because we've seen so many breaks with protocol in so many ways with this president but in particueer thisng one-on-one with vladimir putin only having theit trans in the room, not having anybody from his cap cabine so it's hard to know if secretary pompeo knows what else was said. >> we saw pompeo alonide james mattis this week at stanford, at edover institution. he se uncomfortable. he bristled at questions about what exactly went on in that meeting. he frankly seems maybe outp of the ln terms of what happened. and i think the administration hasroblems wh the press secretary answers the question about whether ambassadors could be called up by russia to

pompeo and kim.d to meet next week in the demilitarized zone between the two koreas to discuss the return of remains of american servicemembers from the korean war. months ago secretary pompeo warned these discussions could take awhile and have their highs and lows, seems he was right. arthel? arthel: rich edson in tokyo, thanks. mike: for more on the negotiations with north korea, we go to a former navy intelligence officer and an iraq war veteran. great to have you with us this afternoon. does this demonstrate some of the complexity of dealing with the north korean regime? >> i think this will be a long process. we're look at different types of leadership styles. he's from the old regime, 90 years old, he's been part of the institution of north korea for more than 70 years which is about exactly how long we've had this confrontation. so he's going to have a different way to look at things, more so than this new administration. mike: director of the asia program at the wilson center says quote this

mike pompeo said that the u.s. not recognize crimea, sanctions will not be relieved until russia leaves crimea, the approach has been the same to steadily raise the cost of aggression until putin chooses a less confrontational thing, and there could be additional targeted sanctions that would prove -- >> leslie: the problem is, i hear you on the walk in the talk, but prior to the secretary of state saying that, i think that the american people regardless of their party were very confused, the president said, "crimea crimea is a russian." he did not see any reason why russia was responsible for hacking the elections in 2016, on another day he says something else which is very confusing to the american people and confusing as to where does his loyalty lie if you are attacking our intelligence agencies, but you are applauding a guy who gives them a soccer ball with a transmitter in it. >> dagen: harris, where i grew up we say money talks and blankm walks. >> harris: russia was placed in world is what is key, and you t

and if all goes well mike pompeo may end up meeting kim jong-un much. again, we don't know the time line of what the meetings are either. so it's very difficult to discern other than the fact that mike pompeo needs to come home with something. >>> president trump says he's ready for his meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki later this month. >> they're going president trump, be prepared. you know president putin is kgb and this and that. you know what? putin's fine, he's fine, we're all fine. will i be prepared? totally prepared. i've been preparing for this stuff my whole life. >> sleep well, united states. the summit expected to bring up several critical issues including meddling in the 2016 election. fred, good morning. >> reporter: certainly no lack of confidence there on the part of the u.s. president. also no lack of confidence on vladimir putin's part either. the russians are saying that obviously the russian president very much prepared for this summit as well. we have now heard from senior administration officials that indeed the summit will

the engagement by pompeo is a good thing, not a bad thing. we can't lose our allies as the south koreans and the japanese in the process of this. i think probably the worst thing that's now happening is we're up front giving away concessions without getting anything in return. so this is not a good way to negotiate. >> despite the president saying we're not giving up any kind of concessions, we have on one point cancelled the military exercises with south korea that were scheduled for next month. but i'm curious what happens next? i know that pompeo suggested there was a meeting on july 12th. it was clarified later it will not be between department of state. rather with the department of defense and officials in that regard. does that say anything to you that it moves from state department to defense department? >> well, i think the other thing that's happening is it's a painful thing to talk about. but we have a habit of dealing with north korea bargaining for a hostage or three hostages or the return of some remains. we had thousands of ser

mike pompeo seems to have a good rapport with kim jong-un. just saying that sentence alone is astonishing considering where the u.s. and north korea were when we seemed as if we were on the brink of war, now they'll have banquets together in pyongyang so they're slowly building trust and trust is slowly earned but there are still a lot of walls up on both sides that need to be broken down and the americans will be going in with big asks. secretary mike pompeo is about to ask for full transparency about north korea's nuclear program. are there facilities the world doesn't know about? will the inspectors be allowed in and then an aggressive timeline for dismantlement. but you've heard the state department saying they're not talking about a timeline which indicates they know it will be a long haul. and the north koreans said in singapore they would return the remains of u.s. service members killed in the korean war. officials have been on standby. they sent in kas pets to accept the remains and it hasn't happene happened. >> all right, will ripl

there is a lot of pressure on mike pompeo to come back. he has said that he is in north korea to flush out the details on that commitment that he and trump made in singapore we don't even know if the u.s. and north korea are on the sanl page. at this stage, expectations for pompeo. >>> president trump says he is ready for his meeting with vladimir putin in helsenki later this month. president trump is kgb and all of this. vladimir putin is fine. i'm prepared, i have been prepared for this stuff my whole life. >> the july 16th summit is set to bring up several critical issues. fred, will there be any official record of what putin and president trump discussed? >> there will be some sort, but the beginning of that meeting will be exactly what the russians wanted which is a one on one meeting between president's -- president trump and president pew tin. you have arms control on the agenda. you also have syria and ukraine. the u.s. delegation wants to talk about election meddling, they they it has been talked about. they say if the u.s. wants

and so pompeo says, yes, we need to clarify also.earlier in the morning. this was probably about 13, 14 hours ago because of the time difference. and it was saturday morning, they were meeting again after almost three hours of meeting friday. and kim yong chol, host, says how did you sleep? perhaps you didn't sleep well -- i'm paraphrasing because of our discussions, we had such difficult decisions yesterday. pompeo says, i slept very well. i slept just fine, director kim. there was tension projected there led by the north koreans. this is never going to be easy. pompeo is under huge pressure elevated by john bolton, the national security adviser. a week ago sunday he said pompeo can do this in a week -- a year rather. that is a timeline that the state department never accepted, and experts say it would be 10 to 15 years if they really were going to denuclearize. this was the first test of whether kim jong-un's commitment in singapore is real. what does he mean by denuclearization, and he flunked the test. the north koreans indicatin

>> secretary pompeo, headed the cia. when he went to north korea after the singapore summit and they made some comments, was he a gangster making his demands? the guy who was first in his class at west point said look, you are dealing with president trump now. president trump means what he says. there are going to be consequences if you don't eliminate these nuclear weapons. i think it was because of the reputation president trump has as a man of and results. >> harris: quickly, no doubt the topic of russian meddling in our election will come up. as we look for how to keep it from happening again, specifically what went down in the summit with that? will no doubt come up with the secretary of state today. >> i expect that it will, secretary pompeo has been very clear, we've seen russia tried to undermine nato and undermine democracy, we seen them involved in elections in england, france, germany. it's what vladimir putin does. he's cunning, opportunistic, aggressive. that's what we are dealing with. >> harris: 3:00 p.m.

secretary pompeo, ambassador bolton, sec.tis, these are not naÏve people looking through rose covered glasses and overly optimistic, they understand what they are dealing with and because you have this particular roster in place and the president so goal oriented in the final outcome, he is willing to try some unconventional tactics so we will see if it works, the ball is in kim jong un's court. rob: once this is over the vladimir putin summit in a few weeks. time is 17 after the hour, donald trump taking aim at the new anthem policy, this is worse than not standing for the flag. >> this is why you should not drink and play with a firework at the same time. the moment one man's independence day ends in an explosion next. olay regenerist wipes out the competition; hydrating better than $100, $200 even $400 creams. with our b3 complex, beautiful skin doesn't have to cost a fortune. olay. whenshe was pregnant,ter failed, in-laws were coming, a little bit of water, it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damag

pompeo did not confirm. this gets to the issue of the talks being important, but if they are private, they create confusion and concern. jane: barbara plett-usher, thank s ve much for joining me. ha17 peopl died, nine from the same family, after a tourist boat sank in a missouri lake during a fierce storm. it is one of the most deadly such incidents in years, but the so-called duck boats have beenn involvedstring of fatal accidents. .vestigators are on the s the bbc's james cook reports. this duck boat made it back to the shore. the passengers not wearing life jackets, apparently unaware of quite how much in danger they were in. >>h my god. >> oh my god.in >> it's gog under. james: further out, a second duck boat was bigger trouble. unable to cope with the blast from a severe thunderstorm. >> they have lost sight of it. >> i need a rope. ojames: of the 31nboard, just 14 survived, brought ashore in shock. among the dead was a b one-year-oaby. >> call the emts, please. james: the missouri govcenor's ofold the

you asked mike pompeo did he sleep well. if you know what i knew about what we could do to the leadership of north korea, you wouldn't sleep very well. >>dana: i really enjoyed reading about that exchange women with in general asked mike pompeo twice, surely you couldn't have slept well last night. and he said i slept just fine. meanwhile, president trump will meet one-on-one with vladimir putin in helsinki. rumors report that the kremlin is working with the u.s. on a deal the president will accept. saying vladimir putin has agreed in principle to u.s. -israeli plans. - - that's according to two kremlin advisors. would you recommend the president agree to that deal? >> given russia's behavior, absolutely not. russia was supposed to make sure assad had no chemical weapons.the last thing you can depend on is the russians to take care of american-israeli interests. our troops in northeastern syria working with the syrian democratic forces, arabs and kurds have demolished ices and if we stay there. we have 2000 troops. isis won'

mike pompeo trying to project toughness with the russia strategy. u.s.ot recognize crimea as part of russia although donald trump is not willing to make that statement. >> the secretary of state refusing to provide details in the secret meeting in helsinki with the president and vladimir putin. as the white house announces a second summit will not take place until next year. more now from michelle kosinski on capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, this was a chance for senators to get questions answered about what was said in the two-hour closed-door meeting with president trump and russian president vladimir putin in helsinki. secretary of state mike pompeo often with a snarky attitude would not answer many of them. saying they were private conversations. and asking did trump tell you what went on in the meeting. this was contentious from the start. >> has donald trump told you what he and president vladimir putin discussed in the two-hour meeting in helsinki? >> i'm confident you have private meetings in your life. you chosen that setting as th

what you ask pompeo did he sleep well?u knew what i knew about what we could do to the leadership of north korea, you wouldn't sleep very well. >> dana: i actually really enjoyed reading about that exchange with the north korean general asking mike pompeo twice, surely you couldn't have slept well last night and are secretary of state said i slept just fine. meanwhile, president trump will meet one-on-one with vladimir putin in helsinki. reports that the kremlin is working with the u.s. to have a deal that the president will except, they say putin has agreed in principle to u.s. and israeli demands that iranian backed forces in southern syria be kept away from israel's border, replaced with troops loyal to the government and damascus and according to two kremlin advisors. would you recommend the president agreed to that deal? >> senator graham: given russia's behavior, absolutely not. russia was supposed to make sure they had no chemical weapons. the last thing you can rely upon is the russians to take care of american-isr

you have given mike pompeo a fair amount of the benefit of the doubt. there are a lot of people who said whether you like him more or less than tillerson, pompeo does seem to have the trust and faith of the president. nobody in any other part of the world wants to deal with somebody, no matter what their title, if they don't feel like that person is speaking on behalf of the president. but the pompeo has come out on the opposite side of donald trump on things like crimea, on things like russian interference in the election, so this is going to be an interesting hearing. >> yeah, i think it is. i don't know what he's going to talk about. for sure he's going to be pushed on what happened at the putin summit and that private meeting raises lots of questions. we need to assume, by the way, that the russians have a transcript of that meeting and that we possibly, because we're really good, our intel is really good, i have no personal information, that we may have access to it too, or at least the outtakes that putin gave his folks after the meeting. so we ha

how does secretary pompeo push but not push too far? >> the expectations i think we need to keep realistic for this meeting. it's possible there could be some breakthroughs. i rather doubt that. i think that the north has been stalling long enough that pompeo felt like he had to go. he was supposed to meet with the indians with mattis tomorrow. that tells you there's a little bit of ad hoc nature to these discussions. the north koreans know that under pompeo, there's not a lot of staffing to support these talks. that suits them just fine. so he has to go try to bring something home, something tangible. now, i will say, north korean watchers have told me that the north know they need to produce something as a result of this meeting. what it is, we don't know. i agree with will. i think it's going to be exceedingly hard to think that we're going to come away from this with a solid inventory and some sort of verification regime on the back end. i think it's possible for him to come home with something tangible. >> the president has a point

yesterday, pompeo worked hard to project toughness. but when you look at the actual answers, as michelle kosinski just laid out, they lacked important details and actual answers on the questions. "the new york times" this morning calls his testimony an elaborate cleanup effort. did he clean anything up? >> well, i think what he's trying to do is not necessarily even so much as definitively answer the questions or clean things up with, but create enough plausible alternate narrative of the case. he's trying to offer cover to republicans who made very clear they were very uncomfortable last week, with president trump's performance in helsinki. what i was struck by was the fact that it was such a combative, testy, at times, even nasty response from mike pompeo. where on earth did you senators get the idea, he seemed to say, there's this narrative out there that we're not tough on russia. we're the toughest administration on russia that you've ever seen. and for a year and a half, we've heard this. it's an amazing argument. the president's

trish: do you think mike pompeo knows everything?ke pompeo knows what the president wanted him to know. he is very involved in the preparation as is john bolton. he will certainly not disclose anything. so. trish: all right. ed rollins. >> thank you. trish: president trump venting frustration over the leaked secret recording between him and his former lawyer michael cohen asking what kind of lawyer would tape a client? i think that is a pretty good question. what kind of lawyer indeed. so did cohen break some laws here? i will ask gregg jarrett all about that. he is a lawyer by background. he happens to be the author of the brand new book, number one book, congrats to gregg, on amazon right now "the russian hoax." stay with us. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for y

mike pompeo thought he was going to meet kim jong-un.nd that, despite getting snubbed, and we know he was in various ways by that, it shows the entire mood has shifted, whether that was because china interve intervened, because north korea calculating it got what it wanted, it was now going to extract more from the united states for upcoming steps. i think it is a huge deal, that the optics that donald trump created and crafted are non-existent. they were non-existent then. they were fake. kim jong-un is sending a very, very serious message to pomp and to the president of the united states. there is a new game. >> rick, president trump walked away from the summit saying north korea no longer poses a nuclear threat. you don't hear mike pompeo saying that. kim jong-un didn't show up. >> it is delusional. kim jong-un got everything he wanted. he met with the president. had the north korean flag side by side with the american flag, on equal standing. their definition of denuclearization is equal standing. in other words, we should have no ca

mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong—un on saturday.ils have been released about donald trump's visit to the uk next week. the president and first lady will arrive on thursday. he'll meet the british prime minister, theresa may, and also queen elizabeth, but will largely avoid london. large—scale protests are planned. let's get all the world cup action and we now know the winner of the competition will be a european team, after belgium beat brazil 2—1 to go through to the semi—final. it's a huge blow to one of the tournament favourites. here in britain, investigators wearing protective suits have entered a hostel in salisbury, as they search for the item contaminated with a nerve agent which poisoned a couple. police believe charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were exposed to novichok after handling an unknown object. the pair remain in a critical condition in hospital. june kelly has more. key sites have been sealed off and this afternoon the decontamination process began. a team in special protective suits arrived at the hostel where daw

kind of like when secretary pompeo made 12 demands of iran. there are no priorities. he wants a wholesale regime change in iran. i would love a wholesale regime change in north korea but i would prefer for the time being to prevent them from being able to annihilate cities elsewhere. we have to keep in mind who we are dealing with. this is an issue that the united states and the world needs to be concerned about and we have to figure out how we address the many issues and problems the north korea creates. i think the nuclear problem is very complex. we are in the beginning phase. it is my personal hope that it may open up the way towards a different relationship with north korea. as part of the singapore summit goals and that may in turn help us better deal with the massive human rights problems in north korea down the road. butthese things are related i agree with mark we cannot deal with them all at once especially when the structure and the process for the denuclearization process is as unclear as it is today. to conclude, president trump and chairman kim have with

secretary of state mike pompeo on friday.r fbi antitrump lawyer lisa page is fighting congressional subpoena to appear before lawmakers on capitol hill tomorrow, page is trying to arrange another date for the closed-door meeting suggesting that she's not ready to take the hot seat. he workplace lover agent peter strzok will testify publicly on thursday. a lot of people will be watching. will, the former navy sailor pardoned by president trump is suing the obama administration over the hillary clinton e-mail probe. christian, spent a year in prison for taking photos of classified sections of his submarines he claims that barack obama, loretta lynch and others prosecuted him and went easy on hillary clinton for more serious violations of the same law. first lady melania trump can soon make campaign to help children international. according to new york times will bring be best platform in event in london this week, her campaign focuses on children's health, positivity and social media and fighting opioid crisis. the first lady a

mr pompeo is due to meet kim jong un on saturday.d their football coach have been trapped for two weeks. there had been concern about falling oxygen levels as rescuers try to work out how to bring the boys to safety. thousands are expected to march through the capital this weekend as part of london pride,

pompeo the one getting out on tv. is all over it, not john bolton. >> leland: we know how bolton feels about this issue. he talked about it a lot. judy, the message coming from the administration, how long does the administration allow the north koreans to keep doing the things mary and you were talking about, essentially stealing from the cookie jar while they say they go on a nuclear diet? >> stringing us along? that's why this trip is very important. >> leland: is this the red line? >> this is the third trip that pompeo has made. this will be his second meeting with kim. he has got to show something that's measurable. we've got to have a declaration by the north koreans of what they purport to have in the way of nuclear capabilities and missiles or it is going to be very apparent to everybody that this young leader is not that different from his father and his grandfather and that's a real problem for trump, who denigrated the nuclear deal with iran but i will point out that in that deal the iranians gave up a lot

pompeo to pyongyang. but as far as could tell, they are not updating regularly yesterday all of a sudden -- just appearance the meeting wrapped up we srted getting lots of tweets from mr. pompeo and from those journalists. but as far as we know, they have now set up thisporking gro nail down some of the details of the denuclearization of the korean peninsula which was aeed between president trump and kim jong-un in singapore last month. but that's -- as far as we know for now. nkem: ok. since we don't know very much, i'm sort of at a loss of what to ask you. but i'm still going to probe. what we think denuclearization of the korean peninsula means? does that mean just north korea? or does that mean northorea and the united states?: reportell, that's the big question ever since that declaration at the singapore summit. of course, that meeting between the s.ting u president, president trump, and kim jong-un was hisric and very symbolic. but there they kind of agreed in a very vague term that they're both co