host: robert litwak here to take your questions, out with a book in march. "preventing north korea's nuclear breakout." you can find on the woodrow wilson's website. guest: it is free to the public. and: you can download it learn more. he is here to take your questions and comments. let's listen to what the president had to say yesterday at the joint news conference with the italian prime minister. he was asked about the mental state of north korea's leader. [video clip] questionot answer your on stability. i hope they answer is a positive one, not a negative one. onehopefully, that will be -- something that will get taken care of. i have great respect what the president of china. as you know, we had a great summit in florida, in palm beach, and got to know each other, and i think, like each other. i liked him very much. respect him very much. i think he is working very hard. i can say all of the pundits are saying they have never seen china work like they are working now. happened --have some dairy unusual moves have been made over the last two or three hou

coming up in an hour on "washington journal," robert litwak of the woodrow wilson center discusses northnsions and compares the cuba -- cuban missile crisis and frank buckley on why he thinks president trump should embrace single-payer health care system. and jessica brand will talk about the recent decline in the use of the death penalty. live on "washington journal." [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] host: good morning, everyone on this friday, april 2321. -- 21. and wisconsin earlier this week, the president signed an executive order requiring that the federal government agencies buy american products and also restrict to the guesswork of visas in order to hire more americans. we want to know from all of you this morning do you make a point to buy american? republicans, 202-748-8001, democrats, 202-748-8000, independence

. >> robert litwak, thank you for being on the show. >>> still ahead the chairman of the dnc joins usal election in georgia. is his candidate ready for the run-off against a republican in the heavily conservative district? plus, the conflict of interest that president trump admits to having. does that explain his kind words for turkey's autocratic leader? you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. bp engineered a fleet of 32 brand new ships with advanced technology, so we can make sure oil and gas get where they need to go safely. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. ♪ it's not just a car, it's your daily treat. ♪ go ahead, spoil yourself. the es and es hybrid. experience amazing. does your makeup remover every kiss-proof,ff? cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena® makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one to

litwak,t, robert believes it is, but in slow motion. we will ask him about that. andr on, trump supporter author and professor frank buckley talks about why he ainks trump should embrace single-payer health care system. he is a conservative. we want to show you a portion of an event yesterday featuring the treasury secretary steve mnuchin , who sounded very bullish that a comprehensive tax reform deal could be reached soon. [video clip] >> the good thing -- and let me say, i have been meeting weekly with chairman brady and members ,f the senate finance committee so we have been doing a lot of work. i think the good news is all -- the three groups have the same objective three the objectives are simple fight personal taxes, create middle income tax cuts to spur the economy, and make our business taxes competitive. right now, we have some of the highest business tax rate in the world. we tax on worldwide income. we have this crazy system of deferral. it is not a surprise those three things lead to u.s. companies leaving trillions of dollars offshore. on the business