prime minister shigeru ishiba meets with the us president.citing national security the two firms sued concerns, the two firms sued the previous thefprevious administration. interesting thing about the interesting thing about deal is that while the ie be union is against it, not only the is in washington to hold his first meeting with president trump. high on their agenda will be the bid byjapan's nippon steel to buy us steel. the $15 billion deal was blocked by the biden administration — but both firms hope president trump will see things differently. our asia business reporter mariko oi has more. president trump has previously said he would also block the deal but the two companies are definitely trying to save the deal. for example the boss of us steel reportedly met with him on thursday and this comes one day before the japanese prime minister shigeru ishiba meets with the us president. joe biden blocked the deal, citing national security concerns, the two firms sued the previous administration. the interesting thing about this deal is tha

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so we are very close to see shigeru ishiba and president trump up there on the stage.ll hear what they have to say. although i expect they will take fewer questions the press conference than president trump at the oval office. >> sandra: that is a prediction. we will watch that as soon as it begins live. meanwhile, after that news conference, as you know, things did not stop. president trump is then expected to deliver a major win in the fight for religious liberty with creation of faith office, we are told to. so we are expecting another executive order sending. welcome back as "america reports" in the second hour, john, i am sandra smith and great to join this hour with you. >> john: don't go anywhere, i'm john roberts john roberts an executive order signing ceremony sometime after this and one day after donald trump announced creation of task force aimed at combating what he calls anti-chn bias. he spoke about that during the prayer breakfast. appointing new attorney general pam bondi to lead the charge. >> sandra: let's get straight to it with shannon bream, fox ne

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programmes, programmes currently ongoing, the fight against hiv, japenese media reports prime minister shigeru ishibawo leaders are set to discuss key issues like economic and security matters, strengthening in the indo—pacific region. yuki tatsumi is a senior fellow and co—director of the east first and foremost, i think the prime minister ishiba the former prime minister was able to build with with mr trump on a positive hold. also in terms of defence spending, canjapan increase of its gdp? canjapan acquire more of the american weapon systems through the military sales to boost the american industry but i would not be surprised if he starts putting down discussions further. canada mexico, friends and neighbours who have with neighbours who have been with tariffs and that was rescinded tariffs andthatmasrescinded the china tariffs andthatmasreschded the china as from the china as well, that also been end of has also been receiving end of tariffs. is there some trepidation about where japan when it i when it comes to falls when it comes to the president trump? yes, when it comes to tariffs, on japane

and this, of course, comes one day before the japanese prime minister, shigeru ishiba, meets with thevious administration. while the union is against it, not only the leadership struggling financially and nippon steel has when the union said they may import cheaper steel of course, that didn't stop mr biden from blocking mr trump that the deal is good for the us economy. mr ishiba will likely bring this up in his meeting. former prime minister shinzo abe and the us president as he tries to avoid other things, like an economic fallout from us tariffs on the japanese economy. in almost 5 years. india's economy is still one of the fastest—growing in the world — but that growth has slowed to a four—year low — as the high cost of living hits consumer spending. of the central bank. making them keep the high interest rates for the last two years is slowly easing to a more comfortable zone. and that was a big trigger. growth is slowing down. we've seen corporate profits shrink and corporate saturday, where the finance minister the rbi governor is also hoping that that could boost growth as we

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i'm delighted to welcome japanese prime minister ishiba shigeru to the white house for the first time. and, prime minister, it's an honor to have you with us, a great honor. japan is a great country. thank you very much. japan is strong and proud. it's a nation that is home to one of the great civilizations in the history of the world. for nearly 80 years, the american japanese people have enjoyed a friendship like few others. we've had a great friendship across the vast ocean and we found ourselves united by bonds of history, commerce, culture, mutual admiration and great respect. after our meeting today, i'm confident that the cherished alliance is between our two countries and others also will continue to flourish long and into the future. the military cooperation between the united states and japan is one of our closest security partnerships, and it's one of the closest we have anywhere in the world. our service members work together every day to defend our common interests. japan is committed to double its defense spending by 2027. compared to my first term. they've invested a lo

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he made those remarks as he welcomed japanese prime minister, shigeru ishiba, to the white house for that japan's nippon steel is dropping its $14.1 billion acquistion of us steel, instead making an investment in the american company. a sale was blocked by presidentjoe biden over national security concerns. mr trump reiterated on friday that he also opposes a sale. meanwhile, the us president postponed a call with his panamanian counterpart, jose raul mulino, a day after mr mulino accused the us of spreading "lies and falsehoods" about the panama canal. mr mulino made those comments in response to claims fees for us government vessels crossing the canal — something he said wasn't possible under pa nama's constitution. panama did agree to withdraw from china's belt and road mr trump also announced that japan's nippon steel is dropping its $14.1 billion acquistion of us steel, instead making an investment in the american company. a sale was blocked by presidentjoe biden over national security concerns. mr trump reiterated on friday that he also opposes a sale. meanwhile, the us preside

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you see the pictures right there of president trump and prime minister shigeru ishiba. this is something that two leaders that do not have a relationship. obviously, when president trump was in power the first time around, he developed a very close friendship with shinzo abe, the late shinzo abe. so that is also hanging over this meeting. of course, he was assassinated after leaving office, but there is a rush of leaders coming here. of course, benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, is here on tuesday, and we recall the shocking statement that the president made during his press conference. we will see if president trump has something equally shocking later today when they are having an afternoon press conference here. but then next week, the jordanian king, the indian prime minister and other world leaders are also rushing to get on the president's schedule. you know, there's no doubt that these foreign leaders are also paying careful attention to what the president is doing here in terms of reshaping government and and things and threatening global trade wars

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japan's prime minister, shigeru ishiba promised $1 trillion of investment in the us, calling it unprecedentede leaders also vowed to lead the world in al, semiconductors and energy development across the indo—pacific. hamas has named the next hostages to be freed in gaza this weekend, including three men. they are eli, sharabi, ohad, ben ami and orlev. 18 hostages have so far been released, with israel freeing 383 palestinian prisoners in return. by the end of this first ceasefire stage. more than 33 hostages and 1900 prisoners are expected to have been released, though israel says sadly eight of its hostages are believed to be dead. meanwhile, hamas has accused israel of blocking critical humanitarian aid, a claim that is disputed by the united nations. back here at home, a new poll is predicting a three way tie at the next general election, with labour cabinet ministers set to lose their seats and nigel farage holding the balance of power. the survey of almost 6000 people found reform uk would have 175 seats, up from only five. labour, meanwhile, would drop from 412 to 174, with the tories

japan's prime minister, shigeru ishiba, promised $1 trillion of investment in the united states, callingunprecedented. the leaders also both vowed to lead the world in al, semiconductors and energy development across the indo—pacific. turning now to the indo—pacific. turning now to the middle east, where hamas has named the next hostages to be freed in gaza this weekend, including three men. they are eli sharabi, ohad ben—ami and or levi. 18 hostages have been released so far, with israel freeing 383 palestinian prisoners in return. by the end of this ceasefire stage, 33 hostages and 1900 prisoners are expected to have been released, though israel says sadly eight of the hostages are dead. meanwhile, hamas has accused israel of blocking critical humanitarian aid, a claim disputed by the united nations. here at home, the government has confirmed that grenfell tower will be dismantled nearly eight years after a fire killed 72 people. the process will take around two years and be done sensitively, with no changes made before june's anniversary of the disaster. the decision follows warnings

resident and japanese prime minister to come out and hold briefing, out and hold a briefing, shigeru ishiba starts. to release on saturday as eli sharabi, ohad ben ami and or levy. released a statement telling us more about who these men are. eli sharabi was taken from kibbutz beeri with his brother, yossi, who has since been confirmed dead. eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. or levy a 34—year—old programmer lived was ta ken captive. an accountant in kibbutz be'eri who was known for his sense of humour. on october seventh, both he and his wife raz were taken captive. raz was released after 5a days as part of a hostage deal. east correspondent told us more about the upcoming told as more abodt the dpcoming and this is a cease-fire exchanges. this is a cease-fire deal exchanges. this is a cease-fire deal. phase — exchanges. this is a cease-fire deal, phase one _ exchanges. this is a cease-fire deal, phase one of— exchanges. this is a cease-fire deal, phase one of the - dea