achieve because mr trump had a bit of a bromance, if you like, going on with former prime minister shinzo abertedly aware of mr ishiba's not so friendly relationship with the late mr abe. so we'll see how mr ishiba can navigate this, especially as he tries to avoid other things, like an economic fallout from us tariffs on the japanese economy. here in the uk, house prices have hit another record high, with the average property prices reaching just the latest survey from halifax found there was a "strong demand for new mortgages and growth in lending". said that reduced stamp duty rates in england and northern ireland would end in april next year. joining me now is veteran housing expert henry pryor. has this got everything to do with interest rates? well, it seems that we can't stop the rolling ball for the uk housing market. we have some events to deal with going forwards, but by and large expectations remain reasonably positive for the housing market, if you already own a home and therefore rising house prices are something that you celebrate. still a great struggle for those trying to get

you know, the great shinzo abe, and we look forward to seeing even more. so. shinzo and i worked very, very long and hard. and those numbers are very reflective. after my first term. and now they're going up very substantially based on our conversations today, in addition to being vital for our shared security. japan is one of the top purchasers of u.s. military exports and equipment, and i'm pleased to say that this week, my administration approved nearly $1 billion in foreign military sales to tokyo, the united states is totally committed to the security of japan. we will extend the full strength of american deterrence capabilities in defense of our friend and ally, 100% in the years to come. the prime minister and i will be working closely together to maintain peace and security. and i also say peace through strength and all over the indo-pacific. and to that end, we also remain committed to the effort. i began in my first term to ensure safety and stability on the korean peninsula. prime minister. ishiba and i spoke long and hard about a vital economic rela

the great shinzo abe. and we look forward to seeing even more so shinzo and i worked very long and hard and those numbers are very reflective after my first term and now they're going up very substantially based on our conversations today. in addition to being vital for our shared security, japan is one of the top purchasers of u.s. military exports and equipment and i'm pleased to say that this week my administration approved nearly $1 billion in foreign military sales to tokyo. the united states is totally committed to the security of japan. we will extend the full strength of american deterrence capabilities in defense of our friend and ally. 100%. in the years to come the prime minister and i will be working closely together to maintain peace and security and i also say peace through strength. and all over the indo-pacific and to that end, we also remain committed to the effort i began in my first term to ensure safety and stability on the korean peninsula. prime minister ishiba and i spoke long and har

during his first term in office, donald trump forced a strong alliance with shinzo abe.est was the japanese prime minister, only the second world leader to visit after prime minister netanyahu, which may signal where donald trump's priorities lie. north korea remains a concern for both countries but there are economic issues too. upenn runs a trade surplus with the united states which we know is always a focus for president trump. let's bring in the vice president of the asia society policy institute and a former assistant u.s. secretary of state in the obama administration. he said during the press conference he found mr. trump warmer than he thought he might be having watched him on television. i do not know if he plays golf but that seems to be the trick. >> he clearly set out to win trump's favor. he knows trump prioritizes personal relationships. frankly i would say mission accomplished. he lavished praise on trump from the minute he set down in the oval office and trump returned the favor. he found in him qualities of greatness claiming he is very popular with the

he said he took every preparation possible and met with shinzo abe's widow, in terms of preparing fortioned earlier the personal relationship. i know that multinational companies, japan is the highest employer of americans in ten states and the second largest in six. we have a phenomenal economic relationship with japan that i don't think it's highlighted often, and to top of the list was the security issues of north korea and japan, and on our end, the semiconductors of ai. having these allies come together is emblematic of the first asiatic leader we have on our soil in this is the japanese print minister, and how important that relationship is economically. >> just mentioned he met with shinzo abe's widow, and met with these softbank ceo's son, and wanted to find out what it would be like. at that meeting in december, he pledged $100 billion. trump trump in real time in front of the press said "you want to double it, right?" [laughter] up to the microphone like "we will try." >> no comment. >> wanted to know what it's going to be like dealing with him, and i assumed he was told "he

shinzo abe thought the world of him. think he is going to do a fantastic job as prime minister, a very strong person. i wish he wasn't so strong. i wish he was a little bit weaker than that, but that is what i got. i have to get strong guys all the time. he will be a great prime minister. i also in terms of tariffs, we will have tariffs, mostly reciprocal tariffs and i will be meeting on that monday or tuesday and have an announcement or a news conference. but probably reciprocal tariffs where a country pay so much and charges us so much and we did the same. ferry reciprocal. i think that is only fair way to do it. that way nobody is her. they charge us and we charge them, the same thing. i seem to be going to that line as opposed to a flat fee tariff. yes, go please. please, go ahead. why don't you go ahead? >> reporter: this is the newspaper. i have a question for prime minister shigeru ishiba. this is your first summit meeting. what was your impression of president trump? were you able to build a good relationship wit

mr ishiba will likely bring this up in his meeting. former prime minister shinzo abe and the us president 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 well. and we have news that, you know, prime the kansas city chiefs will be hoping to achieve a historic philadelphia eagles in new orleans on sunday. president trump will be there, the first sitting president with tv commercial slots reportedly going for as much meg ryan and billy crystal - meg ryan and billy crystal are recreating the iconic scene | .we . we were telling awhile that how mensa _ . we were telling awhile that how mensa makes _ . we were t

you know, the great shinzo abe, and we look forward to seeing even more. so. ery long and hard. and those numbers are very reflective. after my first term. and now they're going up very substantially based on our conversations today, in addition to being vital for our shared security. japan is one of the top purchasers of u.s. military exports and equipment. and i'm pleased to say that this week, my administration approved nearly $1 billion in foreign military sales to tokyo. the united states is totally committed to the security of japan. we will extend the full strength of american deterrence capabilities in defense of our friend and ally 100% in the years to come. the prime minister and i will be working closely together to maintain peace and security. and i also say peace through strength and all over the indo-pacific. and to that end, we also remain committed to the effort. i began in my first term to ensure safety and stability on the korean peninsula. prime minister ishiba and i spoke long and hard about a vital economic relationship between our two coun

, 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 and whatnot. but more than anything else, it is just a relationship that these leaders are trying to establish with the president as he returns to power. and right now they are in the oval office having that fi

import cheaper steel of course, that didn't stop mr biden from blocking with former prime minister shinzo aber bowl weekend is coming up in the united states, third consecutive win when they face and with so many people watching, than 123 million viewers. someone who knows all about this is tom murphy, and billy crystal, mmm. what's happening? here we go. here we go all over again. tom murphy, thank you forjoining us. you're the man behind that ad. in the super bowl? it is, it is. we are all very excited at the agency about it. are much higher. the scale is much bigger. the whole whole nation is watching. so we take it very seriously. and our creative team, i think, rather the katz�*s deli scene in harry met sally. we've seen meg ryan there. and do they charge, without going into at this big moment? but celebrities are also very happy to be involved because it's it's great for their image some people would say it's dying. now, this is exceptional, it costs to buy those ad spots? in their daily lives, but everyone is really, is very engaged with them. because it's a night when people want to t

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i mean, this is actually something that ochiba's predecessor, shinzo abe, was so good at is cultivating this really strong relationship with trump, whether it was golfing or having cheeseburgers or whatever. it really worked. trump is still close to his widow. she was at mar-a-lago a few weeks ago. what did you make of seeing that and hearing that today? >> well, ishiba said that he wasn't trying to flatter donald trump. i guess it just came naturally. but in the end, the result is the same. is that this is the way in which you get along with donald trump. to your point, it's not only the steel issue, the fact that ishiba is a little bit weaker in his country than his predecessor, shinzo abe, was. they don't want donald trump to raise more concerns about them spending more money on defense, which could be problematic at home. so she came to washington with one general mission is get on trump's good side. and then the second mission was stay on it. so we'll see how that goes. >> yeah. trump gifted him a picture that they took today of the two of them together at the beginning of that pre

. >> i love they met before he came to the white house with shinzo abe's widow and the softbank ceo whoe back in december 2nd mar-a-lago and pledged a japanese investment in ai. he met with these guys to learn what do i do with trump? what will he be like? to get any insight. when the ceo came down and trump introduced him, make it 200 right now in front of the personnel and everybody else, how do you handle it, what do you do, it was fascinating to witness that and the ceo getting completely played by trump, goaded into doubling his one hundred billion dollar message. that is why when this moment happens where trump was talking about tariffs that japan, the prime minister did really well. watch this. >> if the us places tariffs on japanese imports would japan retaliate? >> translator: i am unable to respond to a theoretical question. that is the official answer that we have. >> that is a very good answer. very good answer. wow. that is very good. he knows what he is doing. >> this has been a problem, the way that they have painted donald trump, when people get to know donald trump he'

. >> absolutely and he had a good relationship shinzo abe and the new widow of the prime minister asore coming to the strip. obviously this is an important trip to the new japanese prime minister. he took the office in october, but there is so much at play. the largest issue really is china. the defense in this area of being on the side of our ally, japan, so interesting when you look back to world war ii and things have completely reversed. world war ii we were helping china against japanese aggressor. now all of these years later, it is japan a more vulnerable position again. they are trying to build up their own military. i'm sure president trump would like to see more sales of defense to japan. obviously, but hundred and 2f-35 during that relationship and one of the things definitely on the plate with purchases but the big thing here is exactly what the prior guest was talking about, which is we see presidenp changing the dynamic all over the globe. greenland, panama, japan, we need to be on the front foot and not allowed china to make the kinds of encroachments they have made in

shinzo abe thought the world of him, and i think he's going to do a fantastic job as prime minister.sh he wasn't so strong. i wish he was a little bit weaker than that -- [laughter] but that's what i got. i have to get strong guys all the time. he's going to be a great prime minister. i also, in terms of tariffs, i mean, we're going to have tariffs, mostly reciprocal tariffs where -- and i'm going to be probably meeting on that monday or tuesday, have an announcement, probably a news conference. but probably reciprocal tariffs where a country pays so much or charges us so much and we do the same. is so very reciprocal because i think that's the only fair way to do it. that way nobody's hurt. they charge us, we charge them. it's the same thing. and if i seem to be going that line as opposed to a flat fee tariff. okay? [inaudible conversations] >> yes, go -- please. please go ahead. why don't you go ahead. [inaudible conversations] this is -- [inaudible] newspaper. i have a question for the prime minister. this is your very first summit meeting. what was your impression of president tr

steel issue, the fact that, uh, shiba is a little bit weaker in his country than his predecessor, shinzo abe's was donald trump to raise more concerns about them spending more money on defense, which could be problematic at home. >> so she came to washington with one general mission is get on trump's good side. and then the second mission was stay on it. so we'll see how that goes. >> yeah. trump gifted him a picture that they took today of the two of them together. at the beginning of that press conference. sabrina, can i ask you about some breaking news that we're getting this evening? that is a bit of a surprise move, at least certainly to the official who was just removed from her post. that's the archivist for the united states. we are learning tonight that she has been removed from that position. she's going to be replaced now. the national archives obviously was at the forefront of the news after trump's mar-a-lago club was raided by the fbi when he did not give back classified documents. this is not the person who was in charge and running national archives at that time. but we're hear