much,ne: thank you so stephanie baker, our senior writer following u.s. politics.alk trade in paris. the eu is warning of an market uncertainty following the decision to delay aluminum and steel tariffs for another month. the trump administration said it would allow another 30 days for negotiations. brussels says business decisions are already being affected, but washington insists progress is being made. the commerce secretary wilbur ross spoke at the event in beverly hills. reason is we are having productive discussions. we are hopeful we can come to a mutually agreeable solutions that will protect the national interests, the national security for steel and aluminum. doing overl you be the next month or reach an agreement? >> i have been having --, i cans talk impart they are almost every day. those will continue. >> what do the europeans need to do to get permanent relief? >> the right way to negotiate things is in the conference room, not in the press room. understood, but from the european perspective, they would say the u.s. is making demands that would force

vonnie: that was steve bannon speaking it -- speaking with stephanie baker.south korea's president moon very shortly. we are joined by kevin cirilli who is live on capitol hill. banningcomment about first. -- bannon first. you spoke with him yesterday. absolutely. steve bannon criticizing the administration for lifting those restrictions on zte. just within the last hour, some interesting developments here on capitol hill pertaining to zte. secretary mnuchin testifying in the senate that it was not a "great quote quote --quid pro quo for lifting those restrictions. speculation mounting for democrats and republicans and senator chris van hollen introducing an amendment in the senate that actually cleared by a vote of 23-2 that would limit president trump's ability to lift those trade restrictions against zte. i'm told by separate sources of the commerce committee led by wilbur ross would be able to still pursue lifting those trade restrictions against zte. all of this comes a south korean president moon is said to be at the white house i had of the summit with

and stephanie baker and others, all of a sudden we have this happening.rlet: very good question. again, the political consulting firm cambridge analytica shutting down and immediately ceasing all operations. still with us, diane swonk in chicago, scott minerd from guggenheim in la. and michael mckee in washington. tom: michael, i want to move for 13.rd to june what are you going to be watching for going out to june 13, what are you going to be listening for? michael: unless we get real change in the data between now and then, i do not think the market will move that much on the monetary policy that the fed has. we are expecting a rate increase, that is already priced in, and right now the economy seems to be picking up a little bit. labor markets seem to be where they were. prices have moved up, but are not accelerating a lot. what you may see the market fixate on is whether or not they change their communications strategy, whether we go to a news conference at every meeting. the judgment there will be hell how thel be market views that. will they think t

stephanie baker on the eu impact of the iran decision.f to washington shortly, vonnie. ?hat are you doing, why why aren't i coming with you? vonnie: get an overnight flight and be there in the morning. mark: someone has to stay here for the bank of england tomorrow. we are going to be speaking with the german ambassador, among other things, but let's take you to the white house and president trump. president trump: slow strong -- so strong and so good with the things that are happening, including a tremendous foreign affairs picture, if you look at what is going on with so many different elements, including flying back are three what they were calling hostages. we call them find people. really fine people. they seem to be healthy. they will be landing at 2:00 in the morning at andrews air force base. i will be there to greet them. mike will be with me. it will be a very special time. nobody thought this was going to happen, and if it did, it would be years or decades, frankly. nobody thought this was going to happen. i appreciate kim jong

daniels, let's get the stephanie baker for a whole round of this story. a company tied to a russian oligarch. it is also tied to vladimir putin that would have sent $500,000 last year to an end to the that trump's lawyer also used for the hush money paid to stormy daniels. do we know what was behind this? >> no. it was once described as a u.s. affiliate, this russian oligarch was sanctioned in the recent round of sanctions. by the u.s. administration. since then, he has tried to distance himself. . the response to this payment is had nothing toch do with this payment, no control over the money, he does not own the company. x overted to distance -- vekselberg from this. he has extensive holdings in russia. he also attended the inauguration. 'sney was given to trump inauguration committee. they are saying this company is controlled by u.s. citizens, and this is legal. officially, this payment to cohen's company was to scope out real estate deals. they say they ended that because it did not result in interesting investments. know how theye obtained the bank

our senior writer, stephanie baker, who was just speaking to steve bannon.ith us is megan and max. imagine if president trump or a trump administration that also becomes much more belligerent as we go into the midterm election? how is that tainting his view of foreign policy? megan: there are two things over which the president has a lot of power going into midterm elections. one is trade and when his power -- one is power. he has many people around him that are certainly very hawkish. i think we will continue to hear a lot about this leading up to the midterm elections. francine: megan and max but stay with us. megan greene from manulife asset management and max kettner from commerzbank. wells fargo tries to move past its series of scandals with a shift into --. we have an exclusive interview next. we also check on your data, on markets. i am looking at italian bonds rising. stocks are drifting in certain parts of europe. investors are trying to digest this easing of trade tensions. also, the latest comments from members of the fed. we will get treasuries,

lanny davis and spoke to our stephanie baker in prague. there for a forum economic integration. it was time, what the heck is going on in america? if theie s bannon president should sit down for an interview with special counsel bob miller. steve: i have, once again, i don't think that's necessary. we kind of know at least riley where the investigation is going, at least most of it. i think it was jay that took the notes, and somehow it got out or was leaked about the 44 verticals or lines of inquiry. i think it's all pretty straightforward stuff but i don't think the president needs to sit for an interview. i thought the press -- about the questions to be answered in writing. as for the president's lawyers and counsel to work with them, but i didn't see anything in those lines of questioning that were going to be that problematic. some may be a little more than others, i thought it was fairly straightforward and i think this thing should be answered in writing. i would say that unless it's absolutely necessary, president should not sit do