the two koreas, stephen moore, there's skepticism left and right.s a good example. kim jong-un has a peace bridge he would like to sell you. they talk about the other failed times that were there. then you have a richard cohen writing, trump will exit the summit a failure because he says north korea without a nuclear arsenal is like saudi arabia without oil. why do we think kim jong-un is ever going to give up nukes? >> that's a good question. thank you for reminding us in your interview with the senator that this is a tyrant. he murdered his own people. there's no freedom in north korea. his father, as you said, starved to death tens of thousands of his own people. this is not a good person. we shouldn't normalize him. i do worry a little bit that moon -- i don't want him to be -- >> moon, meaning the president of south korea, he's too anxious. >> or any american politicians. this is a bad guy. the only reason -- this is one of the poorest countries in the world. the only reason they matter is because they have a nuclear weapon. if trump, with lead

eddie glaude, kasie hunt, maureen dowd and stephen moore. welcome all. good to see the two of you even -- maureen, i will start with you. comey and trump, what do you make -- is this les mis? >> with macron this week, we saw trump's primate male dominance moves, which he also tried on comey. you ask comey about why he didn't speak back to trump. comey is a very fascinating figure for washington, because usually you get in trouble from an absence of rectitude. he's in are trouble from too much. his explanations, he can't see what he did was wrong because it's -- he is so wrapped up in his image of himself. the funny thing about comey is that it's such a great troll because he is becoming rich and selling all these books to trump haters when they blame him for not making hillary president. hillary says he -- >> what did you hear? >> the last thing he said was that i want to -- i want to get this right. the fbi is committed to value and honor. he besmirched the reputation of the fbi. i agree it should have come out after the investigation. i think from peop

though for coming on the program today ramadan is our nation's chief executive officer feet and stephen moore of civilians democrats party thank you both for your time today. so for myself and the team here at this hour to join us in about twenty five minutes now for more global headlight updates . hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. president donald trump says he wants american troops to leave syria the foreign policy blob surrounding him says differently so what are exactly washington's goals in syria partition war for war sake or a means to sticking it to iran and russia all or poorly thought out. across talking syria i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the iran nucular scare in london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed show how he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an

with me now, cnn senior economists analyst stephen moore. you know the man, stephen.know yoor the economist. you want to focus on the politics of this. this goes against everything republicans have stood for. free market, big business, government can't pick winners and losers. >> i don't like the government bullying companies. in no small part because of some of these comment s trump has mae is the reason they've lost millions. i've spent the money trying to get to the bottom of this, brooke. there may be some truth that amazon is, quote, not paying its fair share for postal service costs. look, my feeling is -- >> let me jump in on that. i, too, was looking at that. i want to understand what's right and what's wrong. they pay the same lower rate that the post office charges other bulk shippers. >> that's true. >> and collects sales tax in every state that charges it. fact. >> that's right. >> i'm not an expert. i'm just saying there is something to what trump is saying. there might not be a postal service at all. millions of packages delivered by the postal service.

stephen moore/economic policy analyst "you can't have free trade with a country that cheats and stealsng those upset with the president's plan, saying "this is the dumbest possible way to do this."robert reich/former secretary of labor"this is fine for a schoolyard, but where there's no adult supervision any longer, this becomes incredibly dangerous." earlier this week president trump announced new tariffs on 50-billion dollars worth of chinese goods imported into the us.the tariffs would only take effect after a public hearing in mid-may at the earliest.but beijing responded with its own tariff announcement on 50-billion dollars worth of u-s goods.and friday morning, china announced "new comprehensive measures" would be taken in response to president trump's latest threat.robert reich/former secretary of labor "there are smart ways of negotiating and there are stupid ways of negotiating and you don't want to put yourself in the position of having to basically lose your credibility if you have to back down."i'm john lorinc reporting. ( terisa )larry kudlow, the director of the white ho

it's hard to get precise figures, but economists art laffer and steven moor show -- stephen moore showy year for the next three years. that is an exodus. that is a revolt. we'll continue to use our time to report on what's really going on in california. it's important. it's known as the golden state. when i lived there back in the 1970s, it was, indeed, golden. now it's not. high tax, widespread poverty, a lousy business climate and millions walking out the door. thank heavens for the revolt. it's going to be a long road back, but at least it's started. the third hour of "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ stuart: it's happening right now, president trump delivering remarks to the wounded warrior project and the soldiers there. any headlines that come out of his presentation, you will know about 'em real soon. you heard my take on the revolt in california. well, shortly we're going to talk to sean steele, the republican national committee chairman of california. there's a man who is driving the revolt are. he's on the show shortly. >>> and now this, france's emmanuel macron says