it is a crucial issue for sweden. that means embracing new, sustainable technologies which permit our economy to grow at the same time reducing emissions , and also how we can secure good jobs in a labor market constantly changing do to automation and ditch totalization. -- digitalization. sweden and the united states are two of the most innovative economies in the world come and we see great opportunities ahead. is built onerity cooperation, competitiveness, and free trade, and i am convinced that increase tariffs will hurt us all in the long run , and as a swede i support the efforts of european union to achieve trade with as few obstacles as possible. turning to security, the president and i have discussed and globalgional challenges, such as the situation on the korean peninsula, but also the developments in sweden's neighborhood. the constructive cooperation between sweden and united states in the united nation security council. i would like to underline that the transatlantic link is strong , and it remains cruc

trump: sweden will always be helpful. sweden has been helpful in the past. they were very helpful recently with respect to something else. they are a great friend and a very competent friend. >> [indiscernible] pres. trump: excuse me? >> [indiscernible] sweden has an embassy in pyongyang. pres. trump: i know that. we all know that. thank you for pointing that out, but we all know that. thank you very much. we will see you later. >> all right. let's go. keep moving. let's go. >> another handshake, please. [camera shutters clicking] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the prime minister of sweden. [camera shutters clicking] pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. i am honored to be joined by prime minister lofven of sweden at our first meeting in the white house. sweden is one of our oldest and closest partners and was among the first european nations to offer the united states and unsolicited treaty of friendship, a treaty signed, believe it or not, in 1783. my daughter ivanka had

night in sweden? i'm back because yesterday i wasn't here and you had a wild ride at the end of the 2:00 hour. >> yes, we did. >> with sam nunberg. >> i imagine you would have been standing there screaming don't get off the phone. >> when people would have said it's time for you to finish your show, i would have said keep going. are you done? >> i'm done. >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm ali velshi. this year we're going to hear from president trump and sweden's prime minister in a joint press conference. things could get heated. in the backdrop of today's event, the biggest one for today is the ongoing saga of ex-aide sam nunberg that started yesterday and his fight against special counsel robert mueller's subpoena. now a federal investigative agency has found that kellyanne conway, one of the few original staffers at the white house, broke the law. more on all that in a minute. but first, president trump and the swedish prime minister have just wrapped up a meeting on topics ranging from national

it's a crucial issue for sweden.tainable technologies which permit our economy to grow, and at the same time reducing emissions and also how we can secure good jobs in the labor market constantly changing due to automation and digitalization. sweden and the united states are two of the most innovative economies in the world, and we see great opportunities ahead. swedish prosperity is built on cooperation, competitiveness and free trade, and i'm convinced that increased tariffs will have us in the long run and i support the efforts of the european union to achieve trade with fewer obstacles and as few as possible. turning to security. president and i have discussed some key regional and global security challenges, such as the situation on the korean peninsula, but also the developments in sweden's neighborhood. we are also addressed the constructive cooperation between sweden and the united states in the united nations security council. i would like to underline that the transatlantic link is strong, and it remains cr

do you view sweden and north korea and the u.s.?alogue. it's not easy. but that's the way it has to be. it is a very dangerous situation and we need to be very concerned with the development of nuclear weapons. we have to look at this, the region, this has to do with world peace or something else. so the key actors is obviously the two countries, south and north korea, as well as the united states and other big countries. they are the key actors. we've said that we can provide, we can be a channel or do wh we can t that the dialogue is smooth. not being naive. it is not up to us to solve this problem. we can definitely, with our long presence on the peninsula, both south and north. we have an embassy in pyongyang, for example. since 1973. so with that, with north korea, i believe they trust us. we're a nonaligned country and a military nonaligned country. and if the president decides, the key actors decide if they want us to help out, we'll be there. >> thank you, mr. president. since it is my first time before you i thought you mig

sweden is one of our oldest and closest partners.pean nations to offer unsoliciteded feety of friendship, in 1783. that's a long time ago. my daughter, ivanka, had a wonderful time watching american and swedish athletes compete in the mean's curling final at the olympics. the american's kurming final. that was something, wasn't expected but that's okay, we'll take it. [laughing] all of the athletes should be immensely proud of the great job they did. the prime minister and i have just concluded a series of producty meetings. the relationship between the unls united states and sweden is one based on shared values, including respect for individual rights, the rule of law, and human dignity. these common principles are the foundation of our partnership and we have had a great partnership for many years. we look forward to exploring further opportunities to increase our security, and our cooperation in every other way and we encourage nations around the world to share responsibility for our common defense. we appreciate swee again's lead

sweden does not have any cool with its own so they hyped up acid rain.sweden is forced with thine is lakes will fill up with sulfuric acid. ours came in over warming. he wrote the first government report anywhere in the world on acid rain. he plays the word acid rain and climate change and it reads the prototype of an ipcc assessment report. indeed no single individual could claim credit for the intergovernmental panel on climate change and sweden more than any other country brought the pcc into being picked as you'll find in the pages of my book global warming was politicized right from the start and make no mistake local warming was first deployed for political reasons. yes sweden succeeded in putting the acid rain on the international agenda but a completely failed. given the sweden started the global warming scare to get the airpower had we end up with solar and wind? in my first book i touched on the darkest chapter of the earth's history. happens to be a historical facts the nazis were the first in the world to champion when power which they did in

it's a crucial issue for sweden. that means embrace iing now sustainable technologies that permit our economy to grow, at the same time reducing emissions. also, how we can secure good jobs in a labor market constantly changing due to automation and digitalization. sweden and the united states are two of the most innovative economies in the world we see great opportunities ahead. swedish prosperity is built on cooperation, competitiveness and free trade and i'm convinced that increased terrorists will hurt us all in the long run as a swede, i support the efforts of the european union to achieve trade with fewer obstacles and as few as possible turning to security, the president and i have discussed some key regional and global security challenges such as the situation on the korean peninsula, but also the developments in sweden's neighborhood we also addressed the constructive cooperation between sweden and the united states in the united nations security council. i would like to underline the transpacific link. swed

the picture in sweden needs to be two pictures. yes, we have our share of domestic problems and challenges, no doubt, but we are dealing with them. we also have a good, good foundation for dealing with them. not least of which with the strong economy and the shrinking unemployment. ok, [indiscernible] , swedish radio. >> thank you. this is an election year for both of our countries. i want to ask you, mr. trump, what should sweden learn from how the russian influence campaign affected the presidential election in the u.s.? >> the russians had the no impact on our votes whatsoever. meddlinginly there was . probably there was meddling from other countries and maybe other individuals. i think you have to be really watching very closely. you don't want your system of votes to be compromised in any way. we won't allow that to happen. we are doing a very deep study and coming out with i think some very strong suggestions on the 18 election. we will do very well in the 18 election. although historically those in the white house have a lit

sweden is not what it appears. in the late 1960s, they launched a war on cold first with the acid rain to scare and then global warming. what was it tough to? it would be naÏve to take this at face value and think that it was motivated by genuine conce concern. it came through this talented and sophisticated -- and. in a newspaper interview where he first talked abouter global warming, how much utopia as the same function as in the desert without the garage he wouldn't get to the next oasis. global warming is a political garage. they were about to embark on the program in terms of gigawatts per capita but it wasn't at all popular with the swedish voters said they decided they had to frighten them by training the alternative is far worse. they don't have any of its own sowi they were hyping up acid rain. they will buy and the legs will fill up with acid.s the rain drain global warming. they played a leading role in both and he wrote the first government report anywhere in the world on acid rain. his reporthis report

sweden, who would believe this?in large numbers, they're having problems like they never thought possible. >> if you were confused by that at the time or if you're still confused by it in fact, you are not alone, mainly because nothing happened the night before in sweden, as donald trump suggested. as "the times" put it then, trump's remark baffles a nation. international headlines went to town and the response from the swedes was swift. the former prime minister tweeted this about donald trump, asking what has he been smoking? trump even sparked a movement and a book called "last night in sweden" dedicated to poking fun at him. pictures of what actually happened last night in sweden, including hanging out in a snowmobile, playing the tuba, alone at a gym and even live action role playing, otherwise known as -- >> larp. >> of course you know. mess with the swedes, expect some shade. i want to say mess with the swedes, you're going to get medee i was looking for a rhyme. >> as reporters, many people were thinking wha

trump, do you think is where trade and sweden differ most? >> i think we have very good relationships on trade. we have had and we are constantly in touch. we have on the military, great cooperation including design of various come the opponents of aircraft, et cetera. and we were discussing that. we have some of the great makers of these components in the room with us today. we have a very good relationship on trade and we always will have. sweden is a great country. it is small but very sharp. i will tell you. they are very sharp. thank you very much, everybody. i appreciate it. th >>> welcome to "the lead." you've been watching president trump holding a press conference with the bright of sweden saying the russians had no effect on votes in the 2016 elections. he insisted that sweden has been a problem with immigration but he praised the nation with its help dealing with north korea. he said he believes the north korean government is sincere in its apparent new openness to talks. the president stood by his proposal to have the tariffs on s

we decreased the number of refugees entering sweden. we're putting pressure on other european union countries take their share of the responsibility. this is not a responsibility for one, two, three, four, countries. it is shared responsibility. we're working within that in the european union. so we of course, we also have problems with crime, organized crime in sweden, shootings but it is not like you have this no-go zones. we have, we have dealt with it. i'm dealing with it every day, allocating more resources to the police, more policemen trained. more resources to the security police. tougher law on crime, tougher law on terrorism, supporting terrorism, we do a lot to combat that and we can see some results in our three major cities, decreased shootings because we're attacking organized crime very tough. we'll keep on doing that because there is no space in sweden for organized crime because they decrease freedom for ordinary people. at the same time sweden have high growth. unemployment is going down. employment is going up. we hav

first, in sweden we have out criticism?st, in sweden we have our share of domestic challenges, no doubt about that. we inherited a legislation that was not sustainable, legislation on migration. which meant that in 2015 we received 163,000 refugees seeking refuge. they're in line we are a country of 10 million inhabitants so that was a lot. 70% from september to december so that was a lot. 70% from september to decembersoa that was a lot. 70% from september to december so a dramatic increase. we changed the legislation so now we have decreased the number of refugees entering sweden and we are also putting pressure on other eu countries to take their share of the responsibility, this is not a responsibility, this is not a responsibility for a few countries, it isa responsibility for a few countries, it is a shared responsible at the and we're working with the eu. we also have problems with crime, organised crime in sweden, shootings, it's not like you have these no—go zones. we have dealt with it, i'm dealing with it every d

so the picture of sweden need to be -- it's two pictures. yes, we have our share of domestic problems and challenges, no doubt about that. we're dealing with them. and we also have a good -- good foundation for dealing with them. not least, with a strong economy and the shrinking unemployment. okay. thank you. >> thank you. this is an election year for both of our countries and i want to ask you, mr. trump, what do you think sweden should learn from how the russian influence campaign affected the presidential election in the u.s.? >> well, the russians had no impact on our votes whatsoever, but certainly there was meddling and probably there was meddling from other countries and maybe other individuals, and i think you have to be really watching very closely. you don't want your system of votes to be compromised in any way. and we won't allow that to happen. we're doing a very, very deep study and we're coming out with some, i think, very strong suggestions on the '18 election. i think we're going to do very well in the '18 election, althoug

there is no space in sweden for organized crime. because they sdee crease free 2k078 for ordinary people. at the same time -- they decrease freedom for order people. sweden have huge growth. unemployment is going down, employment going up. we have high investment rates. we allocate resources to the welfare. we have a strong, strong economy with the surplus, huge surplus that we're now using to develop our society with, for example, the welfare that we want. so the picture of sweden needs to be, it's two pictures. yes, we have our share of domestic problems and challenges, no doubt about that. but we're dealing with them. and we also have good foundation for dealing with them. at least with the strong economy and the shrinking unemployment. okay, so it's -- thank you. >> this is an election year both of our countries. i want to ask you mr. trump what do you think sweden should learn from how the russian influence campaign affected the presidential election in the u.s.? >> president trump: well, the russians had no impact on our votes

north korea's foreign minister is traveling to sweden and is going to be involved in the talks between donald trump and kim jong un planning for those talks the north's nuclear bomb and missile program will be on the agenda for the discussion and may. the u.s. house of representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation aimed at preventing gun attacks and schools the bill which now goes to the senate provides at least fifteen million dollars a year to fund training and coordination between schools and police but does not affect current going on ownership laws president donald trump backed the legislation which falls short of broader measures he suggested following the florida school shooting last month in which seventeen people were killed in jordan has more from washington d.c. . the bill would set aside fifty million dollars for a training program in order to teach students faculty and staff how to spot someone who might pose a security threat to the campus and that would include setting up a tip line civil libertarians however worried that this tip line could be used either as r

phil: why is sweden involved? john: well, sweden is a country with very long lasting diplomatic, formal diplomatic relationship with north korea. they got a diplomatic post there in the 1970's, they've consistently acted as an intermediary between the united states and north korea, which these countries do not have formal diplomatic ties. they also helped in the release of otto warmbier, the american health hostage in north korea. they play this role traditionally. frankly, at the end of the day, the venue, where every dance up if this summit actually happens, is less important than what both sides expect to get out of it. phil: if these top to do happen, we know that north korea has been pushing for them for some time -- the resistance has come from the american side -- how much of a risk is this for president trump? john: well, there is all kinds of risks involved in this kind of diplomatic standoff. it might be the case that these two leaders are not as committed to a peaceful resolution were as willing to make

[inaudible] >> sweden will always be helpful. sweden has been helpful in the past.y very helpful recently with respect to something else. they are a great friend and a very competent friend. reporter: what was sweden helpful with something? >> excuse me? >> [inaudible] >> yes, i do know that. i know that. a lot of people know that. thank you for pointing it out but we all know that. okay. thank you very much. we'll see you later. thank you. thank you very much. trish: all right. that is the president, talking about north korea saying that he is hopeful but we'll see what happens with north korea. we will see indeed. dr. sebastian gorka still with me right now. your reaction to what you just heard? >> a, how many times do your colleagues in the fake news media want to ask the same question, insisting the president predict the future? really, these people need to take a lesson from -- trish: did a good job with it. kind of trying to bait him into saying world war three scenario. >> you would never dough that. you would never do that. the key point about his responses

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we now turn to the foreign ministers of sweden and north korea. wrapping up three days of talks in stockholm. the high level meetings cloaked in mystery and perhaps paving the way for the highly anticipated summit between mr. trump and the north korean leader kim jong-un. >> the swedish foreign minister did not reveal much and personally did not give us much more detail about a possible meeting between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong-un. north korean foreign minister her she was meeting with said absolutely nothing at all to the report as i have gathered in sweden.you might be asking yourself, why were the swedes meeting with the koreans? the reason is because sweden is one of only a few western countries with an embassy in north korea. the us does not have one so sweet and often acts as a go-between. donald trump you will recall agreed to meet kim by may. south korean officials met with kim so that he is willing to discuss the in other words nuclear weapons program. it is not clear if it is a breakthrough of a repetition of t

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we will see what happens. >> sweden will always be helpful. sweden has been helpful in the past.y were helpful recently with respect to something else. they are a great friend and a very competent friend. >> inaudible question ] >> cues me? >> [ inaudible question ]. >> yes, i do know that. i know that. a lot of people know that. thank you for pointing it out. we all know that. okay. thank you very much. we'll see you later. thank you very much. >> all right. the president there, significant comments. that's the first time he tweeted about it, it's the first time we seen the president on camera commenting about this news out of the korean peninsula there. he is sitting alongside the swedish pm the news today is north korea is apparently now saying it is willing to give up its nuclear missile testing in exchange for talks with the united states. the caveat the north wants its own safety guarantee. the official statement came from the south, which announced a rare summit between korean leaders next month. keep in mind, this hasn't happened in more than ten years and for the first t

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sweden is europe's fourth exporter of steel to the u.s. how important is the summit? craig: timing is everything in life. who would think that a meeting with the swedish prime minister would take up such importance? first leader from the european union trump is seeing in person, and they will put tariffs on american products -- things like bourbon, from kentucky, levi strauss jeans from california. the eu is tweaking the president with these possible tariffs, retaliatory tariffs. we will see if the swedish prime presser and trump in the conference a few hours from now. shery: we are hearing that the special counsel has concluded an investigation that says kellyanne conway violated a half act, which bars government officials from using their official position to engage in partisan politics. what is the latest on this? craig: this is not the first time kellyanne conway has been in this position. she does a lot of the for the president of the united states. she is on the morning shows during the weekend the sunday shows during the weekend. the laws are clear -- you are n

it comes after high level talks in sweden. we are live in seoul when we come back. we do whatever it takes to fight cancer. these are the specialists we're proud to call our own. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. expert medicine works here. learn more at cancercenter.com >>> sweden is trying to help negotiate the release of three americans captive in north korea as president trump prepares to meet kim jong un face-to-face by the end of may. one with knowledge of the talks says any movement on the deal would be a huge deal for the white house. let's bring in david mcken aszi with the latest from seoul. >> reporter: it is making efforts to get the three americans detained in north korea free for sweden. that is not surprising because sweden is the go-between between the u.s. and north korea. there is obviously a lot more leverage open to them right now as those proposed talks between president trump and kim jong un presumably get closer. the foreign minister of south korea was on u.s. media yesterday.

sweden is the highest quality of life. have you ever gone to sweden? sweden sucks.lan sweden? [cheering and applause] greg: we are number one in sweden. [laughter] and we just cut all those promos for sweden. [laughter] tyrus? is is unfair to california? >> no, it's not. i grew up there and most of the state is full of actors, writers, producers, songwriters so everyone is their own star and so they don't have time to be decent we delivered everyone is in everyone's way and our traffic is ridiculous. you spend most of your time in california trying to get somewhere as soon as you get there you're like why am i here, everyone here is a [bleep] so california -- [applause] greg: i have to depend california. i happen to love california which is why i'm so hard on it because i love it. i grew up there in california in the 70s was amazing. we had -- jim, i had soccer and pop warner and little league we also had the fla and the zodiac killer and you had colds and california was dangerous but exciting and, i don't know, thoughts? >> i don't like the new jersey 49. i don't k

sweden i mean it has a spectacular record it gets rid of ninety nine percent of its. consumer i'm in a simple waste and it is at the point where it's importing waste from nearby countries so that it can keep feeding its incinerators sweden is very much the exception in this world and maybe it would be nice if it wasn't but incineration like a lot of other big technologies depends on the context in which it is the stablished is there adequate infrastructure to keep it running if it breaks down want to because i know that for instance china does have a lot of incinerators but it's been very hard to maintain them from reports that i've read to maintain the temperatures they need to be at void polluting so there's a lot of issues and i was hearing that the russian government is planning on building a system of incineration around moscow that unfortunately would while it would deal with some ways doesn't even come close to dealing with the full amount and so that raises the question of well when you're dealing with a lot of waste how many incinerate is a you really going t

we crossed to sweden. there's the possibility the country could play a role in a possible face to face meeting between donald trump and north korean leader kim jong on. -- kim jong-un. that's after the break. >> reporters presented by marco in. thane people live on less one euro a day. high corruption. for many, leaving seems the only has begunut germany to expel economic migrants from kosovo. only qualified students can hope for reentry. ins people are leaving droves and undermining the chances of development. on france 24 and france24.com. >> i am the france 24 correspondent in madrid. join me live and check out my reports on france 24 and france24.com. >> sora -- sarah morris, one of 124 france 24 correspondents around the world. ♪ [tmeme music plalaying] >> wheramam i n? oh,odod kno. inin t middldl nowhe, i i gss. [musiplplayi] >> we'ret t dese x.. >> desert.. >> dertrt x. ha h ha! [musiplaying]

their approval of fresh i think they're sent out to get it but still the approval of denmark and sweden i hope. as being a driver citizen interested in reliable industry supply that denmark and sweden won't bend down to to pressure from the european union from the united states really to to build the pipeline because the time window is closing know because there's more much more pressure exerting on dream and government and if it had not been signed now and he should won't be signed by denmark or sweden during the next weeks i think it won't be possible anymore to build the small stream to. what's the likelihood that happening. i mean just give us your assessment what the feeling is like in germany at the moment given the script case and how people are looking at russia at the moment. i think there's a quite a significant difference between how people a local russia and how we're first or most media look in russia. people who acquired to comolli. some really wish were suspect that we see in russia or. the media and in the west the impression is is completely different. more moralists mo

here in sweden, it's a bit easier.hdogs and companies have to carry out a full pay audit every year. and there's another way that anyone feeling aggrieved orjust curious can take a look at what their neighbours or colleagues might be earning. hi. i'm looking for some information about these people, please. you have only name? yeah, i only have their names. i think this might be her. let me see. it's very interesting. bjorn ulvaeus? of course. this is his date of birth. english. oh, thank you. stefan edberg ? i could ask for anyone? for anyone. dolph lundgren. of course, just a moment please. we have only one dolph lundgren. really? well, there is only one dolph lundgren. it feels a bit odd, actually. anyone can get a range of tax and earnings information about any swedish individual. so i've got the details of someone i'm due to meet later, a presenter off a leading swedish current affairs programme, and a range of famous people from stefan edberg to bjorn ulvaeus — that's bjorn from abba to you and me. sweden's gender

so what are the chances of success why sweden involves the director of foreign policy studies at the cato institute can probably tell us john glaser and he joins us from washington welcome let's start with the well with one of the two main players donald trump who's been speaking with south korea's leader both of them say they are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of summit talks going ahead what more can you tell us. well cautious optimism is probably the right tack to take to mean diplomacy of any kind is extremely difficult but particularly with two antagonistic adversaries like the united states and north korea they're really challenging and it's even more challenging given the two leaders that are involved trump and kim are both erratic and have been kind of exchanging. barbs and insults and even threats of nuclear aggression so this is a particularly difficult and delicate. sort of plan for a diplomatic standoff and you know i think. normally such a meeting between heads of state would happen only at the last step of a long process of lower level diplomatic negotiations

the construction work was started in 1898, and at that time, we were administrated by sweden, and they not like this at all, because they thought it could be used for military purpose. so this is a sign of norwegian strength, that maybe was not approved of? you could say that. so in a way, this is a symbol for the founding of the norwegian nation. yes. all this makes it special. you can't find this in other lines. this is what norway is. as jan reaches his stop, i settle in. three and a half hours from oslo, i pull into this town. but it is not my destination. for the last 13 years, this town has hosted the ice music festival. but on i go upwards, almost 500 metres higher, to the new home of the festival in finse. you really feel and see it in the air. it is cold here. you really feel and see it in the air. it is cold here. and it is this cold, the icy conditions and the elevation, that drew polar explorers like shackleton to train here before going on their expeditions. word is it will reach a low of —23 celsius tonight. so i should rug up. what makes this festival extra special is th