that was a major goal of the administration. you always want to get that kind of thing squared away in the first half of your first term if possible. but they're just not there yet. the u.s., canada and mexico are not there. the u.s. domestic political situation is divided over nafta and the trump administration's approach. we would be very shocked if we got word of a deal today. so it looks like no congressional consideration of nafta this year. >> what does that mean for the negotiations, for how this plays out in the coming months? >> it looks like we're going to be in the long haul. it's interesting that president trump's approach to trade and his trade representative bob lig lighthiser, they agree with some groups on the left in terms of the need for changing the way the international trading system works, rebalancing it towards american workers, even if that means getting rid of some of the trade at the order. >> this is william's story from this week in "the wall street journal," as nafta deadline nears, here's four scenar

the numbers. obama never deported close to as many people as past administrations. these people are skewing things a bad just for political party. wouldn't it be fun to go into the editorial board when they are sitting down for a meeting and hearing how they are going to write something? host: what would you like our guest to clarify? caller: when he is talking about the lowest amount of arrests? what does that mean? an arrest means that you have to detain someone. guest: border apprehensions. that is often used for proxy for people crossing the border illegally. they don't have a perfect way to judge how many people try to cross every month, but they can track border arrests and apprehensions is another word for it. those numbers have stood up to scrutiny. they have been looked at externally over time. people do think they are reliable and trustworthy. whether there are different metrics you can look at, people that were pushed back and go is anotherico, that thing, but following border arrests i think it is indisputable they dropped through the first year of the tr

the administration was ill concealed effort. resulted in absolutely flog beyond a depleted state department. on your predecessor's watch the state department lost many diplomats, senior diplomats, some of the experienced diplomats you once called incredibly professional. the state department will have single official with rank of officer, staggering number of senior positions remain vacant. perhaps most troubling are the allegations from whistle blowers who have reported to this committee that the administration is targeted career employees because of their perceived political beliefs. this is potentially a violation of laws state department personnel, also strikes at the idea that politics should stop at the water's edge, that the way we carry out foreign policy should put american interests first, and leave partisan interests and concerns behind. it's how we run this committee. but that principle has been under attack recently. i think you can draw a line from the moment straight back to the most egregious example of recent mom

the obama administration and even the bush administration could agree with those issues and you're absolutely right when you look at the spending on military and everything else, sometimes maybe they didn't wrestle with them to the degree which with some of us would have liked and maybe if they would've had a better sense of what they were going to get out of partnerships they could've driven a harder bargain. i think the danger with the trump administration is not that they're confronting the same challenges in terms of diplomacy and its importance or long-term short-term, it's that i don't see them wrestling with these issues. so even if the obama administration fell short, even if the bush administration fell short, there's a cognizance of these challenges in wrestling with them as opposed to a sort of let's just try to kill our way out of this problem. diplomacy is hard, let's not bother. the short-term often takes precedent over the long-term, let's just focus on the military piece. that is one of the bigger issues that were not wrestling with them and so you never going to get the perfe

last administration did. certainly. it was theprevious administration. senator, just for the record, this guy built this out and had the infrastructure to build this out over the last 15 months that occurred over the last eight years. this is just simply factually undisputable, senator. >> right. who's debating that? no one's debating that. we're debating -- >> senator, the diplomacy this administration's engaged in has gotten us this far. i am confident that we will move forward in a way that will continue to give us the opportunity to achieve this. well, where did it get us? >> we're not going to the table. we're walking away from the table. we're walking away from the table -- >> we didn't walk away from this. >> there has been a adhafi/libya analogy used, a repudiation by the north korean government, and then president trump saying, well, we're walking away because we're not happy with the north korean response to that language, meaning the libyan and gadhafi language. so, i don't understand what you're talking about, the prog

the president is rightly frustrated that the loophole has prevented this administration from securing the border and protecting the american people. i share that frustration. are complicated issues. why do you think about that response and arguments that she makes? the tsa spokesperson tweeted it was not true that she was close to resigning and drafted a resignation letter. two days later john kelly told another media outlet that he asked her not to quit, which seemed to confirm the story to begin with. in a tight spot with the president. there is so much that a secretary can do. some of the changes he would like to see have to be done by congress or would require an agreement with mexico, for instance, on immigration issues. she can act within a certain sphere of influence, but has limitations on what she can do. host: that hearing will have an earlier. -- will happen later. if you have questions about her role in national security, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. for did the president use nothing has been being done? she wa

the previous administration chose to do absolutely nothing critics that the say this administration has not done enough, i think -- presidentiven the refuses to disclose his tax returns, how can you assure the american people that american foreign-policy is free of his personal conflicts of interest? secretery pompeo: senator, i find that question bizarre. senator: you don't want to answer it then? you have described it as bizarre but you are not giving me an answer. secretery pompeo: i think that is indicative of my answer, senator. i have been incredibly involved in this and ministrations foreign policy per 16 months, and i have seen no evidence of what you are's grisly -- what you are spiritually suggesting that you are scotus leslie -- riouslyliz lee -- scur suggesting. senator: i know. it is fake news. back to my question with the do youc case of zte, think it is in u.s. interests to help the problem -- the problematic chinese phone company to get back into business fast? that is the trump tweet. and as the state department using any resources to work with the commerce department o

.. >> next, paul clement, and for the bush administration from 2005 until 2008 gives an analysis on the current supreme court term in cases being reviewed. he spoke at the republican national lawyers association annual policy conference at the national press club in washington d.c. this is 30 minutes. >> and now, i cannot think of any higher honor that a lawyer could have been to introduce a man who has to be the lawyer's lawyer, the solicitor's solicitor, paul clement. paul is a partner in the washington office of kirkland and ellis and everyone in this room is well aware coming he served as the 43rd solicitor general of the united states. he has argued over 90 cases before the united states supreme court, including mcconnell, tennessee versus line, rumsfeld versus padilla, u.s. versus volcker and the list goes on and on and on. we were talking a lunch and he was arguing some cases. he said i think i've argued about every cause in the constitution except the bail cause any make it a chance to do that. he has argued more supreme court cases since 2000 a lawyer in or out of government. h

is the administration still in that mode? these changes that must be made in the agreement for it to be satisfactory? has there been a change in position? >> let me speak to the former and latter. , the stateede department have been working to get those agreements from three european countries prior to the president's decision. we were never able to get there. the same problem that existed when i came in, the fourth day in office existed until the variant. evidence that the europeans had any intention to agreeing this desk agreeing to those three provisions. we have now laid out a series of things that we are working diligently to get the whole world to sign up on. 12 things we're demanding the iranians to do. i think you would agree with each of those 12 items. that is what we are looking for iran to achieve. that is the mission statement the president's that -- president set out for the state department. >> are we -- is regime change part of our objective >> -- objective? >> no, sir. good do we want to include -- >> do we wa

as to turkey i hope the administration would. oppose the sale of the s35 they are not a you want -- weapon to be used against terrorist but i hope the state department would at least be neutral should congress consider the recognition or the remembrance of the millions of the victims of the ottoman empire the beginning of the last century. as to our triathlon -- trade deficit with china in the first year of the administration, i hope we don't see a shuffle where we continue to importan oil then china buys oil and natural gas to say we've done something about thel trade deficit, we should not count oil and gas exports as a reduction of the trade deficit. i hope when you talk to president ccu urge him to protect the christian minorityyo and note that only 53 permits have been issued to renovate their churches went over 5500 applications have been made. one question with a quick response is can we meet our challenges around the world with a 30% cut in the foreign aid budget? >> you have my word as i said i also want to comment i have

is the administration still in that mode? these are the three changes that must be made for it to be satisfactory or has there been a change in position? >> let me speak to the former and latterment it was only a couple weeks the state department was trying to get the agreement from three european countries prior to the president's decision. we were never able to get there the same problem that existed my fourth day in office when i was briefed on it existed until the very end. there was no evidence the europeans had any intention of agreeing. >> is it still our position these are three changes that must be made? >> we've laid out a series of things that we are working diligently to get the whole world to sign up for that we're demanding the iranians do. they're simple. i think you would agree with each of those 12 items. that's what we're looking for iran to achieve and that's the commission statement the president set out for the state department. >> let me drill down on that. are we -- is regime change part of our objective

the george w. bush administration. this is not an aberration. this is the path for now almost 16 months. >> julia, to have five sources confirm this story, to be so specific about what was said in that meeting, how big of a deal is that? >> it's a huge deal. but dara, i have to tell you, this is not surprising. this really brings back to my memory the common a couple months ago president trump made during a bipartisan meeting in the white house on immigration. he referred to some african country as asshole countries. we see the white house reacted in a similar way. they didn't deny. and there was not necessarily a formal apology. and i think, mick mulvaney's comments have stuck out to me over the past few days, in that he said, basically, this was a comment that was made behind closed doors. it was meant as a joke. it's not a big deal. that sends a very different signal than formally apologizing for that. and i think that definitely solidifies the white house's stance on this. and mercedes shlap's defense on this is sending a signal of how the wh

that is where the trump administration is going on. hey have a decision that i believe you with and turn over the day after another issue with iran, may 12th is coming up. important to remember that may 12 is not a deadline to report to congress, not a deadline that automatically the entire deal collapses and sanctions come back. it is renewal of one waiver of one law governing one piece of the things and architecture placed on iran. it is a big one. the central bank of iran and this has to do with locking down their assets overseas and requirements to reduce imports of uranian crude. if you do business with iran through the central bank, it is big. it comes back automatically but it is not the only thing that happens to return to maximum pressure. there's a lot of executive action that has to happen, a lot of banks have to be redesignated, companies go back on the list, people have their assets frozen. other laws need waivers rescinded. that is an open question what the administration intends to do but if there's a true exit there has

turn the protest in january or february, u.s. administration h.r.ials, including mcmaster, spent a lot of time on u.s. government airwaves to munich hitting with the iranian people. the president's persian new year's message which he issued was very strong and denunciation of the deprivation of the islamic republic. i would argue that this is a start. publicant a sustained diplomacy effort that is intended to convince the iranian people, we have to do a lot of other things, including systematic reform of the tools by which we reach out to these people, to these captive populations abroad. that is reform of the voice of america persian service, that is a reform of radio free europe, this is now happening, and it is the silver lining in the conversation. this is happening organically within the administration and it needs to be fed and continued and nurtured as a way of improving our outreach. ultimately, all of these things will not be effective if we do not know what we want to say to the iranian people. this gets us to the zone of danger we ar

the last administration, previous secretary, mr. tillerson said before this committee that he thought that the best end solution for iran was a regime change. peaceful regime change from within. do you still hold that philosophy? >> what i said on monday, which is the president's policy, is that we are very hopeful that the iranian people will get a chance to elect the government that they want. >> and are we supporting the dissidence and encouraging them or supporting them at least politically and verbally in their desire of their protests that they are making to have a regime change in iran? >> i have certainly spoken both in my previous role and now in this role and previous previous role as a member of congress, i have spoken about supporting iranians that feel their voices aren't being heard. we should continue to find our voice in doing that both as a government and i think individually as well. >> and obviously here in the audience today we have family members of iranians that have been murdered by the current regime. and thei

>> on that front w we've also mt with the administration. this business travel drives the economy and there is an understanding of that, but i think we have a lot more work to do to have that fully embraced in a way that affects the way the work is done. for this question to anybody else at the witness table if i do respond to that i would yield back. >> this is a perfect example of very good bipartisan efforts to address the issues affecting travel and to give the form to deliver the message. i think we could do more together to have those meetings and impress upon everybody about this importance. again we are all on the same side of this issue. this is something i don't think it's anything we are saying that you would have an argument against. the tactics and the enforcement of the issue. last comment. >> we are focusing on international travel coming to us. there's also the question about whether or not we are reluctant to go to do international travel because of thi the fear that wee not like anyone as a result of this kind of rhetoric an

>> that's exactly the trump administration's strategy. to simply say it's very confusing but my ira is doing quite well and my kids have jobs so why should i care. >> up until the mueller report, they say a hanging concentrates the mind. once that report is out, it will be all written down. mueller hasn't said anything. all of the trump surrogates are defining our reality. that mueller report is out. and that i think will change everything. >> i'm here to help. you shouldn't want that thing wrapped up in september. you should be pushing it until next year. that's probably a better strategy. coming up, thank you, all. how the response to the deadly school shooting in santa fe texas is, again, so upsetting, but very different from previous mass shootings. two student survivors join us to talk about how they're moving forward. first, we continue to monitor gun violence across the country. according to the trace, there have been, are you ready for this number, 22,190 incidents of gun violence so far this year. 433 since friday. the sun comes u

is the administration's position that the u.s.plete verifiable -- >> our policy has been the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. that's going to be the purpose of the meeting. >> if you can address, the criticism of the president's tonetator of north korea, saying he treated the detainees excellently. the president's rhetoric has certainly shifted on kim jong-un, and i'm wondering if you can explain why. and whether he thinks that he's going too far, and sort of praising kim jong-un. >> i think the president's rhetoric has reflected kim jong-un's actions, i think kim jong-un has stepped forward and made pledges to halt nuclear tests, halt icbm tests. and has released these prisoners, those are signs of good faith, we hope to build on that. >> if i can very quickly, about what's taking place in gaza, he urged israeli authorities to exercise direction and restraint. does he not agree with the u.s. >> we believe that hamas is responsible for what's going on. >> there's no responsibility beyond that -- kill at will? >>

over the years has been bill clinton's administration. if you go back to 1994 or 95 with the executive orders and then with that aspect to forbid and no matter what they say but if you are the chairman of the european business you don't want to become and take and then to be sanctioned and therefore we need to stop paying attention to what deals european leaders say and recognize there is a precedent to the unilateral sanctions. european companies when european governments give no guarantees and then the taxpayers. but that is a different issue. but also with their work on ballistic missiles in terrorism but why? because they caught them red-handed smuggling various in algeria. but that restoration grievances is the key to bring them back. also terrorism in yemen as well we spent about five months and i can tell you i saw a lot of weaponry but i never saw i am a historian i fetch iran is not the first country entering into negotiations to give up a code for but then in a word decided to work with the a ea not just the russians and the chin

the clinton administration, even the bush administration got played in the past.be great mistake for kim jong-un to think he could play donald trump. >> joining me now, foreign affairs analyst, bobby gosh. i think it hurts every other point that vice president mike pence is is making when he said the president isn't focused on pr. the president absolutely is focused on pr and he's brilliant at it. to you think kim jong-un is trying to play trump? trump's try to play him. that's how these things work. >> that's how these things work. the summit between the two leaders is the ultimate pr exercise or it should be. that's how these things are meant to work. when the two presidents meet by that process, all the dots, all the is should be dotted. it should be carried out before the two men meet. if these two people are playing each other, their playen badly. >> are we making a mistake? if we know the summit the planned for three weeks. by keeping the military exercises on schedule, if we didn't do them, is that too much of a give. are we giving too much power to kim jon

is the administration's position that the u.s. expects a complete, verifiable, irreversible of the denuclearization of the peninsula and korea or is administration willing to accept something short of that? >> i don't want to get ahead of negotiation. the policy is to pursue the complete, irreversible and verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula. that is the purpose of the summit. >> also, if you could address a little bit the criticism of the president sort of tone with the dictator of north korea, kim jong un, that he treated the u.s. detainees excellently. the president rhetoric has shifted on kim jong un. i'm wondering if you could explain why. and whether he thinks that at all he is going too far in praising kim jong un. >> i think the president's rhetoric reflected kim jong un's actions. i think kim jong un stepped forward and made pledges to halt nuclear tests. halt icbm tests. now released the prisoners. those are signs of good faith. we hope to build on that. >> if i can quickly, the french foreign minister sai

i know the administration will have a major announcement tomorrow. can you put a little more detail on the key points that you have already made today and how those could be used, medicare part d and otherwise middleman issues? anything you want to explain would be helpful. >> thank you mr. chairman. of course you want to balance the need for innovation in the development of this committee is very committed to the next generation of therapies for people and the people of this world. want to balance that with access for patients and very importantly want to make sure those prescription drugs are affordable. on that affordability front we are trying to address working problems. the first is to list every incentive in the system is for higher list price. how might we res -- reverse the incentive click the second censure and our programs are up to date and ensuring we get the best deal possible for these drugs so negotiating the best deal possible and ensuring our programs have those tools. the third is ensuring there is adequate competition. the end of t

yes, recalling the administration people to task. i want to give the trump administration credit, they been doing a good job identifying individuals for sanctions. they need to do the same thing under the mandatory sanctions on russia. under this statute, they cannot eliminate certain stations without coming to congress. i think we can change the relationship between the executive and legislative branches if we need to, but we need to work together. we are better will were united. we hope the president follows the policies of congress, but there are things we can do. restrict certain funds, we disagreed with the president's policies in certain parts of the world and put restrictions on how those must be construction. >> mr. pompeo says some very tough for its on russian policy and said he would push back. i know you do not support his nomination as secretary of state, are you feeling better the we will have a more consistent message from the state department now that secretary pompeo is there? >> on russia, i say complementary things

overgrowth of the administrative state. the problem that causes with our constitutional system. justice gorsuch came to the court already very thoughtful about this issue in recognizing the dangers of things like chevron deference, our deference in the problem composed in our constitutional structure. he had a couple dissents in cases that pointed out the administrative state. one was the garfield case in our deference case any join the dissent from denial and could see that he would like to see looked at more closely are constitutionally suspect case. the other one was a different case that wasn't dealing with the deference. had to do with the veteran affairs role that federal lebanon says approved their experts are truly experts come if you truly experts come if you work the department of veteran affairs you are expert. he pointed out that a little bit of a thumb on the scale to be able to automatically work your own people in there as experts. so he really is attuned to the problems with the overgrowth of the administrati

that was the previous administration. ge done to the concept that a leader could give up his nuclear weapons and survive, it was allowing gadhafi to get killed. i don't know how blaming mike pompeo or donald trump for that is even in -- on the table. it is absurd on its face. >> bill: more reaction coming up in analysis. plenty of time as we move throughout the day. breaking news in "america's newsroom" that singapore summit that was on the calendar for 19 days from now will not happen. we're watching reaction from seoul, south korea with greg palkot and watching reaction with mike pompeo and the group of senators inside the hearing room and watching reaction on the world markets and wall street, which is now trading in the past hour and 10 minutes we saw a dip when the news came out and see how long we hang here. paul ryan saying the u.s. must not relent in a maximum pressure campaign as we continue to work with our allies toward the peaceful resolution. marco rubio weighed in as well. we believe senator rubio would be th

the trump administration is pushing back hard late tonight on a report >> the trump administration isushing back hard hon. to thousands of immigrant children were lost going to processing, and human services is it no longer has custody of the children once they are released to sponsors saying they are not lost, their sponsors did not respond or could not be reached because they themselves are illegal aliens. outraged progressives shared an image of caged children over the weekend blasting the administration's policy toward young immigrants but turns out that picture was taken in 2014 during the obama administration. let's bring in the minority leader and the president of thet district media group. let's talk about what is going on here. a number of left-leaning people sent the tweet out over the weekend, some retracted, some still have it up, some corrected and admitted the year was wrong. it is a very heated conversation and debate but social media is a dangerous thing, we all learned the lesson the hard way. i >> this is good lesson in the fact that we need to be careful what we twe

i'm trying tond the administration's views on russia. mr. pompeo: you just said there have been no actions. i fundamentally disagree with that. i'm happy -- i brought a list of the actions this administration's taken to push back against russian aggression of all forms. their cyber efforts, their election meddling efforts, the chemical athack took place -- attack that took place. the list is long. i think the record ought to properly reflect that it is far more than took place under the previous administration. indeed, most of this meddling took place during the previous administration. and this administration is now working to deter that from ever happening again. and i think our administration ought to be very proud of the work we have taken, sanctions and otherwise, against russia. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, thanks for your service. in your answers to secretary -- or to senator menendez's questions, you sure seem to make clear what your definition of dismantlement really means. you said you made it also clear to c

we do not know how far the administration will go. nal ideas was to say we will limit the ability of delta. draw on the tot the pbm does is negotiate between the pharmaceutical company and the health plan. if the plan was to severely limit the amount of that rebate or do say they could not take that rebate anymore or there had to be disclosure, one of the things a secretary talked about being aidea of the pbm fiduciary. they can no longer profit off of it. that affects their whole model. i would think traders would say that will be a problem for these guys. the reason why you're not seeing too much activity in the marketplace yet is we do not know how far the administration will go. scarlet: how much can be done within the current health care the existing obamacare structure? the administration tried to replace that and was not successful. they are working with the system where they have removed a lot of the teeth but it is still in place. guest: there are two issues here. in the medicare program didn't -- the administration can do a l

i hope congress can show a better approach to the administration. let me ask you to join me and thinking for a moment about the issue of addiction today. i spent a major part of my reason for fighting big tobacco for family reasons and personal reasons and public health reasons. there are indicators that we started moving just slightly in the right direction. we have seen a decrease in tobacco smoking in kids from 28% in the year 2000 to 8% in the year 2016. that's dramatic. because we learned that if you don't hook kids early while they're making the wrong decisions and immature, it's very difficult to convince them to become cigarette smokers later in life. good news. now let's talk about the bad news we face. we know from the opioid crisis that it strikes everywhere. not just in the inner city. but in wealthy suburbs and small towns. i can prove it. in my state, i can prove it. everyone can prove it in their state. it is the worst drug epidemic we faced in america, period. now it is morphing into a new version of that epidemic that is even more fr

anybody in the administrative network of columbia university. use they have lied, they have contradicted themselves. we were written a letter saying -- we have stopped at the gym. in the next day, the board of trustees says, we have stuck to the gymnasium temporarily. >> this is a big problem, this country is going down on violence. our house must come down. not.ther they like it or >> on april 23, we told the administration that we planned to demonstrate inside the library, to protest columbia's affinity with the institute of defense analysis, it's a racism with building the gym in morningside park, and it's attempted. oppression of the left about 500 people joined us. we were opposed by about 200 jocks. not only were they blocking thei our way, the library was locked by the administration. >> without it would stop it, but it didn't -- they thought it would stop it, but they didn't. >> the pigs called in reinforcements. >> we were weak down the park, the costs are coming pretty quickly. >> we would take a leave, 300 people would come back and ta

hear what some of our leading republicans have said in the administration. the republican-led f.c.c. has said that allowing z.t.e. into the united states would pose a national security threat, saying it would give state-backed chinese companies, quote, hidden back doors to our networks that would allow them to inject viruses and other malware, steal americans' private data, spy on u.s. businesses, and more. we all know that china is involved in stealing our intellectual property. there's no better way to do it than through z.t.e., and we're going to let them be here? slap them on the wrist with a fine. that's a dereliction of our duty here in the congress and the president's duty to protect us. the pentagon has banned z.t.e. phones, saying in a statement, quote, z.t.e. devices may pose an unacceptable risk to the department's personnel information and mission. if our defense department is banning these phones, why are we allowing them to come into the country and do industrial espionage and steal our intellectual property from our companies? here's what f.b.i

what's the dynamic within the administration? again, i don't know the inside baseball story -- >> wouldn't the intelligence people look to the advisers? >> actually, my life experience, working for president bush, particularly after the 16 words in the state of the union that were wrong, we were required to vet everything coming out of the white house. now we weren't making a political judgment. it was just a judgment, yes, we can back you up, no we cannot back you up. and it doesn't look like that's routine for this administration. back again, don, to the disconnect between the fact-based guys, and the other folks. >> general hayden, thank you. "the assault on intelligence." we appreciate it. we'll be right back.

so that is what the administration's argument is. aying democrats need to come to the table, need to pass broad bipartisan immigration. there are so many differences about what it should look like, and that's why it's nearly impossible to get both sides to come to the table and move forward on a comprehensive immigration reform package. >> kids in danger is something we can come together on. the issue of unaccompanied children that the office of refugee resettlement under hhs says they cannot account for, and i want to share with the deputy secretary said to push back on the term, lost, this morning. >> they're not lost. they have been placed in the vast majority of cases with parents or close relatives. the only reason people believe the children are lost is because that sponsor does not answer the phone when we make the call after 30 days. >> is he telling the truth? >> well, if you look at what hhs has said, and has testified to in congress, steph, that is, in fact, the case. bottom line, broadly we're talking about 7,000 unaccompa

working closely with capitol hill and the administration. before joining she served as an assistant for aviation policy, planning and environment at the federal aviation administration. primary to retirement at the f.a.a. she served as counsel to subcommittee chairman john micah. you're dating yourself. just -- brandon lafell ms. pinkerton is -- braffter] ms. pinkerton is recognized for five minutes. ms. pinkerton: thank you so much, chairman katko. we appreciate the opportunity to be here today to talk to you about these important issues. my real message to y'all today is really to say thank you. i think that as a result of your work, t.s.a.'s work together, partnering with airlines and airports, we are cautiously optimistic that t.s.a.'s ready for the summer travel. 4% growth. it's significant. now, the reason for the caution in my optimism, we have not forgotten what happened in 2016. we talked about it here today. there was a terrible d.h.s. i.g. report. t.s.a. ratcheted the dials on the security equation one way without adjusting staffin

second layer is the administration. all right? so i think the president actually quite with brilliantly recognized this post-truth drift throughout large portions of the pop laughs, exploited it -- population, exploited it during the campaign and then makes it worse as president by some of the things he does but a lot of the things he says. remember the first time that the president announced he came down the elevator and remember his description of mexican immigrants, all right? he campaigned throughout in the direction of what became a muslim ban about eight days into the administration. i mean, that was based on an almost apocalyptic description of the danger posed by refugees. and then a belief that the current vetting system was dystopian. neither of which are true. it's quite interesting, i just kind of add this as a footnote, go into more detail in the book, after the first executive order came out five former directors or acting directors of cia, two former deputy directors, a director of national intelligence and a former

i support the administration's view of stronger bilateral agreements. i can certainly see the wisdom in that. but i also see we could combine some multilateral agreements. frankly, nafta is a multilateral agreement, as the president and his team are working to make that a much better deal for the american people. but when we pull out of the tpp, china increases influence in the region in notwithstanding other aspects of tpp, would joining that agreement, do you believe, benefit u.s. agriculture? >> i do. i think again, it forms a united front with our allies in an effort of tariff reduction that excludes china to our benefit and to -- not to their benefit. i concur with you there. i've encouraged the president in that regard to consider the tpp again. he made a statement at the cabinet meeting the other day that -- and actually, engaged larry kudlow and lighthizer to look at that. obviously ambassador lighthizer is covered up now with nafta negotiations and china restrictions, but i would welcome us looking at rejoining the tpp. again, i think the presid

with the administration with the knights of the round table they are remembered fondly across for the presidency the apex was 1962 so the egg roll on the white house lawn and president kennedy vigorously disputed. author statesmen and scientists for one glorious night and the other luminaries in attendance with that snapshot in time one week after easter them become the h hill shone brightly in washington to have that deliberation protester by board shaking hands scientist superstar and that the main courses beef wellington all of these characters intersect with the kennedy myinistration it is pleasure to welcome to the stage author of dinner in camelot. [applause] >> thank you all for being here first of all how many people are aware of this dinner that took place in 1962? any familiarity? i will tell you more about it and hopefully you will find it as fascinating. first of all on this baldly evening april 29 it was one week after easter when it was the midpoint of the kennedy administration and it was the highlight of camelot there were 175 cases it was a largest administration peop

i was in the administration. i left the administration.the reasons, there were many, but one of the reasons i left, i was not able to defend myself. i said that's enough. i'm taking the muzzle off. i'm going to tell everyone what this has been about. what michael and carter talked about, i agree with michael. they have come at us in multiple directions and avenues and from multiple agencies. i think the american people need to know, this is the worst possible abuse of power at taxpayer expense. i have taken the oath of office three times. i have sworn my oath to the constitution three times. we have any number of people, many high ranking people in the obama administration that took the same oath, and they wouldn't know it if it bit them on the butt. >> that's a powerful statement. michael, you nearly lost your house. the american people stepped up to help you. real quick. >> they really did. if it weren't for the american people giving money to pay for my legal fees and more, i'm starting to pay other people's legal fees, this is outrageo

amidst ais comes hardening toward trade by the administration. they are now considering tariffs on imports of autos to the u.s.. it shows the in menstruation is definitely hardening its stance on trade. remy: the question is to what end? while that is going on, mike pompeo said that real progress was being made during talks with the north korean delegation here today. what happens next in the lead up to june 12? it seems like we are still on for now. reporter: the on-again off-again summit, it is still unclear when exactly that will be. the secretary of state speaking earlier today, when he made comments that there was progress being made, he referred to it as an expected summit. the administration has been tightlipped about what was accomplished, if any differences were bridged over the issue of denuclearization. if any broad agreement could be reached in a potential summit. but what happens next is the north korean delegation comes to d.c., they will meet with trump. the former north korean spy chief leading the delegation has a letter for presi