neither in russia nor the united states. and yet the money was transferred to the united states. they sent a huge ament of money, $400 million out of the contribution to the campaign of hillary clinton. but that's their personal case. it might have been legal. the contribution itself. but the way the money was earned was illegal. so we have reason to believe that some intelligence officers accompanied and guided these transactions. so we have an interest of question now. that could be a first step. we can also extend it. they all can be found in an appropriate legal flamework. >> did you want president trump to win the election? and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? president putin: bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. i think there are three questions from the russian pool. ou have the floor. >> thank you so much. rt tv is ilya petrenko, channel. mr. president, would you please go into the details of possibly any specific arrangements for the u.s. to work together with russia and syria if any of these kinds of of -- of arrangements ere mad

that is not the united states secret service. they must be part of the putin/russia federation delegation. in realtime we may be watching the kind of clamp down on press freedom that is at issue in the russian federation and something that certainly u.s. journalists and the american people want to remind president trump about the importance of our ability to stand here and ask whatever questions are necessary and to witness these events in an independent way. and so this is unfolding right in front of us. i don't know what it means. again, he said he was from the nation. i'm sorry i don't know him to give you more identification. but -- what happened? all right. this is realtime assessment here. there is some description of perhaps he was heckling. i did not witness any of that. he appears to be a credential journalist who has been taken out of the room. perhaps that's part of the delay. we also understand the president agreed to do interview and his schedule indicated when this press was over, he was headed back to the united sta

but we also have to be fair to the people of the united states and the taxpayers of the united states. youprime minister, thank again for joining me for these important discussions. we are both outsiders to politics. can you believe it? to politics.ers i look at all these wonderful politicians. we are determined to protect the rights and needs and interests of our citizens. i look forward to partnering with you to build on the incredible it from -- incredible friendship between our countries and to creating a brighter future for both the people of italy and the people of the united states. and with that, i want to thank you very much for coming to the white house. it is my great honor. prime minister conte: good afternoon, i want to thank you for your hospitality is it -- hospitality. it is a sign of the special attention to italy and me as well. forgive me, but i don't want to renounce the privilege for speaking in my wonderful language now. translator: i wish -- for all of families of the victims the fires at the place in california. i wish to say a very affectionate hello to all ou

on foreign soil, president trump said the united states was equally to blame with russia for the state of the relationship between the countries. trashed american intelligence, took the word of the kgb over the word of the men and women at the cia. has left everyone in the united states scratching their heads. his behavior was so bizarre, so so weak that millions are left wondering if president putin's has something over the president. that is the most logical explanation for the president's behavior. the question looms, what will the senate do in response? to be shrugging their shoulders, claiming they've done all they can. statements are not enough. we need action. and less our republicans join us in bipartisan action. let me beclear -- >> clear. by our nato allies and all those countries who are facing russian aggression. i stood times have appear and told you what i think about vladimir putin? not shareutin does our interests, our values. we conducted an investigation ence inssia's interfer our elections. it did not have an effect. sanctionst, we passed on russia so we could hold t

it is not fair to the united states. by the way, italy has a $31 billion surplus with the united states. meaning we have a $31 billion trade deficit. we discussed that, and we will work something out. ok? thank you. as far as i am very envious of the growth and figures of the american economy. we discussed that before with donald. somehow, these are systems which cannot be compared because of the magnitude of orders of -- the orders of magnitude that are very different, but ambitious at the same time. i'm ambitious for my economy to do a lot, more than what was done in the past. we are preparing this year's forms, which will be submitted to european partners. i do not want the tax reform to be set aside. it was a leverage in this country for economic growth. it represents a leverage for economic growth. working also on streamlining and simplifying red tape and registration and regulation to eliminate corruption pockets. we are trying to speed up the civil trials, the procedures and the proceedings. all sectors together wi

but we also have to be fair to the people of the united states and the taxpayers of the united states. mr. prime minister, thank you again for joining me for these important discussions. we are both outsiders to politics. can you believe it? we are outsiders to politics. i look at all these wonderful politicians, and we are determined to protect the interests and dreams of our citizens. i look forward to partnering with you to build on the incredible friendship between our countries, and to create a brighter future for both the people of italy and the people of the united states. to thank youwant for coming to the white house. it is my great honor. thank you. pm conte: good afternoon. i wish to thank you, president trump, for this kind invitation, for this warm hospitality, only two months after the formation of my government. sign of the a special attention to italy and to me as well. togive me, but i do not want renounce the privilege of speaking in my wonderful language now. [speaking italian] translator: before all, i would like to remember the solidarity to all the families and a

neither in russia nor in the united states. yet, the money escape the country. they were transferred to the united states. they sent huge amount of money, $400 million as a contribution to the campaign of hillary clinton. that's their personal case. it might have been legal, the contribution itself. the way the money was earned was illegal. we have solid reason to believe that some intelligence officers, guided these transactions. we have an interest of questioning them. that could be a first step. we can extend it. options abound. they all can be found in an appropriate legal framework. >> did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? >> translator: yes, i did. yes, i did. because he talked about bringing the u.s./russia relationship back to normal. >> translator: i think there can be three questions from the russian pool. you have the floor. >> translator: thank you so much. good evening in everyone. >> mr. president, would you please go into the details of possibly any specific arrangements for the u.s. to work together with russia in syria, if any

what about the united states. $12 billion for the united states and $5 billion worth of services. irect result of this policy including the sanctions. the united states have driven up their companies from the russian market. so they left, and this vacuum was filled by their rivals, their competitors. some of them lost their investments. what was that for? we are interested in developing our relationship in the area of stability. strategic challenges, and any other challenges that we have. i think today president trump made the first step in this direction. chris: mr. president, thank you. thank you for talking with us. >> thank you. kennedy: there you have it, "fox news sunday" chris wallace versus pution president vladimir putin. you can tell vladimir putin is used to having his way in interviews, but fortunately chris wallace pushed back. the former president of georgia, russia invaded georgia in 2008. how did you feel watching that interview? >> well be it's have much as it was for me. i met vladimir putin more than 30 times. he not only invaded my country but heavily intrude in

it's the internal political games of the united states. the relationship between russia and the united states, don't hold it hostage of this internal political struggle. it's quite clear to me that this is just an internal political struggle and it's nothing to be proud of for american democracy to use such dirty methods and political rivalry. >> chris: do you think that mr. mueller is trying to sabotage the relationship? >> translator: i don't want to make any assessments about his operation. it is for congress that appointed him to do this, to assess his performance, and i think court actually had some doubts about the due procedure about appointing special counsel mueller to the post that he now held. i think that american court now believes that it will stand with the infringement of the american legislation, but that's none of my business. >> chris: actually, congress didn't appoint him, the justice department did. may i move on, sir? i thought the news conference today, in my opinion, was a bit curious, because president trump spent

they were transferred to the united states. they sent a huge amount of money, $400 million, as a contribution to the campaign of hillary clinton. that's their personal case. it might have been legal. the contribution itself. but the way the money was arned was illegal. so we have an interest in questioning them. that can be a first step and we can also extend it. options abound. and they all can be found in an appropriate legal framework. reporter: did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? bringing putin: u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. >> and on capitol hill, the house about to gavel in to debate 24 bills including one to require federal agencies preserve electronic records. later this week, more work on 2019 spending, including a

and now the rigged witch hunt," a remarkable statement from the president of the united states blaming the investigation into the russian cyber attack on the united states and not blaming the cyber attack itself. president trump says he'll ask mr. putin about russian interference in the 2016 election. he's more focused on the investigation than he is on the actual cyber attack. one of a long list of issues the two men could discuss. sources a on the russian side and american side there is no set agenda. president trump earlier predicted what might result from the meeting. >> nothing bad's going to come out of it and maybe some good will come out of it. i'm going in with high expectations. i don't really -- i can't tell you what's going to happen but i can tell you what i'll be asking for. we'll see if something comes of it. >> joining us right now, white house correspondent kaitlan collins and international diplomatic editor nic robertson. >> so, i can tell what you i'm going to be asking for. what do you think he's going to be asking for? what do you think since you're traveling with

i don't think it's fair to the united states. w if you look at it, germany is a captive of russia because they supply -- they got rid of their coal plants and nuclear. they are getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. i think it's something that nato has to look at. >> let's go to our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny from brussels. the president has been hammering allies for not meeting that so-called 2% threshold for defense spending. 2% of gdp, gross domestic product. but the president is now even asking them to spend more? what's the latest? >> wolf, he is indeed. president trump asking leaders of nato countries to spend 4%, doubling the goal of 2% of their spending on defense. of course, that's an unrealistic goal of 4% because as the president has been pointing out indeed, only a handful of countries even meet the projected spending of 2%. this is largely a semantics exercise the president has been engaging in. essentially blasting all nato countries here. and just a few moments ago he sent out a tweet as w

the state and local level. between mexico and the united states. it is a personal story for me because i lived there for almost six years in the 1990s. i went back and forth frequently. it was hard to believe that these were similar in sized cities close to each other. because they were so distant and some new ways. it was a rough-and-tumble city. piecework low value added manufacturing. san diego was a beautiful but isolated beach town. i was hard to imagine that they would ever get together. something started to happen in the early 2000 began to evolve. its own research and department operations. you saw the growth of some state capacity. and the cultural scene coming out of there. has anyone gone to tijuana not to tijuana for lunch or dinner. they have some of the best food scenes anywhere in mexico. anywhere on the west coast as well. great success this to goes from electronic to classical music and opera. i say this in my peril. i know it was a little bit of competition here. san diego was once the quiet little town. a nice place to go visit. s

it's not the responsibility of the united states. e welcome the support of the united states in that regard, the measures of taking -- we've taken over the years. i just think we should do enough. we've not done enough. i think it is appropriate to recognize that. i think it is in the interest of the united states to work with central american, mexico, in that regard. just next week there will be a meeting, a working meeting, we expect to have a second conference either late in december or the fall with central americans. ourselves and the united states, and again, there are 3 important things to do. work together, in order to do all we can so that people aren't forced out of their countries. the second thing, we should think carefully about how there will be movement, that is just a fact of the centuries we are living in. i think everyone wants for that movement to occur in a way that is legal, safe, and orderly. do we have sufficient avenues for that? are we working enough among the countries and within the countries to make sure th

our even if they are buying goods with the money they make in exports, they invest in the united states. so the flipside of the deficit is a capital surplus we run, money coming into the united states to buy treasury blondes bonds that keep interest rates low, investment in factories that provide jobs in the united states, so trade is a win-win. host: a tariff, what does that mean? >> it essentially means that as goods cross the border at tariff, an actual tax or is levied on the cost of those goods. at $10, you put in a 50% tariff ended becomes a $15 good. in the amounte we of tariffs you know of levied against other countries? >> since the administration has on $36 with tariffs billion so far on imports from china, and another $14 billion, $50 billion in total, and we are on steel ands aluminum across all importers to the united states except for a couple of countries like australia, which receives exemptions. host: what has been the response from those countries? >> every country has essentially retaliated. so u.s. exports, harley eu, wen's moving to the have received equivalent resp

the united states is paying far too much. and other countries are not paying enough, especially some. so we're going to have a meeting on that and the secretary-general has worked very hard on that. he understands the problem and hopefully we can get a result. it's been going on for decades. for decades. it's disproportionate and not fair to the taxpayers of the united states. we're going to make it fair. that will be it. i want to just compliment the secretary-general. he's worked very hard on this problem. he understands it better than anybody. thank you very much. thank you. good morning, everybody. good morning to the media. legitimate media not the fake news media. lot of people here. urprising. just look at the chart. take a look at the chart. it many countries are not paying what they should. frankly, many countries owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back where they are delinquent as far as i'm concerned. the united states has had to pay for them. if you go back 10, 20 years you add it up, it's massive a

work that the united states wants to have. is that consideration is extremely important so i personally still think that the united states we need to find a way around delay the solution. on the margins of me getting back to it but it cannot be implemented in a way that is seriously actually makes the ability of india to be a part of this defense bill what the united states wants to have now i personally see it as a bit of a paradox of the american power structure when the defense policy of the world's second most populous country reaches india is being held hostage to some senators you know in new jersey or a club i wonder how is it perceived in india the fact that any given country would . attempt at least to tell you who to do business with and who not to do business with you know is as countries grow bigger. they see that. the orly's a quid pro quo kind of place and certainly prime minister more they has built many many bridges in his forty years. you know he has gone to some fifty five different countries to build his brid

that's not the responsibility of the united states. that's on us, i think. we certainly welcome the support of the united states in that regard and the measures that have been taken over the years to address prosperity and security in the region are welcome. i just think we should do enough. we have not done enough. i think it's appropriate to recognize that. i think it is in the interest of the united states to work with central america and mexico in that regard. i have seen an openness at least to address this issue from the part of president trump's administration. just next week, there will be a meeting in guatemala, a working meeting, and we expect to have a second conference either late in the summer or in the fall with the central americans. ,urselves and the united states there are three important things to do. work together to do everything we can so people are not forced out of their countries because of lack of opportunity or any other reason. we second thing is that should think carefully about -- there will continue to be movement of people becau

there's no question at all that russia is still an ald verse entity to the united states. so no different than ronald reagan. we have to work with them. at the same time we cannot trust russia fully. >> so you're okay on the world stage the president of the united states not calling out u.s. election interference and not calling for the extradition of those 12 russians who were indicted by the mueller probe? >> well, i've said repeatedly that the calls for extradition are absurd, they're not going to happen. we don't extradite our spies when they get alleged or even caught doing things and vice versa. having said that, i want to see those indictment -- the information in those indictments go forward. the fact that they'll never be brought to justice doesn't change the fact that we should know more about what we believe they did and how they did it and that's where i stand is let's flesh this out and see if it's real. let's remember that we're more than a year into an investigation that claims there was collusion with the russians without a shred of evidence there was. so, y

i rise to join both my colleagues to celebrate the important relationship between the united states and cyprus and highlights the critical role our relationship with cyprus plays. the republic of cyprus is a partner of the united states and an effective ally in combating threats by terrorism and nuclear proliferation. . through counterterrorism activities and increased cooperation on energy policy, our relationship with cyprus allows us to advance our nation's interests, defend against the rise of terrorism and regional acters who seek to take steps counter to american interests and to promote the ongoing close cooperation between the united states and europe. the u.s. participates in a number of joint exercises with cyprus, including annual multinational search and rescue and crisis management exercises, and we coordinate training programs in explosive management and disposal cybersecurity, cousht terrorism and maritime -- counterterrorism and maritime safety and security. we work with them to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction and foster an effective international nonpro

the president of the united states, donald trump. i think we can call it a success and a very fruitful round of negotiations. we analyzed the status of the future of russia and united states relationship. relationship going through a complicated stage yet those impediments, the current tension, the tense atmosphere essentially no solid reason behind it. the cold war is a thing of the past. the era of acute ideological confrontation of the two countries is a thing of the past. situation in the world changed dramatically. both russia and the united states face a new set of challenges. those include a dangerous maladjustment of mechanisms for maintaining stability. regional crises. snowballing problems in the economy environmental risks and other sets of challenges. we can only cope with these challenges if we join the ranks and work together. political reach this under station with this misunderstanding with our american partners -- this understanding with our american partners. to address this negative situation. to restore the accepta

end of the day be a huge cost for everyone. >> let me ask you about the tit for tat between the united states and china. is that going to compromise global growth, the consumer in -- you know, in the united states, if the u.s. and china keep putting tariffs on each other? and how do you assess china's reaction? it's not being very rhetorical in public. it's not being blustery. it seems to be responding in kind. >> the first thing i think we have to realize is accept the fact that tit would not happen without tat. we said from the beginning that it was very unlikely that some measures that were announced early on would go on without a response. we all knew that. this is not surprising. where we are now in this tit for tat scenario is not a surprise to anyone. the question is, how do we avoid escalating even further? if we do, the costs are going to be big. we just saw an imf report that mentions that if the current announced measures are implemented, just the current ones, forget future ones, we're going to see trade growth compromised by 0.5% annually in just two years, by 2020. that's $440 b

the fbi. he said that, quote both countries are responsible for the state of relations between the united statesperson he hasn't blamed is the person he stood shoulder to shoulder with this morning, vladimir putin. on friday, rod rosenstein and bob mueller handed president trump the evidence that predator putin had requested, the 29-page indictment is a document of unparalleled work and is exactly what the president needed to stand up to mr. putin. he should have marched in, put the indictment on the table, and demanded justice. rather than taking the opportunity to confront putin, rather than taking the opportunity to demand that putin hand over the named russian intelligence agents indicted last week, the president sided with vladimir putin's denial over the unanimous, unanimous conclusion of the united states intelligence community. he took the word of the kgb over the men and women the cia. rather than placing blame for what happened in 2016 on russia, where it belongs, the president had the gall to blame both countries for the troubled relationship. the president put what's best for him ove

very, very critical of the president of the united states. i want to read a statement we just received from the house speaker paul ryan, another tough statement. quote, there is no question that russia interfered in our election and continues attempts to undermine democracy here and around the world. this is not just the finding of the american intelligence community but also the house committee on intelligence. the president must appreciate that russia is not our ally. there's no moral equivalence between the united states and russia, which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals. the united states must be focused on holding russia accountable and putting an end to its vile attacks on democracy. that statement from paul ryan, the speaker of the house. more statements are pouring in right now. so many of them condemning president trump for this moral equivalence, in effect siding on so many sensitive issues with the russian president as opposed to his own u.s. intelligence community and law enforcement community. let's take a break

we need to make sure that neither of the european countries governments or the united states puts any impediments in the ability for that -- if that choice is to buy united states ibm's, that that actually occurs. an issue that i think is somewhat related to this, because markets can change coming you can be buying from one supplier and that changes to another supplier, based upon price, availability, transportation costs, one of the concerns i have with the idea that we will provide aid to farmers is that that is a short-term issue. but our markets are based generally upon long-term relationships. while they could change overnight, we spend money and time and effort in developing relationships with those people who by soybeans. who actually buy a great sort of. -- a grain sorghum. when these trade issues are behind us, i am fearful we will becauset our purchasers there are now purchasing from somebody else rather than entities within the united states. that you can solely compensate agriculture producers by payment, that helps tide of those farmers and and make the next loan payment,

we work closely with the united states in that regard. to monitor flows of people that come into the region. a security strategy it's only about identifying risks finding them probability they will materialize and using whatever resources you have available. by in large that's what we do in the united states. we can do more. we can work with our central american friends. i think there's sufficient common ground in that respect. >> question from the audience that leads into our discussion. concern about the drug cartels and wondering how policy might change the trafficking with the new administration what the state of play is, how effective have we been limiting the rise of these cartels >> you look at what most people think. we have not been successful enough. that's an understatement. security or insecurity, it's something that gravitated in mexican election. i can only think that first of all, the last four administrations in mexico have confronted as best as possible organized crime. by many different metrics we're not doing good enough

the intelligence agencies of the united states but also the people of the united states. he took a kgb officer, a known liar's word for it. why he did so if it had to do with the desire to not be seen as illegitimate, i don't know. i can't really get into that. i'm not a doctor. but i can tell you, on the facts the united states was attacked. and president trump today sided with the enemy. >> how unprecedented is that, especially here on foreign soil? >> it's -- i mean, first of all, we say this about president trump every week i think. doing something unprecedented. it's incredibly unprecedented. also, when's really shocking is there used to be a thing in the country where if a poll sirn didn't try to understand what was special about the united states of america, and the ideals to which we strive, the fact that we don't think of ourselves as brutal, we think of ourselves as at least trying to spread democracy throughout the world, and with the foreign aid we offer, et cetera, president trump -- used to be if you didn't express belief for that in politics you were dead in

but we also have to be fair to the people of the united states and the taxpayers of the united states. mr. prime minister, thank you again for joining me for these important discussions. we are both outsiders to politics. can you believe it? we are outsiders to politics. i look at all of these wonderful politicians. and we are both determined to protect the rights and needs and interests and dreams of our citizens. and we will do that. i look forward to partner with you to grow the beautiful friendship between our countries in the effort of creating a brighter future for both the people of italy and the people of the united states. with that, i just want to again thank you again very much for coming to the white house. it is my great honor. thank you. >> good afternoon. i wish to thank you, president trump, for this kind invitation, for this warm hospitality, only two months after the formation of my government. i take it as a sign of the special attention to italy and to me as well. forgive me but i don't want to renounce the privilege for speaking in my wonderful language now. >> tr

not including the united states. the united states commitment to nato is strong. primarily because of the spirit they have, the amount of money they are willing to spend, the additional money they will be putting up has been amazing to see the level of spirit in that room. it's incredible. i hope we will get along with russia. i think we will probably be able to, the people in the room think so nevertheless, they stepped up their commitments and stepped it up like never before. we took an additional 33, that number could be higher than 40 when they give you that number. the secretary-general will be giving those numbers sometime today concluding a press statement. we are doing numbers like never before or ever seen before. you will be seen that and hearing that a little bit later. we have our secretary of state's john is here, if you have any questions for the three of us, mike pompeo just got back from the third trip to north korea. he has become a true expert on the trips to north korea. the best way to get there. he gets along very well. he has done a very good

ultimately remember the united states is the country which. give the lead in establishments of the current multilateral trading system and so this is a huge backtracking by the united states absolutely and i don't know if you've heard that but over the past few days there have been multiple rumors about trump supposedly. floating a possibility or walking away from. world trade organization altogether now i just before i went to the studio i heard the denial of god by year's treasury secretary stephen newton even though he did admit that the administration does have concerns about the way w.t.f. is structured and how it is supposedly being used against the united states do you take it this possibility seriously do you think the united states under this administration could actually abandon the w.t. altogether but you know this is difficult to speculate. i would only say that i hope not i think this is not going to do a lot of good to anybody at all and least of all the united states because. demented the united states. if it. created this system

it's not fair to the united states. by the way, italy has a $31 billion surplus with the united states. meaning we have a $31 billion trade deficit with italy. we discussed that. we'll work something out. we're going to work something out. okay? thank you. >> as far as i'm concerned, i'm envious of the records and the growth figures of the american economy. we discussed that before with dona donald. somehow these are systems that can't be compared. orders of magnitude that are different. but i'm envious and ambitious at the same time. as a government leader, i'm ambitious for my economy to do a lot much more than what was done in the past. we are preparing structural reforms which we will be submitting to the attention of our european partners, too. >> dana: i do not want the tax reform to be set aside. it's well-constructed. there's a leverage for economic growth and working on steamlining. we're trying to eliminate regulations and corruption pockets. we're trying to speed up the civil trials, the procedures, all sector

it would be clear to the whole world where the united states stood and that was along side and wedded to britain and if the president's plan was approved and funded by congress, the united states would become the unquestioned leader of the democratic forces in the war that was taking place between two worlds, the criminal world of the nazi gangsters and the enlightenment world of john luck, edmond burke, george washington, james madison, thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton. fdr rushed to washington on december 16th and the next day he held one of the most memorable press conferences. as usual he began by casually saying that he didn't really have any particular news but then he said, well, maybe there was one small item he could mention. he told the reporters that it was becoming all too clear that the u.s. need today do everything it could to help the british empire defend itself and that meant supplying britain with war material. one reporter asked about payment and then fdr gave his famous reply, now, what i'm trying to do is eliminate the dollar sign, the silly old foolish dol

maybe he won't squeeze the president of the united states either in the next election. the thing that is that. is the perception right now that trump is the united states look or see this because he is the president but he is the united states fully the full use of research so there really be people in. the year in japan in canada says yes flipping to react and we're going to deal with whatever he's shows it does but let's not go all the way let's take a look you know in another couple of years what's going to happen are the americans still going to be gung ho after an american america first america alone president or they can just say chickie was recorded all wrong so i think that right now while all different various governments state the trying to whether it's the. the canadians or the e.u. or japan they're likely to be very grown up about this and say yes we're going to react to specific cities said the trumpet ministration it certainly does but let's not go sort of let's not hyperventilate just. go but. do you agree with that or does it matter if the rest of the wor

third, therefore it was germany that also posed the greatest danger to the security of the united states and it was therefore in the interest of both american and british security to use the full offensive strength of the united states in one from a single direction. atlantic first, defeat germany strategy. the quartet in the white house did indeed adopt plan d. enable the word dog stands for the d and so the strategy became known as plan dog. and plan dog meant that the fate of the united states was now inextricably bound to that of britain. now, even though in 1942 and most of 1943 more american forces would in fact be deployed against japan and against germany. plan dog nevertheless defined america's paramount wartime strategy and goals through the utterly unforeseeable events of the most destructive war in world history. by the way, here's a footnote. if anyone ever mentions to you the paranoid conspiracy theory that fdr had really wanted the attack on pearl harbor to take place you can mention to those people plan dog and explain to them that the last thing in the world that fdr and

they can one-third of all the beans in the united states. their plant is in chestnut hill in the mountains of east tennessee where i live. the cans are made of tin-plated steel. that's mostly imported. there's not enough produced in the united states. bush brothers estimates the new tariff on steel will reduce its revenues and raise prices by as much as 8%. even the workers in chestnut hill who can one-third of all the beans in the u.s. would benefit from a zero-tariff policy, such as the one the president talked about today, instead of a trade war that piles tariffs on top of tariffs. then we have many more stories. we have 900 auto parts suppliers in tennessee. they're 88 of our 95 counties. they almost all use steel and arizona human number. when the prices go up, revenues and profits go down. that has an effect on 136,000 tennesseans. that's the people who work in our auto motive industry. that's one-third of our entire manufacturing workforce. tariffs are taxes, mr. president. pure and simple. taxes we pay. existing tariffs on steel and

same with the united states. you add them together and whatever change you want to do in the oas, it ain't going to happen. i'm not very good at math, i'm not very good at a lot of things, but something -- we have to talk to these countries in the caribbean. one of the big concerns. a hurricane comes in. every year we're going to have a hurricane and here we go again, trying to get "a" down there. here we go again. we had talked about this prepositioning of these supplies, have command post exercises so we go through the drill. in the southern states or the caribbean. so we don't start from scratch. i hope we gender sized and we're going to continue to push that. the other thing i just wanted to ask you in terms of -- i know that secretary pompeo is interested in mexico and everything else, but do you get that same feeling that, hey, we got to -- we have to start paying more and more attention because there's a lot of countries down there. we got china, we got iran. ambassador, i didn't mean to talk so much, but i

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they tried to determine who would be the next president of the united states. fundamental to our democracy that the people of the united states choose their only heirs. -- their own leaders. will you make america great again f a foreign power can determine the winner in our elections? me, i am saying is not just it is based on the conclusion of my former republican colleague in the senate from indiana, today the director of national intelligence in america, put there by president trump who said the intelligence is clear -- the russians tried to determine who would be the next president of the united states. that is outrageous. i'm in the room where this press conference was held. we will leave after i asked you this question and i will leave it to shery anh to conclude week as we are breaking down the room, but i do want to ask whether or not you thought of any energy policy -- you heard the president talk about the nord stream 2. is there anything you saw that ofe you confidence or a sigh relief in terms of policy moving forward between u.s. and russia relation

look at the united states, how the european union has taken advantage systematically of the united states on trade. it's a disgrace. it's not an easy negotiation. >> can i ask you a question? >> john roberts go, ahead. no, no. >> can i ask you a question? cnn is fake news, i don't take questions from fake news. cnn is take news, i don't take questions from cnn. john roberts from fox. let's go to a real network. >> we'll a real network, too, sir. >> some people have suggested that relations between the united states and russia are at the lowest point since the cold war. you have stated many times that you think it's important to have a better relationship with russia. is there any way for relations between the united states and russia to improve? as long as putin continues to occupy crimea? >> i think i would have a very good relationship with president putin if we spend time together. i may be wrong. other people have said that, it didn't work out. but i'm different than other people. i think that we're being hurt very badly by the, i would call it the witch hunt, i would call it the rigg

in terms of investment in the united states arms sales a whole range of things that in particular the saudi crown prince promised when he came to washington he was in the united states for a three week visit he promised a whole slew of things that he has not delivered on so i think in part you see president trying trying to turn up the heat on our allies in saudi arabia and in the emirates that you know that they're not the only game in town the united states could at a moment's notice pivot and meet with someone like president rouhani that we don't need the saudis we're not dependent on them so i think that is in part really part of the strategy. that trump is pursuing. all right the u.s. reportedly plans to create a new security and political alliance with six gulf arab states egypt and jordan it will be known as the middle east region alliance an organization similar to nato that's made up of sunni muslim allies its main job will be in part to counter iran's influence in the region and to increase cooperation on missile defense military training counterterrorism and developing

or lose strategic partnership with the united states of america. i don't think it's a neither or the kind of zero sum game there the united states and britain have a very long standing relationships of relationship which has worked on all levels intelligence in particular on nuclear weapons other military policy a kind of global strategy and the european union was a or the european project was to some extent a part of that as well it became much more as it went on it became a kind of federal dream that wasn't always part of the game plan i think and i think now effectively what britain has decided and whatever you like referendum or not britain has decided that it would wish to leave the key issue now is what is a realistic position to be taken so that broadly speaking we can continue as an economy on a society and culture and so on and to some extent we're going to have to maintain both relationships and that is what treason means problem is but the key problem i would say really going forward for britain as in the british working people is that th

mainly the united states is involved. these are some of the trends and policies that have been evident in past talks between the u.s. and north korea. the two koreas themselves that's the just a three-way approach a be the most useful in moving ahead. process ofleanse the denuclearization is an understanding that the united states, north korea and south korea are bound up in the larger historical process in which their respective roles are radically shifting. already that the two meetings have shown the north korea today is open to an interim solution, interim state of affairs in the peninsula, whereby reunification remains koreans,al goal of all have deferred to future generations to resolve. during this period, u.s. troops can and should remain in korea, -- so that -- and other officials over the years. officials have been known to propose different versions of this idea that have caught americans by surprise. for example u.s. troops should be moved into the dmz. so that they can naturally protect the south against the n

in the entire united states, german companies are the third largest foreign employer. it is something clear that the united states continues to value our transatlantic relationship. nga has always stressed the importance of our subnational leaders in the dialogue between different countries. i speak for all of the governors for in saying, thank you coming across the atlantic to speak with us today. please join me in giving a warm welcome to the general secretary. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen. dear friends. privilegeeasure and a to be here with you today. scott forke to thank making this possible. this is it is a pleasure and a privilege to be here with you today. i would like to thank scott for making this possible. this is my first international visit in my new role as general secretary of the christian democrat union. for me, it was very important to travel to the united states, especially in a time when our transatlantic partnership is experiencing a certain stress test. for me, as a former two-term governor, it was especially important to join the nga's meetin

god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> few people in the history of america's public diplomacy can be compared to the woman whose last 18 months have been spent fearlessly confronting the unreasonable and immoral anti-israel bias at the united nations. ambassador nikki haley is a courageous voice of truth and one of the most misguided, hypocritical organizations in the world, the united nations. for 70 years america has been israel's ally and has often defended israel at the united nations, but never in all of that time has our nation had one so consistently bold and unwavering in their defense of the jewish state as has nikki haley. ambassador haley is a woman whose personal faith is lived out every day in the fulfillment of her duties for the united states at the united nations. surrounded by colleagues who are often hostile or apathetic to israel she's never failed to point out the supporting right of israel to exist, its right to defend itself and its right to exercise the same sovereignty of an

and make it clear on a bipartisan basis that we are together when it comes to the security of the united states. we understand that vladimir putin has been a tyrant who has really made life miserable and killed many innocent people in his rage against the west and against the united states, and most of all, we need more republican senators who will join with those in the past who stepped forward and put country first over party. i remember reading the history of the nixon years and the breaking point. the breaking point finally occur when people like republican senator barry goldwater from arizona stood up and said there are so many lives you can take and now there's been one too many. he joined with several other republican senators and went down to the white house face-to-face with president richard nixon, sat in front of him and explained enough was enough. it will take that -- it will take that again for republican senators to have the courage to meet with this president and tell him he has to stop giving away the heritage, the values, and the legacy of the united states of america. mr. pre

i don't think people are blaming russia for anything that happens in the united states other than what our intelligence community concluded unanimously which with the with the to the russians attacked the united states to mock or see in the way that they. meddled frankly makes it look kind of pity. kind of really kind of piddly. it's meddling in the way that osama bin laden meddled with the world trade center that was an attack dick cheney. are a fan of generally our dad said that what our obligations did was an act leak was of war against united states so so again but i think we should segment that out i think i think what happened i'd states whether it's racial bias or you know in inequality in terms of incomes that's not because of anybody from russia doing that are little holidays that we're creating ourselves you didn't let me down. yet and i have parked i am my friend comparing osama bin ladin where the plants are russians buying facebook ads which brought down the entire election not because your gal the other than mad fashion east lost a rigged election. but because the nefario