french president emanuel mccrone has urged the united states to reject fear and our solution is them and not to retreat from it's a story of a military role in world affairs he told a joint meeting of congress that international allies must work more closely to confront global threats mccrone also urge washington not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. international donors have pledged some four point four billion dollars in emergency aid for syria and its neighbors.

mccrone is there was ten to her needs. the social office determines all of the entertainment food, and decor. >> let's talk about what we just saw. what is the protocol of the purpose of it? >> every greeting and every element throughout the entire visit as a tool and diplomacy. we are engaging in this visit and particularly, the strengthening of the bilateral relationship. the president is standing at one of the greatest symbols of the road, a friend of the white house on the north steps in greeting the dignitary of his wife to the white house for the special event. during the obama administration i precede the president mrs. obama. then i would have introductions again. there was at one particular state dinner will find me ascending the stairs and an art word way. i had my skinny heels on the got stuck in a debit. i recovered. regrettably was with the president of mexico in my entire mexican side of the family was watching. >> you did recover that you are front row and all the cameras reacted. why is the chief of protoco

and again mccrone did clarify that the necessity of the agreement outweighs washington's concerns and he urged other signatories to stick with the deal until there's a better one but more crowded trump reaching consensus came as somewhat of a surprise to the other signatories especially considering that five hundred french british and german m.p.'s wrote a letter to the u.s. congress asking them to support the deal saying that the concerns should be addressed separately and not within the context of the j c p o a which evidently is in direct conflict with the crown and trump sphere so check out what the e.u. and russia have to say about it and what can happen in the future will seen the future but there is one deal existing it's working it needs to be preserved we are against the revision of these agreements and believe it's very counterproductive to deal with a longstanding international efforts will make sure that these agreements and shrines in the u.n. security council resolution weren't be violated trump has until may twelfth to decide what he's going to do but now that there see

not a bitter regime for nuclear and let's complete it with benefit me sign an original containment mccrone and trump have a strong record definitely but this will be tested on iran and probably on a number of other foreign policy issues kimberly harcourt's been looking at all of . no european leader enjoys a better bond with u.s. president donald trump than french president emmanuelle. mccraw has carefully cultured their relationship inviting trump to paris for bastille day celebrations playing to transend well known admiration for the military the result troubles consulted with matters on the telephone with an any other world leader that process he even managed to convince trump to prolong u.s. involvement in syria. president trump was saying the united states of america had a duty to disengage from syria i assure you we have convinced him that it is necessary to stay for the long term the white house denies a shift at syria position iterating trump hopes to soon withdraw u.s. forces. arrives in washington on monday for a three day visit which includes tribes first state dinner as preside

but he was calm he handled it perfectly in fact every moment mccrone handled perfectly you know whether it was giving speeches or playing outside you could really feel that mccrone was connecting with trump. one person said my crown and trump touched more in one day than we've seen milan ia and trump touch in two years they have a point now they're referring to this video one of the most popular at the moment of trump trying to grab milan his hand before the event but it wasn't quite working out they were however holding hands during the state dinner now if you're tweeting about any of this you find it funny or relevant to let us know you can join in with our conversation here hash tag a.j. news that we have my goodness riots let's move to our media hopes of finding any immediate solution to the political crisis there have been dealt a blow by the country's opposition leader is now heading up a large rally in the capital yet to the acting prime minister canceled talks between the two sides they were supposed to discuss transition plans after the resignation of prime minister and said ju

congress i had a high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you his ex and see emmanuel mccrone the president of the french republic. the miracle of the relationship between the united states and friends in sats we have never lost this special bond deeply rooted not only you know history but also you know flesh personally. if you ask me i do not share the fascination for news strong policies the abandonment of freedom and the illusion of nationalism today the international community needs to step up all game and build the twenty first century world order basins of perignon principles we established together after the wall to the united states. is the one in fantasies to not the least and you are the one now. who has to to preserve and rein fountain. i. also coming up a warning not to wear jewish kippers on the streets in berlin that was yesterday today a rally against hate in berlin and guess what they wore. it's absolutely important to be proud of who we are but hardly ourselves that is not the solution to anti-semitism that has never been the solution that only strengthens the

french president emanuel mccrone has urged the united states to reject fear and our salaciousness them and not to retreat from it's a story of a military role in world affairs he told a joint meeting of congress that international allies must work more closely to confront global threats mccrone also urged washington not.

to resume a and a manual mccrone have come under heavy criticism from british and the e.u. lawmakers the u.k. and french leaders were defending their decision not to consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday. these are members of the european parliament during president mccrone speech there a large group called signs calling to stop the military strikes on syria the director has been following the key development provinces in mali on micron qasr theresa may a facing a pretty tough time retrospectively in trying to justify the airstrikes that they carried out in syria over the weekend here's how the european parliament members met with macross and you can see that they were protesting against the action taken in syria. three countries have been to be for the honor of the international community in a legitimate multilateral framework you know. determining. speech was a monumental political cynicism. that without any approval. of the polls a. chemical attack took place is controlled by radical islamists not jewish shop or you'd be this has been done a

president mccrone joined in expressing concerns with the iran nuclear deal and he said that paris in washington will seek a better agreement with tehran in the future yep and me step with the it's no mystery that we have different starting positions on iran and neither you nor i have a habit of changing our opinions we find very frank discussions when you consider the iran deal negotiated in twenty fifteen to be a deal for a number of months i've been saying it's not a sufficient deal but it has enabled us until twenty twenty five to have some sort of control over their nuclear activities we want to work on a new deal with iran. i want to go now to washington or washington bureau chief alexander phenomenon is on the story for us tonight good evening to you alexandra let's talk about this meeting between mr drop and mr micro-loan the u.s. president today heaping watts of praise on his french counterpart a lot of people even writing that this is a budding new bromance so why are we seeing such a charm offensive. well what we can say is that both leaders seem to have established a good

or we begin the day with that mccrone magic on a mission that is in washington for the first official state visit of the truck presidency and both men say that they are very fond of one another all the affection apparently has not blinded mr mccraw and in fact it's seduction of trump that may that the world may be watching in real time back roland wants to convince trump not to abandon the iran nuclear deal yesterday the two men met in private and later trump said that he's willing to talk about a new agreement in addition to the existing one once a day mr macro's political charms were aimed towards the u.s. congress french voters and the western world from the threats of iran and north korea to growing nationalism and the plague of fake news mr mccraw methodically explained why there is no alternative to us leadership in the world he redefined trumps america first by reminding the us why it cannot retreat from its global responsibilities and a republican majority congress rewarded him with several standing ovations welcoming all planets let this faith eat there is no planet b. and i

bashar and these guys and they will prepare as a new war i had a visit mccrone enthused over a special bond he shares with the u.s. president donald trump is expected to reciprocate with a dazzling private dinner mount vernon virginia mansion was the home of america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations the presidents are also expected to exchange gifts and the next looks at why emanuel mccrum the visit to the u.s. promises to be so significant. donald trump is the first u.s. president in nearly a century to end his first chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time in his second his first in a date at the white house french president a manual mark wrong but the tyranny this initial encounters have been slightly shaky. maicon even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off to washington pulled out of the paris climate deal but paris is charm seems to have done the trick i remounted dinner atop the eiffel tower with first ladies last july may have been enough to figure if i'm to get the bi

and again mccrone did clarify that the necessity of the agreement outweighs washington's concerns and he urged other signatories to stick with the deal until there's a better one but more crowded trump reaching consensus came as somewhat of a surprise to the other signatories especially considering that five hundred french british and german m.p.'s wrote a letter to the u.s. congress asking them to support the deal saying that the concerns should be addressed separately and not within the context of the j.c. p.o. way which evidently is in direct conflict with the crown and trump sphere so the check out what the e.u. and russia had to say about it and what can happen in the future will seen the future but there is one deal existing it's working it needs to be preserved we are against the revision of these agreements and believe it's very counterproductive to de rail the longstanding international efforts. we'll make sure that these agreements and shrines in the u.n. security council resolution weren't be violated trump has until may twelfth to decide what he's going to do but now that

and to national first all for you this hour donald trump is heaping praise on his guest emmanuel mccrone during the first official state visit to washington the u.s. president called the relationship between america and france a special one. mr president they're all saying what a great relationship we have and they're actually correct it's not fake news finally it's not fake do so it's a great honor great honor that you're here but we do have a very special relationship in fact i get that you sent. him a little piece we have to make room for years for it so it is really it is really great to be with you and your special friend and. a lot of love in the room that let's get more on that from our correspondent calum open eyed little donald trump happy with media coverage is it. well the world has been observing a blossoming political friendship between trump and french president and a cron let's all remember how last summer they kind of sealed the deal when donald trump took a trip to paris the city of love and the two really established a longstanding friendship between the two leaders let

congress the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you his excellent city emanuel mccrone the president of the french republic. the miracle of the relationship between the united states and friends. we have never lost it's a special bond deeply rooted not only you know history but also you know flesh personally. if you ask me i do not share the fascination for new strong powers the abandonment of freedom and the illusion of nationalism today the international community needs to step up all game and build to twenty first century world order basins of perignon principles we step in this together after the wall to the united states. is the one in fantods these are not the nice and you all so one now. who has to to preserve and rein fountains. also coming up a warning not to wear jewish kippers on the streets in berlin that was yesterday today a rally against hate in berlin and guess what they wore. it's absolutely important to be proud of who we are but hardly ourselves that is not the solution to anti-semitism that has never been the solution that only strengthens the people

white house policy and fading hopes of it working after three days of hosting french president emanuel mccrone in an official state visit us president dublin trump tomorrow will welcome german chancellor and americal now the mek wrong medical mission has been a twofold one prevent a transatlantic trade war by convincing drum to extend tariff exemptions to europe on steel and elam idiom and to stop truong from abandoning the iran nuclear deal now as macron left washington he was quoted as saying that trump will probably kill the iran deal a policy you've heard that he reportedly described with the word insanity what will i'm going to medical be able to change struck some on it is doubtful and the reasons were presented to the world about a year ago. it's all could moments during the first meeting at the white house that still sums up the us a lack of political chemistry between i'm going to america and donald trump. when chancellor simply didn't react as merkel asked him to shake hands thank you. german chancellor i'm going to marco's reputation as the global leader who keeps the world strong m

the yard together in very awkward very strange poses but you know the reality is as right after that mccrone went and spoke to congress and spoke quite the heavenly against every one of troubles policies and beliefs so you know i don't think trump was for all that didn't get anything that he came out of there this was all about optics and these were bad all of these all of these western media journalists commenting on body language and bringing in body language experts and everything it's all ridiculous it's all ridiculous but you know but you know more because i agree with it was ridiculous but that's kind of the default position when there is no substance and there was no you really must cross is now being hailed after merkel has failed as the new leader of the free world right the new leader of the free world just in syria saying it was for the honor of the international community or at least if you're going to the three of the trump and his two client states that attaches syria their honors i say and code hikes people also say part of his reason for doing it was to prove that he is the e

a new syria the french and american leaders appear to have bonded over syria with mccrone saying there are bilateral relations are as strong as ever. you explain your special relationship with the president and some of called you the trump whisperer i think we have a very personal relation basin's different meetings we had and it's official these visits that you present where president trump is expected to double his french counterpart with a private dinner vernon the virginia munchen was the home of america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations the presidents are also expected to exchange memorable gifts and the society looks out why the money will mark rowlands visit to the u.s. promises to be so special donald trump is the first u.s. president in nearly a century to end his famous chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time and his second his first in a date at the white house french president emanuel but the tyranny this initial encounters have been slightly shaky. micron even went as far as trollin

well lattimer putin had a phone call today to emanuel mccrone the french president in which he warns mccrone against any sort of dangerous actions as he put it in syria apparently the burns of possible air strikes he said that that could lead to unpredictable consequences there is the threat of escalation as russian politicians have been calling in recent days for russia to try and shoot down any western missile that might be sent into syria there's been rumors that the british base in cyprus could even be targeted as part of retaliation but one one small cause for hope is that we know the confliction line between russian and u.s. military's is still being used according to both sides they're talking about that to try and avoid any sort of loss of life or a violent concentration confrontation between these former cold war foes it could escalate control very quickly and also playing up on wesson fail and domestic politics playing up the likelihood of a possible refugee what he called a repeat of iraq or libya friends of the american invasion of iraq saying that turmoil in syria would

donald trump talks of his beautiful friendship with france's emanuel mccrone out of their white house meeting with the paris still struggling to find common ground on a number of crucial issues. and that for extremists it's revealed that an alleged bodyguard of some of the in law has been claiming benefits in germany for more than two decades. russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes on the country the us had previously claimed that all of its missiles hit their targets. and the football fan is fighting for his life after being attacked by a taliban supporters ahead of a match in northern england to have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder . global news twenty four seven this is r.t. international from moscow we call them bright welcome to the program donald trump is heaped praise on emanuel mccrum of that meeting in the white house the two presidents met to discuss topics ranging from syria to the iran nuclear deal but it's the touchy feely friendship that's all over the headlines r

white house policy and fading hopes of it working after three days of hosting french president emanuel mccrone in an official state visit us president dublin trump tomorrow will welcome german chancellor angela merkel now the macron medical mission has been a two fold one prevent a transatlantic trade war by convincing trump to extend tariff exemptions to europe on steel and elam in the him and to stop truong from abandoning the iran nuclear deal now as macron left washington he was quoted as saying that trump will probably kill the iran deal a policy you've heard that he reportedly described with the word insanity well i'm the america will be able to change strong small and it is doubtful and the reasons were presented to the world about a year ago. it's all could moments during the first meeting at the white house that still sums up the us a lack of political chemistry between i'm going to america and donald trump. when traffic simply didn't react as merkel asked him to shake hands thank you. german chancellor i'm going to america's reputation as the global leader who keeps the world strong

french president emanuel mccrone has urged the united states to reject fear and isolationism and not to retreat from its a story of a military role in world affairs he told a joint meeting of congress that international allies must work more closely to confront global threats mccrone also urged washington not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. california authorities have announced the arrest of a former police officer suspected of more than fifty rapes and at least.

president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to microphones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and tariffs as they relate to automobiles the two also discussed u.s. sanctions against russia chancellor merkel fears that those those tariffs make him . german company's president trump at a joint press conference with ms merkel criticized nato allies like germany for not contributing enough to their g.d.p. to the mutual defense he also talented what he views as positive reaction to his steel and aluminum tariffs and during the meeting chancellor merkel reportedly pressed mr trump on the six party agreement on nuclear issues with iran to which both germany and france are both partie

that happening but we do know that yesterday in manila mccrone said that if there was any military action to come from france they would target only be chemical facilities the the promise that they won't be targeting targeting the allies of the syrian government but. a lot of experts raise the brother valid point that if they were to target chemical facilities producing chemical agents those toxic weapons were indeed produced at those facilities then and their strike would just cause be another chemical another demographic consequence you have no idea how far that could then reach the effects of such an explosion which would be extremely frightening and that's the point is that there is so little information and yet we have at least the u.s. looking like they're ready to go ahead and take action without an investigation an independent investigation haven't been started let alone finish all we've had is russia going to the site saying that we found nothing inviting everyone else to come to the site including the o.p.c. w. in order to get on the ground real evidence and information about wh

trump has said that he wants to get his troops out of syria mccrone claims that the new u.s. needs to be persuaded to stay. what is like a key difference in the strategy here. it's very strange because the we spend millions of euros with there this intervention had no strategic values especially that we know that syria held by russia has a right to create about ninety five percent of fundamentalist groups far. so. i said that my friend should have instead. of work on stabilizing this region instead of just continuing this war i'm surprised actually that trump american president with the you know history of you know going to wars into a part of the world is just like jill's the there's been a shift of characters and now you know mccrone wants to you know. go to war and. play a trump is more like you know let's we have done what we should have done and that's just let's go back home so that's a very interesting you know switch i would say that we have witnessed today and i'm not sure what michael has in mind but i think he will be definitely like triggered between france and th

mark mccrone in print what he says i do know these three men these three leaders trump. mccrone and me they and they see themselves as a national mankind who who approved this the security council or approve it congress didn't approve it parliament can approve it from the u.k. then improve it and you know these are the same governments that now would. love to have us believe that there action syria something you are protecting civilians these are the seams three governments that are arming interests illa tating is participating in the saudi war of the yemen the cause of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world believe that human beings on the band the worst cholera outbreak in human history millions of human beings suffering from the blockade of food medicine and fuel it demonstrates reports these are the countries they would use in the government and i was believe that this this bombing is something do it protect include any human interest ever so preposterous and does anybody in the world believe that this military action is anything to do with protecting civilians i

and french workers are increasing their activity in response to president mccrone plans to cut jobs and reduced curity and benefits on monday for national railway unions escalated their actions with stoppages that they say will occur for two of every five days from now until june this builds on the momentum of a one day work stoppage by rail and public sector workers the state rail company ass and c f says only about one of eight high speed trains were running on monday and that it may cost as much as twenty million euros for every day of the stoppage transportation minister elizabeth bourne took a hard line in response to the strike saying the government will stand firm present mccrone new political party has a strong parliamentary majority which may enable the president to push his overall agenda dealing with pay and pensions through over massive resistance while have more on the french rail strike in the coming days. and in the us the upsurge of labor activism one teachers is spreading following the recent example of west virginia teachers in kentucky oklahoma and potentially arizona

you're forgetting going to work as a politician and a statesman emanuel mccrone decided to be a tourist taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will have your partner to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about her security about trade and a lot of the issues very important for our countries and beyond our two countries at the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the trump presidency donald trump gets on well with the man you're mccraw but in the talks that have to follow the french president wants to convince him to stay inside the iran nuclear deal not to abandon it and to also think again about possible trade tariffs on european goods. the white house press secretary seemed to indicate there was little chance of change on iran front the president's been extremely clear he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed and speaking in canada become acting u.s. secretary of state things the nucle

president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to more crones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most specifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and tariffs as they relate to automobiles the two also discussed u.s. sanctions against russia chancellor merkel fears that those those tariffs may impact german companies president trump at a joint press conference with ms merkel criticized nato allies like germany for not contributing enough to their g.d.p. to the mutual defense he also talented what he views as positive reaction to his steel and aluminum tariffs and during the meeting chancellor merkel reportedly pressed mr trump on the six party agreement on nuclear issues with the. a rent to which both germany and france are bot

and french workers are increasing their activity in response to president mccrone plans to cut jobs and reduce security and benefits on monday for national railway unions escalated their actions with stoppages that they say will occur for two of every five days from now until june this builds on the momentum of a one day work stoppage by rail and public sector workers the state rail company s. and c f says only about one of eight high speed trains were running on monday and that it may cost as much as twenty million euros for every day of the stoppage transportation minister elizabeth bourne took a hard line in response to the strike saying the government will stand firm present mccrone new political party has a strong parliamentary majority which may enable the president to push his overall agenda dealing with pay and pensions through over massive resistance while have more on the french rail strike in the coming days. and in the us the upsurge of labor activism one teachers is spreading following the recent example of west virginia teachers in kentucky oklahoma and potentially arizona

and again mccrone did clarify that then the sesame of the agreement outweighs washington's concerns and he urged other signatories to stick with the deal until there's a better one but more crowded trump reaching consensus came as somewhat of a surprise to the other signatories especially considering that five hundred french british and german m.p.'s wrote a letter to the u.s. congress asking them to support the deal saying that the concerns should be addressed separately and not within the context of the j.c. p.o. way which evidently is in direct conflict with the crown and trump sphere so the check out what the e.u. and russia had to say about it and what can happen in the future will seen the future but there is one deal existing it's working it needs to be preserved we are against the revision of these agreements and believe it's very counterproductive to de rail the longstanding international efforts will make sure that these agreements and shrines in the u.n. security council resolution weren't be violated trump has until may twelfth to decide what he's going to do but now that th

president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to more crones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and tariffs as they relate to automobiles the two also discussed u.s. sanctions against russia chancellor merkel fears that those those tariffs may impact german companies president trump at a joint press conference with. ms merkel criticized nato allies like germany for not contributing enough to their g.d.p. to the mutual defense he also talented what he views as positive reaction to his steel and aluminum tariffs and during the meeting chancellor merkel reportedly pressed mr trump on the six party agreement on nuclear issues with iran to which both germany and france are both parti

question and these guys and they will prepare the new war of the visit mccrone infused of the special bond he shares with the u.s. president and donald trump is expected to reciprocate too with a dazzling private dinner at mount vernon the virginia mansion was the home for america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations. he looks at why micron's state visit promises to be so special. total trump is the finest u.s. president in nearly a century and his face chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time and his second his first in a date at the white house french president emanuel but the tyranny this initial encounters have been slightly shaky. micron even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off the washington pulled out of the power of the climate deal but paris this child seems to have done the trick i remounted dinner atop the eiffel tower with famous ladies last july may have been enough to figure if i'm thick at the bilateral tensions since that we've seen the best of the newest poli

question and these guys and they will prepare is a new wow had this visit then a mccrone infused of the special bond he shares with the u.s. president and all trump is expected to reciprocate with the private dinner at mount vernon the virginia mansion was the home of america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations and the next looks at why mccrone stateside visit promises to be so special. total trump is the fist u.s. president in nearly a century and his face chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time and his second his first in a date at the white house french president emanuel but the tyranny this initial encounters have been slightly shaky. micron even went as far as trolling trump on his favorite platform off to washington pulled out of the power of the climate deal but paris this child seems to have done the trick i remounted dinner atop the eiffel tower with famous ladies last july may have been enough to figure that the bilateral tensions since then we've seen the best of the newest political bro

side to retaliate in syria after the chemical weapons attack there a couple of weeks ago president mccrone has had weekly conversations with trump not just these these visits for all their pomp and circumstance but weekly conversations with president trub so i think what trumps interest is when he looks at the european union and he is he has said this quite frankly is he doesn't want to deal with the european union he doesn't want to deal with a strong multilateral framework on the other side of his negotiating table he wants a one on one scenario where he's dealing with countries whether it's north korea whether it's japan or china or france he wants to deal with them one on one because he thinks then the united states has the clear advantage as the world's biggest economy maybe side by side with china but he sees the united states having its economic and strategic advantages if it is sitting across a table from a single country so for trump not just on the iran deal but on all sorts of economic issues on tariffs on trade it's critically important for trying to have this relationship with

before getting going to work as a politician in the statesman emanuel mccrone decided to be taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will have your board meeting to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about her security about trade and a lot of the issues very important for our countries and beyond our two countries are the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the trump presidency donald trump gets on well with the man you're mccraw but in the talks that have to follow the french president wants to convince him to stay inside the iran nuclear deal not to abandon it and to also think again about possible trade tariffs on european goods. the white house press secretary seemed to indicate there was little chance of change on iran front the president's been extremely clear he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed and speaking in canada become acting u.s. secretary of state things the nuclear d

before getting going to work as a politician and a statesman emanuel mccrone decided to be taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will have your board meeting to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss a border security about trade. and a lot of. very important for our countries and beyond our two countries at the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the trump presidency donald trump gets on well with the man you're mccraw but in the talks that have to follow the french president wants to convince him to stay inside the iran nuclear deal not to abandon it and to also think again about possible trade tariffs on european goods the white house press secretary seemed to indicate there was little chance of change on iran from the president's been extremely clear that he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed and speaking in canada become acting u.s. secretary of state things the nuclear deal is a

and french workers are increasing their activity in response to president mccrone plans to cut jobs and reduced curity and benefits on monday for national railway unions escalated their actions with stoppages that they say will occur for two of every five days from now until june this builds on the momentum of a one day work stoppage by rail and public sector workers the state rail company s. and c f says only about one of eight high speed trains were running on monday and that it may cost as much as twenty million euros for every day of the stoppage transportation minister elizabeth bourne took a hard line in response to the strike saying the government will stand firm present mccrone new political party has a strong parliamentary majority which may enable the president to push his overall agenda dealing with pay and pensions through over massive resistance while have more on the french rail strike in the coming days. and in the us the upsurge of labor activism one teachers is spreading following the recent example of west virginia teachers in kentucky oklahoma and potentially arizona

well engle merkel came to the white house today as sort of a tag team with emanuel mccrone earlier in this week to try to convince president trump to stay in the iran nuclear deal and to not end those exemptions on tariffs on aluminum in and steel in both cases it's unknown what the president might do during a press conference this afternoon in the white house merkel mentioned as did mccrone that the iran nuclear deal is not perfect it's a framework that can be built on but the president made no commitment either way as to whether or not he will stay in that deal on tariffs again merkel said that the president said that he made no commitment as to whether or not he would extend those exemptions on the tariffs the deal with steel and aluminum and in both cases merkel said it is now up to the president it's important to keep in mind that these are two nations that have a very close relationship with the united states as emmanuel mccrone mentioned earlier in the week that this is a familial relationship that they might not agree on everything but there are things that these countries do

the way you mentioned the chance of the she will come to washington next week also french president mccrone will be here next week and what the europeans tried to point out all the time is this is an issue where europe is united of course because trade is the affair of the e.u. and they make this point to the american counterparts and all of shoals told us today he had the impression that his american counterparts were understanding that this was the case now at the i.m.f. chief christine that god has been speaking she's pointed to strong global growth that she has warned of course that trade tensions could hurt the global economy in the long ten all the u.s. and china hating her warning do you think. i'm not so sure and they might be listening to what she has to say about for now it doesn't appear like they are following her at vyas neither side seems to be ready to back down at this point so it's completely unclear whether this conflict can be resolved and then it's all right washington correspondent constand phenomena at the international monetary fund for us thank you. the global glass

mccrone macron from- mrs. france. they will enjoy a private dinner historic,ernon, the our nation's first president, george washington. this setting will serve as a reminder of rinses unique status as america's first ally. -- france's unique status as america's first ally. a terrificaster is person. on a personal note it has been a privilege to serve alongside him and to travel around the world, advancing the presidents america-first foreign policy. his decades long career is in inspiration to us all. the president wishes him well. they will continue to be great and will no doubt be seeing a lot of each other in the years ahead. >> what effect did the announcement today have on the post by the president? >> we will continue, as the president has said. goodnts to have a relationship with russia, but that's going to depend on some of the actions by the russians. at the same time the president is going to be tough until we see that change take place. we can to have that meeting and a meeting with vladimir putin at some p

french president emanuel mccrone has urged the united states to reject fear and isolationism and not to retreat from its a storage and military role in world affairs he told a joint meeting of congress that international allies must work more closely to confront global threats mccrone also urged washington not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. california authorities have announced the arrest of a former police officer suspected of more than fifty rapes and at least.

mccrone warned of what he calls a civil war within the european union between liberal democracies and the euro skeptic and nationalists that is it for me for now going to have more news for you in just under half an hour coming up next on al-jazeera it's techno thanks for watching us you sue if i. sometimes feel that we are really looking into the hearts and the souls of those directly involved in advance taking place very good at telling all sides of the story from the political elite to those people who've been affected you really get to know what's happening on the ground that's very important for me as a generation past that can often feel that my continent is misrepresented and we've changed that your story is important to us it doesn't matter where you come from. this is techno show about innovations that can change lives the science of fighting a wildfire we're going to explore the intersection of hardware in humanity and we're doing you will. this is a show about science. now that i signed it seems to us tonight. it's everywhere our. landfills overflowing is so smells so bad b

guest of honor during the bus deal day celebrations so he obviously feels an affinity with emanuel mccrone there are those in terms or but who would suggest that being invited to his private club in florida monologue or for dinner there is perhaps something more in keeping with the way that donald trump likes to on earth people but this is certainly a big deal and the french president is aware of it with all the pomp and circumstance that america can do exceptionally well almost as well as anyone else so tomorrow mariel micron will be i believe it's tomorrow will be addressing a joint session of congress but at this dinner tonight which is usually. i would say bipartisan not really just a nonpartisan thing they're all democrats were not included is there any real significance to that. well there are no congressional democrats they're on the guest list of one hundred fifty there are about five congressional republicans including the speaker of the house paul ryan there is one democrat there and he is the governor of louisiana no students of american history will know that louisiana was part

the way you mentioned the chance of the she will come to washington next week also french president mccrone will be here next week and what the europeans tried to point out all the time is this is an issue where europe is united of course because trade is the affair of the e.u. and they make this point to the american counterparts and all of shoals told us today he had the impression that his american counterparts were understanding that this was the case now at the i.m.f. chief christine that god has been speaking she's pointed to strong global growth that she has warned of course that trade tensions could hurt the global economy in the long ten all the u.s. and china heeding her warning to you think. i'm not so sure and they might be listening to what she has to say but for now it doesn't appear like they are following her at vyas neither side seems to be ready to back down at this point so it's completely unclear whether this conflict can be resolved and then it's all right washington correspondent constant phenomena at the international monetary fund for us thank you. the global has kep

well mccrone made some symbolism to the meeting by presenting donald trump with a tree from a first world war battlefield this cites all of the two leaders planting it in the white house garden hunting twitter users plenty of on the. soul is a great honor to take part. in these veterans or they call witness trees that lived through the war see around you have continued to grow. and lots of fun without one well earlier our guests agreed that the displays of closeness like that one worse since the a performance although they did have contrasting views on how good it was. i think it's just is all just for show i mean for a better year you know micro and the french media just trump and i certainly know trying to appear to be like the new body of prison my crown i think they just have to show they're going to freeze value to the world after what happened you know in syria so do they have you know interests in common yes probably but i do also think that it was you know mostly made this mini reversal on the part a microphone makes a mockery of his presidency the hearing him on numerous occasion

mccrone called on the u.s. president not to ditch the deal without getting a better alternative in place first yet at the end of his three day trip he hadn't secured any promises from trump and it's not yet clear how much success he's had in buttering him up ahead of anglo-american his visit the german chancellor is coming to washington d.c. on friday when she'll be trying her hand at saving the iran deal claridge is there now for some of the other stories making the news today kim jong un's expected become the first north korean leader to cross into the south since the korean war kim will be meeting with president moon in a storage summit on friday two sides will hold talks focused mainly on nuclear program. following mass anti-government protests armenia's parliament says it will elect a new prime minister on may first lawmakers had chosen better leader sayres on as prime minister but that triggered the original demonstrations in the country critics accuse him of a power grab he resigned on monday. police in

the way you mentioned the chance of the she would come to washington next week also french president mccrone will be here next week and what the europeans tried to point out all the time is this is an issue where europe is united of course because trade is the affair of the e.u. and they make this point to the american counterparts and all of shoals told us today he had the impression that his american counterparts were understanding that this was the case now at the i.m.f. chief christine that god has been speaking she's pointed to strong global growth but she has warned of course that trade tensions could hurt the global economy in the long ten all the u.s. and china heeding her warning do you think. i'm not so sure and they might be listening to what she has to say but for now it doesn't appear like they are following her advise neither side seems to be ready to back down at this point so it's completely unclear whether this conflict can be resolved. right washington correspondent coston phenomena at the international monetary fund for us thank you. the global has kept oil prices down app

macro says he has proof that the syrian government carried out last weekend's chlorine gas attack is mccrone did not cite whether france was planning military action against president assad's government but said he had spoken several times with president trump about the most effective response. carrier and land based french jets would likely play a central role in any strike against syria coordinated by nato allies the us britain and france. for the french president emmanuel mccaw he could just be a question of when macro insists he has proof the asset regime used chemical weapons against its own citizens a little and of duma and he says france wants to remove syria's chemical weapons capabilities. france will not allow an escalation or anything that could damage the stability of the region but we cannot let regimes do anything they want especially not crimes against international law. on the streets of paris opinion is divided on whether france should take part in any strike on syria. what the syrian dictator is inflicting on his people is frightening as far as france is concerned an interv

congress but it's typical typical mccrone here and. the thing is though with the french at the moment they're really concerned by other things than what my call talked about like i said earlier he talked about the european perspective not necessarily the french perspective of course he talked about the longstanding french u.s. friendship which goes back more than two hundred years so very historical but when it came to the actual policies he didn't talk about the strikes in france that people are worried about about his labor reforms everything he's doing on a national level he didn't reference that at all he reference classic european union policies classic european union standpoints that's often in brussels thank you so much. germany has pledged an extra billion dollars in aid for syrian refugees inside the water own country and in the neighboring lands the pledge came as governments and aid groups began the second and final day of the donor's conference the e.u.'s foreign policy chief federica ma greeny called on russia iran and tur