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 ma

you aren't denying the united states' democracy? do you believe the united states is a democracy? and if so, if it is a democratic state, then the final conclusion in this kind of dispute can only be delivered by trial. by the court. not by the executive, by the law enforcement. for instance, the concord company that was brought up is being accused of interference. but this company does not represent the russian state. and i brought several examples before. well, you have a lot of individuals in the united states, take george soros, for instance, with multibillion capitals, but it doesn't make him -- his posture the posture of the united states. no, it does not. it's the same case. there is the issue of trying a case in the court and the final -- the final say is for the court to deliver. we are now talking about the private -- the individuals and not about particular states. and as far as the most recent allegation is concerned, about the russian intelligence officers, we do have an intergovernmental treaty. please do send us the request. we will analyze it properly and send a fo

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

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. with that, i want to thank you for coming to the white house. it is my great honor. thank you. prime minister 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. i take it as a sign of the special attention to italy and to me as well. forgive me, but i do not want to renounce the privilege of speaking in my wonderful language now. [speaking italian] translator: before all, i would like to rememb

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

it's an unpair burden on the united states. -- unfair burden on the united states. i'm sure it will be resolved. i have great confidence in the secretary-general. he's worked very, very hard on this. he knows it's a fact. i have great confidence in him and his representatives. >> first of all, mr. president, and good to be here for the summit. we're willing to discuss many important issues at the summit. we all agree that we have to do more. i agree with you that we have to make sure there is more. the good news is there is more in defense. we're adding illions. president trump: why was that last year? >> because of your leadership. because of your message. i have done it before. your message is having an impact . we build on that to make sure we ave further increases. all allies are going to develop national plan to spend more on defense. based on these national plans, we now estimate that the european allies and canada will so, this is really some momentum. it helps. i'm moving in that direction. asking to do more. strong nato is good for europe. it is also good f

what about the united states. $12 billion for the united states and $5 billion worth of services. that's the direct 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 heavi

states and the united states as highly destabilizing and therefore subjected to very tight sanctions particularly tight sangs coming less from the united states which matters relatively little 0 russian economy but to europe where the sanctions are very, very tight and where there are already sibs particularly coming from italy and some of the former soviet bloc countries now part after the european union they would like to ease off on sanctions. there have been a lot of criticism by donald trump of the european union as a block on its own right. he's a supporter of brexit. in that he's in lock step with putin. they may well find that ultimately, the russian agenda here senior playing a much longer game but trying to warm this relationship at a personal level, jaking. > all right. thank you so much. back in the united states, the summit could have major political implications for president trump. >> indeed it could. to discuss that now, how it's going to be viewed in the united states we're joined by john prudhoe, u.s. editor for the economist. we spoke to you when president trump wa

the largest nail plant in the united states. it's not an industry that has been particularly well in the united states. they have largely displaced the u.s. nail industry. we would have this conversation outside on the lawn. it was trying to hold itself against the tide. it was brought by their provider of steel. in the first encounter in the story of the book. they go to the midcontinent plant and says were going to expand the plant. down the street they have just closed and air-conditioning print and moved it to mexico. they have every reason to believe that they are next. i talk about this. this is a complex relationship. our relationship with mexico has been critical in creating jobs overall in the united states. there is a net benefit to us economically. you can't separate the industrial platform. it doesn't mean that no jobs had ever moved to mexico. it doesn't mean that no american companies had ever come in this is a complex relationship. a lot of things happen. the workers look to him distrust fleet fully with every rea

that is what we do with the united states. can do more and we can work with our central american friends. there is sufficient common ground in that respect. theer: a question from audience of that leads into our concern about the drug cartels and wondering how change vis-a-vis the narco trafficking with the new administration, what the state of clay is, how effective have we been in limiting the rise of these cartels? amb. gutierrez fernandez: if you look at what most people think, we have not been successful enough. insecurity, has gravitated in mexico's election. think that the last haveistrations in mexico confronted as best as possible, organized crime. methods, where not doing a good enough job. it would not be appropriate not to recognize that. i think, we need to take into account that this is an issue that takes a long time to address. experience in other areas of the world would point to the fact that there are no silver bullets to address this. number two, we need to do a better job in the conversations we've had wit

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 bri

i don't think it's fair to the united states. now 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 a

this has been shown to benefit have more states, we high skilled and high paying jobs in the united states to run these manufacturing organizations. it's a transitional area. jobs in manufacturing have been declining since the 50's, we used to have 35% of the workforce in manufacturing and percent, itst nine following the trend of agriculture due to high levels of productivity. it's also true that other countries have not been working or treating the united states fairly when it comes to market access and exports. this is where we need to keep our focus. the key for the united states is that what is produced here can actually be sold on a competitive basis in other markets. that is where we need to focus our trade policy. instead of doing the opposite. comments onle of twitter. the people getting degrees for skill sets that are overpopulated and the workforce, we need to focus on skills-based secondary education, vocational and trade schools. another says remember when the gop was pro-free trade? , me china shop. that wholet's not cars can import from other countries, it's that car parts,

many people the united states have for the first time -- in the united states have for the first time have had to go out of the way to talk about the importance of this relationship and from a critical point of view, mexico, we've slept in our -- on our laurels somewhat. with got a image problem that should be addressed. we need to be present to work with governments at different levels with congress, within the business sector, simply to have a systematic presence on what the relationship is about and what it is not. but we are in better shape. i do think that, we've got a chance you know, to construct a better relationship. the differences that we have, they are known and public, they haven't impeded us to have fluid communication with the administration. i'm very clear about that. >>> interviewed by the new york daily news columnist.>> and then, it creates sense. with got investigators going to hawaii, there's a report coming soon. he suggested that there was a videotape coming. and so, it generated more media interest so let's see what he has to say or let's see if something comes

the united states are feeling the pressure. a former in kansas, fifth-generation family of farmers where they gross way beans, corn, wheat and also raise cattle -- they and many of their neighbors will begin fall harvest in a couple of months. the increased prices was. have already reduced from income, which has fallen by 50% in 2013. it is driving kansas farmers like them to the edge. all told. estimated $361n million of kansan exports being threatened by these terrorists. bottom line, trade and exports are hardly earn a living in kansas, and farmers, ranchers and our nations manufacturers cannot afford a prolonged trade war. thank you for joining us this morning, i look forward to your testimony. i would now like to recognize the ranking member of this committee, senator shaheen, for her opening remarks. sen. shaheen: thank you for being here this morning, i appreciate it the opportunity to speak with you early this week. the senate commerce bill for provides $57.69 million for the united states trade representative, as well

i cannot imagine a sum that pmi produced less for the united states. you asked if it produced a resuming of arms control talks, dialogue. i think that would have been useful minus what you saw in helsinki, that 45-minute performance by mr. trump and the fact that the russians continue without american pushback to continue to try to interfere and manipulate our electorals. >> it's hard to figure out where this is going next. one of the things that clearly has happened is that, of course, europe -- european leaders reacted quite strongly after the press conference. the german foreign minister tweeted that this clearly showed we can no longer rely, for our safety and security on the white house. he said the white house. we will have to create a new european security apparatus that can survive despite whatever comes from the united states. that's one thing. now they're beginning to get less panicky. they seem to have judged over the last several days that nothing much happened in helsinki. that despite the claims from both sides, that nothing actually much

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

so -- contradicts the president of the united states. reagan is no longer worshipped within this gop. this is the party of trump. i will say this, too. you may have seen in new york magazine, there was a story that hypothesized what if donald trump was a soviet sleeper since the 1980s? no sleeper would be this blatant. a sleeper's russian handlers would say, don't be this obvious. this president say tacking the european union, attacking nato, attacking france, and germany, britain, and australia, our closest allies, and hugging russia close is really a dream come true for the kremlin. and you know, as to the next election, anderson, this is essentially an open call for further russian intervention. vladimir putin has to know at this point that as long as he enter convenience in the u.s. election on the side of donald trump, this president will either lack the integrity or the guts to call him out on it. and so unfortunately, this makes us more vulnerable in 2018 -- 2020 and 2018 than it did in 2016. >> yeah, it's truly -- it is a stunnin

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 brea

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 i

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 wo

lend lease did, indeed, rescue britain but also rescued the united states. it mobilized the nation's industrial might from coast to coast. factories that had produced lawn mowers, vacuum cleaners, textiles started making gas masks, automatic pistols and high-precision instruments. the automobile factories began to build cars and labor force was booming, millions of men and women of all ages streamed into factories and worked on assembly lines, vocational high schools were on overtime, training and retraining american men and women for new roles in the workforce. the manager of the state employment service in the small city of york, pennsylvania, said in january 1941 a year ago our task was to define jobs for men, now our task is to find men for jobs. and what about housing? all the new workers needed places to live near the factories and so roosevelt set up an agency called the division of defense housing that supervised the construction of 2 and a half million new homes along with schools and recreational facilities. all this powerful activity and energy pr

they were transferred to the united states. they sent huge amount of money, they sent huge amount of money, $400 million as a contribution to the campaign of hillary clinton. well, that's the personal case. it might have been legal, the contribution itself, but the way the money was earned was illegal. so we have a solid reason to believe that some intelligence officers accompanied and guided these transactions. so we have a -- an interest of questioning them. we can all -- that -- that could be a first step, and we can also extend it. options abound, and they all can be found in an appropriate legal framework. options abound, and they all can reporter: and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? president putin's translator: yes, i did. yes, i did. because he talked about bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. >> i think there can be three questions from the russian pool. russia today, you have the floor. reporter: thank you so much. good evening to everyone. my name is ilya petrenko, rt tv cha

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. we will do that. 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. with that, i want to thank you for coming to the white house. it is my great honor. thank you. prime minister 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. i take it as a sign of the special attention to italy and to me, as well. forgive me, but i do not want to renounce the privilege of speaking in my wonderful language now. [laughter] [speaking italian] translator: befor

states and brought back again exotic prices back to the united states the emerging markets are starting to see the dangers of. uni lotteries collateral damage that we are suffering is tried was. not the cause of everybody's problems but we're all being affected so we're not very happy about it we're also not very happy about what we see as. the intended a dissertation which is a reeky to multilateralism in favor of. favor of that this is a signal that we need to strengthen. as brics huge number of areas so with all the damage that right now america's trade policies are dealing apparently to the economies of the breaks nations well every cloud has a silver lining you know and here it is the fact that the brics nations are now encouraged to work closer with each other also similar taney asli encouraging other nations perhaps emerging economies to work with the brakes and not with the states don of reporting from johannesburg from south africa. well the five leaders gathered for a group fair say were not everything went to plan. now facebook shares plummeted by nineteen percent on thursday

the european union buys exports from the united states that create almost 3 million jobs in the united states where we need them. we need them militarily as well but we spent over $600 billion a year on defense. nato countries spent $300 billion. that increases our spending by 50%. should they spend more? sure they should, and the president was right to bring that up. but my main point is vladimir putin is not our friend. if the message from this meeting between presidents vladimir putin and president is that we are now friends, this is the man that suppresses his own people, he does not believe in democracy, he invaded crimea, he and hepeople in england is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in syria. this is a menace and we have to treat them that way even as we talked to him. shery: the implications for american values when it comes to dealing with these allies and rivals. senator lieberman: we are always better when we stick to our values and today's press conference to not look like american values. shery: thank you so much for your time. joe lieberman, former senator

in fact winston churchill said at one time talking about the united states, said that the united states of america was the best located country in the world. the best located country in the world. the pacific ocean on one side. the atlantic ocean on another. neighbors north and south that we have learned to cooperate with and live with. we could turn to the pacific if that's where the opportunities were. we could turn to the atlantic. winton churchill didn't point out the mississippi river that runs through the center of our country as maybe the greatest waterway in the world in terms of the system that created transportation from the very start. the mississippi river and all the tributary valleys there were incredibly well located, but all of these things can benefit us if we make the most of them. and it's possible to make the least of them. you know, if you get to the water, if you get to the river and you can get on it and you can use it and it becomes an avenue of commerce, it's an opportunity. if you get to the water and you can't get on it, it's an ob obstacle. that's sort of wha

look at the united states. how the european union has taken advantage systemically of the united states on trade. it's a disgrace. so it's not an easy negotiation . reporter: since you attacked cnn, can i ask you a question? president trump: john ronts, go ahead. no, john roberts, go ahead. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. john rockets of fox. let's go to a ale -- roberts of fox. let's go to a real network. reporter: thank you, mr. president. some people have suggested that relations between the united states and russia are at their lowest point since the end of the cold war. you have stated many, 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? president trump: yes, i think so. i think i'd have a very good relationship with president putin, if we spent time together. i may wrong. other

states stays in the united states. that the taxpayers don't have to pick up the difference of that $138 billion with a small fee 1%, 2, it makes me no dins. my question is, what's your opinion of that, ambassador? i'll ask miss lynch what your opinion is. >> i think that's an interesting thought. i don't think it's -- i think that could be potentially subject for legislation should you decide to go that route. you know, we -- i will say there are other countries in the hemisphere that doe tax remittance as we come in haiti is an example of that in a case i know of. beyond that, i don't think i'd choose to comment. >> miss lynch, have you got a comment? i'm out of time. >> i think it's very interesting. we would have to do further analysis. i know sometimes remittances are something we look at as a way that we will reduce foreign assistance. so far but we would be happy to looking into this and analyze it into i think congress ought to consider that strongly so we keep some of the that money in the united states. $138 b

today no country does more two-way trade in the indo-pacific than the united states. in southeast asia, the u.s. is the single largest form of investment larger than china, japan and the european union. open amount of the indo-pacific today and it's dotted with u.s. and efforts to build self-reliant business institutions and promote private sector growth. the philippines, there was a business that helped the country return into a crucial part of the semiconductor semi chain. in malaysia general electric invested in a sales and service center, and today, 1300 employees in the country from kuala lumpur. i want them and their leaders to know that america stands ready as we always do for partners around the region, to deepen government, people to people ties based on our shared democratic values, i'll travel there in the week ahead. chevron was the first company ever branded oil expiration rights in thailand and in 1973, they discovered the first hydrocarbons in thai waters. this gave birth to a major local industry. today chevron is thailand's top natural gas and crude o

what if they make a deal as reported in the united states that the united states agrees to allow assad to stay where he is and pulls out troops and hoping that russia can move iran back and then abandon the field to russia and iran. it is really serious. these things and putin comes in well prepared. we were talking to jake the last time and president kennedy when he met with his russian leader in '61 was unprepared a. >> there is certainly plenty to be on the table. what will be on the table and how is it discussed? we will see and see together. christiane amanpour and jake tapper, thank you. we will go back to new york. we will keep you aware of the schedule as people are showing up. good to see you both. >> you, too, chris. great to have out the ground for us. we are mention away from putin and trump meeting. our analysts are here next. lilly. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. send yo

or moves 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 the 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

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 t

well russia has been a scapegoat at the united states for a long long time you know we could go as far back certainly as nine hundred seventeen but certainly after world war two we had you know what was known as the cold war which. centered upon the vilification of russia to justify the u.s. is. benchers abroad and we are in a new cold war now and we were it was on it. and it seems to be only a tense of five even though the soviet union collapsed in one thousand nine hundred one the u.s. has developed by russian and he that it's not ok brian what do you know what i find really interesting in this saga that's been going on here is that and it seems to me that i'm very very often the united states and its western allies particularly nato they project all of their own sins upon russia ok meddling in other people's election well we could spend an entire month on a daily basis going through all of the meddling that the united states and its allies have been involved in for the last few decades and it would still be a cursory review i mean it seems to me that russia places other the op is th

united states. the problem today is not the russian people. the problem that needed to be .amed today was vladimir putin instead, our president decided to advance a fake moral equivalency the place right into the hands of vladimir putin's bloody hands. everybody in this body should be disgusted by what happened in helsinki today. i yield the floor. announcer: democrat chris murphy also spoke out against the summit on the senate floor. murphy:: madam president, in my lifetime, no american president has ever had more disastrous overseas trip than the one that was just concluded by president trump. five days of disaster after disaster, insult after insult, capitulation after capitulation. today, donald has america weaker in the world the end at any time in recent memory. let's start with what happened today that has the whole world reeling. to the shock and horror of the american public, president trump stood on stage with vladimir putin and told the world that he believes putin when putin insists russia did not try to interfere in the american e

he said i think the united states has been foolish. insulting and blaming the united states, saying i think we're all to blame. those are his real feelings. he shared his real feelings in helsinki, so now what? >> when i talk to the folks that are still doing the heavy lifting, they continue to do their duty. they expect to tell the truth in a way best suited to communicate to this president to get it in his head. that is a challenge that we have with all of our chief exec tiffs. >> how do they phrase things to get in his head. how do you do it with this president who seems to reflexively revert. and in this particular case. they say it had no influence on the election, and occasionally you can get him to say something like the russians meddle. i thought it was striking when he said i agree with the agreement that the russians meddled, but he didn't say who or why. i would have been struck and impressed if they said that yesterday. >> it's worse than we know because your friend has said that the warning signs, the warning lights, are b

the united states. trump begannald with mistaken notions that as a satellite of china, north korea would then to not -- bend to china's will. thanks largely to president ton's advice, he has come understand that diplomacy, bolstered by a gradual lifting of sanctions, may better achieve his aims. instantlys not only agree with a summit to chairman kim, but praise him as an honorable leader, and to even pledge to rebuild north korea's economy to a level equivalent of south korea has broken all precedent. , secretary earlier pompeo remarked that the united states seeks a fundamentally different strategic relationship with north korea, suggesting he is listening, carefully listening to the north korean's concerns. in the past we were opponents on the battlefield. but today our security relationship is all about cooperation. cooperating and not fighting is truth that when a country decides to create a brighter future for itself alongside the united states, we follow through on american promises. then i have

even if they aren't buying our goods, they invest in the united states. the flip side of the deficit is a capital surplus we run year after year. money coming in by treasury bonds that keeps interest rates low, invests in factories across the united states. trade is a win-win. meltzer, when the federal government puts a tariff on something, what does that mean? guest: it means as goods cross the border, an actual tax or tariff is levied on the good. if you think about it as a tax it is probably the most straightforward way. 10% tariff becomes a $15 good. host: where are we with tariffs levied against other countries. how much has been done? guest: since the administration has come in with tariffs on $36 billion so far on imports from china and $14 billion coming into effect for a total of $50 billion, and additional tariffs aluminum across all importers into the united states, except for a couple of countries like australia who have received exemptions. host: what has been the response from those countries? guest: every country has retaliated. u.s. export

absolutely i mean if you if you go through and people have gone through the record of the united states not just interfering in other elections including rushes in one thousand nine hundred six there's that famous time a year writing of boris yeltsin with the american flag and it says yanks to the rescue because america flooded moscow with american advisors and millions of dollars to make sure their candidate or as yeltsin won otherwise the communist party in russia would have actually been the winner but it's not just interference if the us doesn't like the results of elections after they've tried to influence them then they overthrow the government this is what happened with the democratically elected government of mohammad most day in iran it dared to nationalize the anglo iranian oil company now known as b.p. so of course the u.s. overthrew it and imposed on iran the shah the monarch you can't get more or less democratic government there's a long history of this the united states the media presentation here is so incredible you had donald trump going to europe meeting with the nato

that statement was from the united states president's state department. >> okay. but the united states president said it was an incredible offer. and so that's why i'm pointing out the difference in commending you. please take it. with regard to what else was said during that meeting, i know you have given some indication of what was discussed. let me just give a sense of how russia is characterizing that meeting. and this is the problem with a private meeting like this. many of us voiced strong concerns about having a private meeting like this with no readout. and here's what happens when a private meeting like that is helped. donald trump's meeting with putin was better than super russia's top diplomat said. the meeting in helsinki is fabulous. the reports by the russian agency summed up the mood that mr. trump sided with the kremlin over his own intelligence agency. so they're reporting that as well. here's how it -- one paper in russia characterized it, trump failed to dominate putin. a quiet modest trump naeld comparison with putin. it's clear that putin outm

states is a party -- which means the united states negotiating and putting its own interests on the table and being willing to compromise -- that requires a major foreign-policy initiative. it's not simply one of several pieces of a policy. for our radio audience, including those listening on serious xm channel one 24, our topic, afghanistan, what is the endgame? our next call is from pennsylvania. good morning to you, sir. caller: good morning. thanks to your speaker there. i have a question. first a statement though. i am a gold star dad. i lost a son in afghanistan in 2010. back and did came another true there. we have a son in the marines and a daughter in the navy -- d to yourt happene son? guest: he died -- [indiscernible] host: so sorry. 1980,: prior to afghanistan was the terrorist of the middle east. touristretty much a destination. it can't be the people there do not understand this kleptocracy that is running there is relatively new. i mean, they had a royal family. --y had prince ali sure raw he had to be smuggled out when the russians came in. , that was a that vibrant

back in the united states. the fbi has obtained a recording in which donald trump discussed how to suppress the story of karen mcdougal, a former playboy model who alleges she had a year-long extramarital affair with trump in 2006. in the tape, made before the 2016 election, trump reportedly discussed with his former attorney and fixer michael cohen whether to buy the exclusive rights to the story of karen mcdougal, who alleges she had an affair with trump. at the time, mcdougal had sold her story for $150,000 to the national enquirer, a tabloid published by trump's close friend david pecker. the paper ultimately kept the rights to the story and refused to publish it, in a process known as catch and kill. the tape will now be available to prosecutors in any future criminal investigation of michael cohen, after trump's legal team reportedly waived attorney-client privilege on the recording. on sunday, the lawyer for another woman trump allegedly had an affair with, but don't film start stephanie clifford, also k

gdp growth in the united states was? negative 11.6%. so we're talking massive recessionary conditions. not surprisingly by the way. visit all been predicted because government spending but after the war. we had slightly negative growth again in 1947 when marshall made his speech here in the context this was truly an extraordinary act of statesmanship, but we considered it to be fundamental to our own economic future. stalin always insisted that we were doing this for ourselves. we were, but not in the way that he saw it. one thing i talk about in the book that is truly remarkable is the mindset of the business community, the commercial lobbying firms in washington changed dramatically after the second world war. they were traditionally mercantilist and protectionists but they were brought around to the thinking that their own prosperity depended on rebalancing the global economy so that our allies could sell to us. that was the only way we were going to make a permanent revival of the global economy. the immediate day de

i would between the uk and the united states. iwould imagine between the uk and the united states. i would imagine the prime minister will be hoping canadian press on the president how important free trade is and what damage these ta riffs free trade is and what damage these tariffs he is doing could do to the global economy. let's bring ron back m, global economy. let's bring ron back in, this will play well with people backin in, this will play well with people back in the united states?” in, this will play well with people back in the united states? i think it well, there are a lot of people who are very much concerned about ta riffs who are very much concerned about tariffs and the impact on american businesses across the united states, why is the president doing it at this time, why is he going to verbal wa rfa re this time, why is he going to verbal warfare with our closest allies and i think it's an opportunity for the president and the prime minister to reassure a very nervous president and the prime minister to reassure a very nervous american business sector. i imagine,

the united states is pursuing a policy and a strategy in afghanistan that makes the united states dependent on some level of cooperation with pakistan. there's no solution to the problems in afghanistan, no enduring stability in afghanistan without some degree of cooperation with pakistan. >> husain, what does this mean for pakistan? so many of the countries are moving, in some way, look at malaysia, moving away from authoritarianism. in some cases the military is even more dominant. where does this go? >> it has a very fixed notion of what pakistan's interest is. pakistan must see india as the eternal enemy. pakistan must have a dominant role in afghanistan and pakistan must be the center of the universe as far as that region is concerned. that is an untenable situation when your literacy is low and quality of education does not create the human capital. i think if, as laurel says, that the dependence on pakistan if the united states decides to pack up and leave pakistan, it leaves pakistan with no anchor and also its own domestic growth and pakistani military is betting heavily on china,

the united states is trying to be in a region. when there are. the only job thier doing and they have shown that they do is creation of the terrorist group who are risking tone during the time his tenure in the foreign ministry he. has so. meted out. she. has dissipated in the creation of the terrorist group in syria and iraq if you recall in the. states. doesn't trump. choose into the you who are the people who are these terrorist groups or if you're ultimately agree with mr trump in the in these coalition he wanted to in agent change to the only change you followed the same policy that. created do you think you may have other things in common with mr trump and placed in the way how he conceptualizes there is no newcomer in purposes a common policy between us and the sutra and that there could be no overlap of of us on how the region develops we're not. because we know that. he has his you know any policy you know or the war you're against any kind o. expansionism and any kind of a unit where you notice it or any other country now as the america

bush, the president of the united states. at this moment, the regime of saddam hussein is being removed from power. and a long era of fear and cruelty is ending. the government of iraq and the future of your country will soon belong to you. >> things, however, very quickly started to turn dicey. >> the city of baghdad has now experienced five days of looting. government ministries, hospitals, museums, the homes of the wealthy and even the palaces of saddam hussein have been stripped bare. >> we saw the looting and the total disorder in the streets and frankly, the indifference on the part of american authorities to what was happening. >> the pentagon says coalition forces will indeed get that unrest under control. but that has not yet happened. >> it wasn't just that there was disorder. the society is being torn apart and there's nobody in control. and that was our fault. >> mr. bush declared an end to the military phase of the war in iraq and called the battle a victory in the war against terrorism. >> the administration's v

attacked the united states. to me the 97 vote in the senate while fine doesn't go nearly far enough to address the seriousness of the situation. >> and ruth marcus, your newspaper, the "washington post," reporting that some white house officials worry that putin, who has held several calls with trump, plays on the president's inexperience and lack of detailed knowledge about issues while stoking trump's grievances. it's not us, putin has told trump, the official summarized, it's the subordinates fighting against our friendship. and ruth marcus, those subordinates are leaking profusely to the "washington post" and the "new york times" about their worries about the president meeting with vladimir putin. >> well, we have seen time after time how easily president trump is manipulated, including manipulated by foreign leaders. one of the best ways to manipulate him is to flatter him and to tell him how wonderful and good he is. he is ignorant of a lot of historical facts. so you start to explain to him, for example,

you're not denying that united states democracy. do you believe united states is a democracy? and if so, if it is a democratic state, then the final conclusion in this kind of dispute can only be delivered by trial. by the court. not by the executive, by the law enforcement. for instance, the concord company that was brought up is being accused, it's being accused of interference. but this company does not constitute the russian state. it does not represent the russian state. i bought several examples before. well, you have a lot of individuals in the united states take george saures for instance. with multibillion capitals. but it doesn't make him, his position, his posture the posture of the united states. no, it does not. the same case. there is the issue of trying a case in the court. and the final -- the final say is for the court to deliver. we're now talking about the private -- the individuals. not about particular states. and as far as the most recent allegation is concerned about the russian intelligence officers, we do have an intergovernmental treaty. please do sen