could go through macron cologne. -- macron cologne. -- macron alone. the speech is difficult. she can't do that and that's ok. cerstin: she could come out and proposed -- exactly. is she really european? i think she is, but she grew up in east germany. she didn't grow up like macron as a child. he's never known anything else in europe. and traveling for free and -- guest: good point. pascale: it's emotional, but it's something in the bone. cerstin: 30 years ago. matthew: the time for speech is probably passed at this point. i think that's the challenge she has. peter: the question, macron or merkel, who is sitting on the front seat? the moment, macron is sitting there and germany would like to sit next to him. pascale: i agree. the french have waited 6, 7 months now for germany to take the wheel. and now it's really time. matthew: i don't think it is a tandem. macron is sitting there trying to pull a long and merkel is dragging her feet. it's a huge problem. it will probably not change. peter: thanks so much. i hope it doesn't get a flat tire. on that

macron stressed this in our interview. they both try very hard to carry out the campaign promises that they were elected on. of course, the promises themselves are very different. but i think there's a sense that trump told macron in their first meeting, we're both outsiders. >> proceedings continuing on at the white house. tom sankton of "vanity fair" joining us on the phone. do you get a sense about the president's willingness to press issues, particularly as he'll meet with our president over issues like the iran nuclear deal, which you mentioned, and other topics as well. >> yes. i would say the iran nuclear deal is foremost on his agenda. the reason being is there's a may 12th deadline for president trump to decide, announce whether or not he's pulling out of the deal. president macron of france thinks this would be a very, very bad move. he's also joined in that opinion by his fellow europeans, including angela merkel, who will be in washington on friday and will certainly press the same point. other points he's prob

>> president macron: deciding. you can decide when you are concerned that the decision the one you believe in. when you are a leader and when you want to transform our country, when you love your country, which is my case, i think there's nothing more great. >> chris: what is the worst part of being the president of france? >> president macron: you are never free. your time and your life don't belong to you. you are always alone when you decide, but you are never free because there is such a level of constraint. that is probably one of them. >> chris: of course what someone would say is nobody forced her to run for president. >> president macron: that's why i never complain. i love this mission. it's not a job, its omission mission. i love it. i'm very proud of serving my country and my people. i never complain. and i never complain. it's less difficult than being a worker at a plant in solon. >> chris: thank you, sir. >> president macron: thank you. thank you very much. >> chris: for more on the state visit to was

president macron: [speaking in french] >> [translation] mr. president, dear donald. madame first lady, melania, ladies and gentlemen and friends. it is an honor for me to be here with you in this veterinary place, the white house, for this dinner surrounded by friends of friends, who you were so kind to invite. president macron: [speaking french] >> [translation] this white house full of history, that the british burned down in 1850, and i say this in the most amicable way james monroe had the , brilliant idea decorating with french furniture. a man of faith. in fact, he was a former ambassador to paris. president macron: [speaking in french] >> [translation] dear melania, thanks to the gift you kindly gave us this morning. president macron: [speaking in french] >> [translation] mr. president, you just reminded us like we did earlier this morning, how deep, how strong and how intense the relationship is between our two countries. president macron: [speaking in french] >> [translation] this relationship, from the very beginning, is rooted in re

this is what macron is all about. he knows that their starting points are extremely divergent on almost everything, all the issues you just listed. and so he goes at this knowing that they are polls apart almost on these things. but i think what macron is trying to do is sort of obtain in a way trump's wilder instincts. he wants to keep him inside the liberal democrat community. he wants to keep him listening to rational arguments. he wants him not to isolate him. he thinks the most dangerous thing of all with a leader like trump is to isolate him. i think, therefore, if he can sort of inch him back towards a more reasonable position on some of these matters, then he will feel he's achieved something. he's not going to win. he said this very clearly before in the past. you know, sometimes i convince him. sometimes i don't. sometimes he'll win. sometimes he'll fail, but he wants to be seen to be trying. that i think if he can get some movement on syria, then he will feel he has achieved something. >> and back to iran.

macron, welcome to the united states.p president macron: [speaking french] president trump: we were honored to have been hosted less year. the wonderful friendship that has built up as a testament to the friendship that binds our two nations. it is fitting that we are holding our first official state visit with america's oldest ally, the leader of france. [speakingmacron: french] president trump: this morning we'll send our prayers to the wish formerly as we president george h.w. bush a speedy recovery. we also want to express our deepest sympathies to the canadian people following the tragedy in toronto that claimed so many innocent lives. our hearts are with the grieving families in canada. french]king president trump: your visit, mr. president comes at a critical times with our allies. along with our friends, written and friends, -- britain and france, took action aginst the use of chemical weapons in syria. we want to thank you, mr. president for your steadfast action. it was absolutely incredible. thank you. [translation in french] president trump: the long friendship between the unite

you can see president macron's wife standing. she is receiving an ovation from lawmakers here in the u.s. he was get ready for her husband, the french president, to deliver a speech to congress. we know that the president's cabinet has entered the room, that happened just during commercial break. and secretary crowley, one of the interesting things that we've seen has been the relationship evolve between donald trump and emmanuel macron. that was evident last night at the state dinner. that toast that these men delivered. let's play that now. >> so tonight i ask that we raise our glasses as i offer this toast to president macron and bridget. may our friendship grow even deeper. may our kinship grow even stronger and may our sacred liberty never die. >> >>. >> translator: i got to know you, you got know me. we both know that none of us easily changes his mind. but, we will work together and we have this ability to listen to one another. this is the reason why our relationship will serve throughout history. >> it's striking you hea

presidency macron said in a t.v. interview a couple days ago, you don't launch a trade war against and it is very important that the u.s. and of course allies in macron's view, close allies last 250 been for the years. that is going to be an important agenda item. and of course, the climate, climate that president trump that is an f, personality issue for macron and he will try to encourage the the fold to return to on the issue of climate control. host: because you interviewed im, do you sense him as a forthcoming negotiator, a charmer when he makes his points? is his style? guest: both. he's forceful, determined and he of charm.a lot i think the charm is certainly substance, he's, one of the remarkable things about him, his determination to programs and his his policies and i mentioned policies is reform have triggered a certain amount, resistance at ho home, but unlike french to back ts who tend he wantsopular unrest, to continue with these reforms through.ly carry them a challenge because in the tran transport an

fortunately, macron seems to be the recipe for handling trump because, you see, before macron became president, he was an investment banker, so he's an expert in dealing with egotistical rich people. watch how he plays along as trump shows off his amazing technology. >> president trump gave macron a personal tour of the oval office pointing out his phone to mrs. macron. >> this is where i speak to your husband. i speak especially on this one. i'll show you. right here. >> this one? >> this one. that's supposed to be the latest and the greatest but who knows. >> this one is the stir one? >> that's secure. this isn't. ( laughter ) >> trevor: macron is acting the way an adult does when a kid shows them around their play room. he's, like, wow, donald, the phone. can you talk to people on it? he's like, uh-huh! and you remember all the numbers? >> neno, general kelly pushes tm for me. donald, do you go potty like a big boy? yeah by my friends in russia potty on the beds! ( laughter ) the ultimate test is how you handle it when he publicly hue mill yates you. >> it's a great honor but we d

the guest of honor, french president emmanuel macron and his wife, bridget macron. 120 people received an invitation for the festivity and

macron has been courting him for over a year now. how likely is it that this french charm offensive will have any effect on donald trump at all? >> it is pretty unlikely because the important subjects the frfrench preresident will bringh him and those where europeans and french people would like him to have an impmpact are unlikely to have any end product at this state visit. if you take a look at the iran nuclear deal, the french president comes with a job to essentially offer what europeans believe is good about the iran nuclear deal and try to get t te u.s. president to stay it despite what he has said is a threat to exit that deal in mid-may. macron will be spearheading european attempts to dismiss the americans to stay in that deal. that is unlikely, especially after the arrival of john bolton as national security adviser in the white house and the soon-to-be secretary of state mike pompeo taking up hihis spot at the statate department. both of them are opposed to that deal. the french wants an exemption for his country andhe eu

this is what macron is all about. he knows that their starting points are extremely divergent on almost everything, all the issues you jt listed. and so he goes this knowing that they are polls apart almost on these things. but i think what macron is trying to do is sort of obtain in a way trump's wilder instincts. he wants to keep him inside the liberal democrat community. he wants to keep him listening to rational arguments. he wants him not to isolate him. he thinks the most dangerous thing of all with a leader like trump is to isolate him. i think, therefore, if he can sort of inch him back towards a more reasonable position on some of these matters, then he will feel he's achieved something. he's not going to win. he said this very clearly before in the past. you know, sometimes i convince him. sometimes i don't. sometimes he'll win. sometimes he'll fail, but he wants to be seen to be trying. that i think if he can get some movement on syria, then he will feel he has achieved something. >> and back to iran. parti

. >> guest: sure, emmanuel macron is a very young man and he just turned 40. he has never been involved in electoral politics before. my contact with him let me to consider him an intelligent, focusedte, determined, leader and he is actually trying to put through a set of ambitious reforms at home and not without provoking a certain amount of protest. his relationship with president trump is interesting. i don't know he could call it a friendship but an excellent personal rapport. i think this goes back and you could trace it back to macron's invitation last july to president trump to attend the military parade on bastille day. i think president trump was in pleased i this attention from a european leader particularly at a time when most european leaders were looking at trumpac with, i would say, suspicious eyes. emmanuel macron realized that if he reached out to trump he can establish a personal rapport because trump puts a lot of store behind that personal relationships. i think macron succeeded in winning the confidence of certain sort of friendship with pr

troops out, macron wants them to stay. as we wait to hear from the leaders, one other thing, at the end of the cabinet room meeting, the president said to macron, i think we really had some substantive talks on iran, maybe more than anything else, and we could at least have an agreement among ourselves fairly quickly. i think we're fairly close to understanding each other. the president of the united states and the president of france, how can they have a one-to-one understanding of the iran nuclear agreement that binds the world, not just the two countries? >> he won't be able to bind anyone else, but trump has three issues with the iran deal. the fact it didn't deal with ballistic missiles, he didn't think the regime was serious enough, and of course he rails against these so-called sunset clauses where certain enrichment activities can restart after 10 or 15 years. so we've got european and american negotiators trying to work out side agreements to deal with those issues. i suspect that's what he is referring to, that h

macron and mr. trump. >>> we'll also watch something else occurring. we're days away from a historic meeting in the korean peninsula, next here what's at stake for the citizens of north and south korea. >>> also. >> protesters clash with police in armenia. why many accuse the prime minister of a power grab. stay with us. . >>> welcome back. in just a few days the leaders of north and south korea will sit face-to-face for a historic summit. it's the first such meeting in more than a decade. and there is much at stake. let's bring in paula hancock, live for us in seoul, south korea. paula, you've covered so many issues between these two countries. it seems for the past year or two it's been missile launches that have occurred regularly. now we're talking about talks. and this is a really big deal. had they laid out what specifically will be on the agenda? >> reporter: well, natalie, we've heard from the south korean side that the main thing on the agenda is denuclearization, president moon jae-in of s

and emmanuel macron is 40. but they do seem to have this bond and symbolically that's very important. we don't know substantively what that is going to mean. you heard president macron there saying essentially this is the beginning of something, we'll see what happens in the months and weeks on any number of issues, the paris climate deal for instance, the deal -- the iran nuclear deal, can macron use his charm to convince this president to stay in the deal? is there a better deal in the offing? we'll see. the president is, for instance, said before that maybe the united states would get back into the paris agreement in terms of climate. is that something that is going to happen. they use very different language, right. you have macron talking about a global challenge, he's very much seeking common ground, he's very much a globalist. and president trump speaking more like a nationalist, speaking more like a dealmaker for the united states, who wants the best deal for this country and isn't necessarily concerned

the president of france, the first lady of france, president emmanuel macron, brigitte macron, they have arrived here. the dignitaries are there, all the pomp has concluded. they'll get in a limousine and head over -- i think he's staying at blair house which is the official residence for foreign leaders across the street from the white house. on wednesday he'll be addressing a joint meeting of the u.s. congress which is not something that happens every day. he's speaking now. let's listen in to see what the president of france is saying as we also await the white house press briefing. [ inaudible ] >> severi will have several discussions with president trump this evening at mt. vernon. at the white house, i will deliver a speech at the congress on wednesday. and during the state visits, we will ask to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about our security, about trade and a lot of other issues very important for our countries and beyond our two countries. this is a great honor, and i think a very important state visit given the moment. [ speaking french ] >> brief remarks f

i hope that the president is listening, i hope president macron will have some influence on oui’ macron will have some influence on our presidents, i think it's unclear what president trump will do in this area. what about america more generally? things like multilateralism, global egyptians like the world trade organisation, climate change — these are the things that many americans have rejected, one of the reasons why president trump was voted for in the first place?|j think voted for in the first place?” think what president macron did in his speech today was remind all us of our is shared values and the best way to preserve democracy and freedom and liberty is to honour those values and engage on the world stage in an important way and the readers and fight hard to defend those values and principles and also oui’ those values and principles and also our responsible date to be good stewards of the climate. as he said, there is no planet b. i think he reminded on gi us the importance of american leadership and none of these problems will be solved by a retreat by western powers.

president trump obviously out, macron wanted him to stay in and then on syria, emanuel macron claims he led the president to lead troops there. patrick healey as we watched these arrivals right now, there are clear differences between these leaders. >> there's no question, john. macron is here in part because iran is a really urgent issue. macron basically representing the european allies and you'll see merkel do this again later this week of the he is here to really get serious with president trump about iran or president trump has set a date for next month in terms of when he wants to fix the deal. the republican base wants this deal over. president trump is a new national security adviser john bolton who has been very critical of this deal and there are democrats who are hoping that mike pompeo if he becomes secretary of state which is expected may be able to fix this. the key here john is really the trump macron relationship. president trump cares particularly about two things with regard to foreign leaders, it's about respect and stature. respect in terms of whether president tr

so does macron. he often receives foreign leaders not at the palace, the presidential palace in the middle of paris but versailles. they both like pomp and circumstance. that's obviously one of the things they bonded over. i think when it comes to the issue of flattery, the french have an interesting way of doing it. they say it's like the fable where there's a fox on the ground and a crow on a high branch with a delicious piece of cheese and the fox just keeps flattering the crow and flattering the crow until the crow speaks and drops the cheese and the fox runs away with it. they think that macron is the fox. the question is twhnow that he' here this washington, will he run away with the cheese or run away without anything at all. i think a lot of people in france will be watching that. >> macron and trump are face nating individually and together. they are fascinating characters with the issues of iran an syria and the economic relationship, the tariffs. peter baker, i think you're watching this.

emmanuel macron and president trump have become close friends and allies. first lady melania also hitting it off with emmanuel macron his wife, bridget. the shared outsider status, cementing the bond. >> nothing will ever separate us. >>reporter: recent french involvement in the u.s. led missile strikes against syria is a good example of the new alliance. he has taken knox for sometimes being too interested in pr and his polling has dipped as he's been accused of being more interested in the perks of the job. but in a world looking for fresh leaders, emmanuel macron often fits the global bill. >>chris: our interview with president emmanuel macron came just one week after the u.s., france and britain lost a coordinated strike on the assad regime in syria. on the eve of the state visit, there are big issues that divide president emmanuel macron and president trump. i came to the palace to talk with the french leader. built in 1722 for a french nobleman, it was first used by the president of france in 1848. the interview took place in a salon - - the golden ro

emanuel manue n macron's plane just landed. later angela merkel meets the same day north and south korean leaders sit down for the historic inter-korean summit. all happening as the senate foreign reses committee is expected to reject the nomination of mike pompeo for secretary of state when they vote today. first time in the committee's history the secretary of state nominee was voted against. sarah sanders likely asked about pompeo when the daily briefing begins moments from now. you see the press gathering there. nbc's peter alexander joins me from that briefing room. garrett headacaake from capitol. and sanders won't be mincing words about the democrats voting against pompeo saying they have to decide whether they love this country more than they hate this president. what's the white house strategy here? >> not the only one speaking no knows terms. also we heard from the legislative affairs director mark short he among many white house officials touting the resume, long resume of mike pompeo. number one in his class at west

president macron and mrs. macron, members of the french delegation and distinguished guests, welcome to the white house. [applause] [interpreter speaking french] mr. president, melania and i were hon areed to visit your majestic country last summer. now we're thrilled to host you and your wife here in america. the wonderful friendship we have developed over the last year is a testament to the enduring friendship that binds our two nations. it is truly fitting that we are holding our first official state visit with the leader of america's oldest ally, the proud nation of france. [interpreter speaking french] this morning we all send our prayers to the bush family as we wish former president george h.w. bush a very speedy recovery. i also want to express our deepest sympathies to the canadian people following the horrendous tragedy in toronto that claimed so many innocent lives. our hearts are with the grieving families in canada. [interpreter speaking french] your visit comes at a critical time with our allianc

the french president emmanuel macron in berlin today for talks with angela merkel. sure they are on the same page head of meetings they have lined up with donald trump. cuba set to officially announce the country's new leader today, the first vice president. the right-hand man of raul castro a la setting down -- he is stepping down, putting an end to almost 60 years of casserole. donald trump l leaves himself without t with the currentnt sut with kim jong-un, the u.s. president says he is willing to bail on a meeteting if it does't produce results. time now for business news with stephen carroll. another day of strikes. call a general strike at a protest for a variety of reforms being passed by the french government, 130 demonstrations planned around the country. schools and crashes and the postal service. they say action out of power plants and cut supplies by four gigawatts today in their ongoing protests at universities over higher e education reforms. the national train company is on strike today for the eighth day this month, workers there protesting against an

with president macron a couple media sources reporting this, i tend to believe it, that macron is working a deal, a potential supplemental agreement behind the scenes to address the president's concerns. number one, the international atomic energy agency to make the inspections more intense with iran. connell: right. >> and, so that they could go to all nuclear sites. second, this is where macron and president trump have a lot of common ground, we have not addressed the ballistic missile threat from iran. that is of concern it europeans. i would not be surprised to see movement toward a supplemental agreement on that. connell, look at ballistic miss ail capability of iran, compare it, that is basically the shad missile, to the type of missile from north korea, what do we see? surprise, surprise the same missile. they have been working hand-in-glove for years. i think this president, talking about may 12th. that is when the 90-day certification will be up. there will be a another 90-day period after that. i think president will deal with the north korean threat first. let's see what he get

the president and macron sitting down. and when they're behind closed doors, trump can say to him and likely will, how -- when the cameras turn on, how do we both get a win here? and i think the two of them have a level of familiarity that they'd be comfortable having that conversation. a conversation he might not feel so good about having with someone else. >> let's listen in. >> another two hours we discussed a lot of things. a lot of problems in the world. a lot of problems that we think can be solved. we've come a long way just the two of us. i think as understanding we talked about iran. we talked about syria. we talked about a lot of subjects that really are big, big hard situations. and we think we have solutions to a number of them. so we're going to continue that now, and then emanuel and myself will meet again. i think after this meeting, but we wanted to get the opinion of some of the experts in the room. we have great experts on both sides, so we wanted to get the opinion of some of the experts. very good numbe

what is the deliverable for macron on trade here? >> we heard it earlier on macron. he is straight talking the same way that president trump is as they are candid when they have the conversations. i think that what macron is doing is building a basis of trust so he can talk to the president and say we're your oldest ally. you are in a tough trade fight with china. you don't need some with your best friends. the eu has been smart about this issue. we saw them going after harley davidson and levi strauss and kentucky bourbon. they understand this. >> and all politics personal. that appears to be behind the nomination of rear admiral ronn yerronny jackson. it appears the president appointed someone he likes. now some issues appear to be bubbling up. this is the second biggest bureau in the government. how big would a failure be for the president? >> we don't know what he is being charged with over the allegations. they are serious enough for senators to say we have find more about this guy before we move forward. that's incredibly troubling. it is unusual. you hit the n

macron about iran nuke deal. and the president just said that they've had substantive discussion about that iran nuke deal. david rubin is with us, now, he knows a lot about america, israel and our relationship and the relationship with iran. david, welcome back to the program. good to see you. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: now, during that tape there, you and i were talking and you say that the hostilities have already begun between israel and iran. already started? >> yes, they have. stuart: tell me. >> well, up until this point in recent years it's been iran supporting hezbollah, the hezbollah terrorist organization in lebanon, and they've been supporting syria in syria, obviously, assad, and the hamas in gaza. so basically having israel surrounded but through these surrogate terrorist organizations. but now what has been happening in recent months, in the past year or two is that iran is ensconcing itself in syria. there are iranian military bases in syria with iranian revolutionary guards. and israel has alr

macron will be making. trade: what about lunch and whenbout on trade it comes to still and aluminum terrace and if that could be more permanent for europe with those exemptions? >> that is one of the things president macron will be looking at. hello bill be given an -- howon, and the tone long he will be given an exemption. and things like nafta and the shown, presume that the accord would come up. not is something macron has enabled to convince president trump. again, it is unclear if this report means much more symbolically, because president trump has made material decisions in the past, even with people with whom he has a good rapport, including president abe, the left largely empty-handed. writer --ditional coming up on "daybreak asia", help artificial intelligence can help shipping companies cost ut millions of dollars in costs. economist next, advise the biggest risks the global growth. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is "daybreak asia". may helpile adrienne japanese companies of the u.s. dollar

president macron, mrs. macron. members of the french delegation. and distinguished guests. welcome to the white house. mr. president, melania and i were honored to visit your majestic country last summer. now we are thrilled to host you and bridgette here in america. the wonderful frenchship we have developed over the last year is a testament to the enduring friendship that binds our two nations. it is truly fitting that we are holding our first official state visit with the leader of america's oldest ally, the proud nation of france. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this morning, we all send our prayers to the bush family as we wish former president george h.w. bush a very speedy recovery. i also want to express our deepest sympathies to the canadian people following the horrendous tragedy in toronto that claim so many innocent lives. our hearts are with the grieving families in canada. [ speaking foreign language ] >> your visit, mr. president, comes at a critical time for our alliance, along with our british friends, the united states and france recently took decisive ac

, but macron is here both to sure up the u.s. slrkrench relationship and his psonal relationship with president trump in an effort to really deal with some of these big foreign policy issues. perhaps at the top of that list is the iran nuclear deal. >> reporter: president trump rolling out the red carpet, welcoming french president emmanuel macron. beyond the pomp and circumstance of his three-day visit the two leaders are expected to tackle several thorny foreign policy issues, including the 2015 iran nuclear deal north korea denuclearization, russian aggression, the syrian civil war and climate change. macron has been dubbed the trump whisperer by some because of their close diplomatic relationship. but the talks are sure to highlight the differences between the two allies, including president trump's threat to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. the deadline to either waive sanctions against iran or leave the deal just weeks away. >> our participation can be cancelled by me as president at any time. >> what do you have as a bet

trump and macron are in continual contact. the president taking credit for helping in the decision to keep forces in syria. >> it started before macron was elected. quote, another terrorist attack in paris. the people of france will not take much more of this. will have a big effect on presidential election. there was a lot of speculation at the time that that tweet was a quiet nod or endorsement of far-right candidate marine le pen, who held similar immigration views to donald trump. just a month and a half later, president trump tweeted his congratulations on macron's big win. adding, i look very much forward to working with him. things then looked adversarial a month later when the two men in brussels for the first time. after weeks of scrutiny over the president's handshake style, the leaders held a white knuckled grip until macron eventually let go of mr. trump's hand. there was the story that the president shared about paris several times on the campaign trail and even after during the annual conservative conference or c

he is meeting with emmanuel macron. the big subject is tried. analyst: canada's main trading partner is immediate neighbor the united states, and it is renegotiating the trilateral nafta deal with the u.s. and mexico, but also looking to expand its trading partners. last year, it signed a major free trade agreement with the european union. agreements with france are relatively small. canada experts about 2 billion euros or 1% of its global experts. france sends him is twice as much in value to canada. manufacturing, aviation, and agriculture are sectors the sides could expand in trade. genie: next, a story that has sent shockwaves across the marketing industry. the man dubbed the king of advertising has stepped down suddenly. yuka: thahat man is martin sorrl . his sudden departure saturday has left the largest advertising npr company at a crossroads, when it is already struggling with declining revenue. he steps down after the board conducteted an investigation ino personal misconduct, though details of that program of not been disclosed. regina

macron wants to use this. trump isrelations with seen as an asset, something they can try to use to represent eu resources at the white house. struggling to communicate with trump. i'm not sure this will help macron in the eu. viewers will be familiar with his ambitious proposals on reform which has run into problems recently. ethical be hard to say look, i have such a good relationship with trump that you have to give what i want in europe. his proven quite difficult. >> let's go in a different direction to what are the other ,hings with president macron with china and the fact that steve mnuchin will be going to china next week to talk about trading. interestan aligning when it comes to intellectual property? i think that is a real concern not just in the united states. there is a perception europe lax and too lacks -- europe has adopted a slightly tougher strategy recently and i think it expects your to be sether on china with tests out to give europe a permanent exemption for aluminum. these are talks taki

day two of french president emmanuel macron's visit to washington. macron's visit to watch. president trump hosting a state dinner. he will have a series of meetings where the two leaders are expected to tackle pressing foreign policy issues like the iran nuclear deal and counterterrorism. let's check in with kate bennett at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. president emmanuel macron is in town today and he meets with president trump. we expect to hear from the leaders at the joint news conference where they will be asked questions. the two leaders should be discussing the iran nuclear deal to the situation in syria. the stage is set for the first state dinner for france. a sneak peek showed the first lady had her hand in everything from the menu and the seat cushions. she planned this all by herself. just using her social secretary and white house staff. the dinner will be for about 130 people. we can expect the menu to feature american food influenced by french cuisine. even a performance by the washington national opera. so far, so good for t

early today, many macron addressed both houses of congress. he warned of the dangers of nationalism and the threat of global prosperity and urged america not to retreat from the international stage. despite reservations expressed, manual macron said he stood by the deal to limit the iranian ability to produce nuclear weapons. his report contains lush photography. present arms! the social high point of a state visit is the house banquet. and last night, once again that entente, oh—so—cordiale, between some elder statesmen of politics, was on show again. mr speaker, the president of the french republic. today in congress, the french president had a twinkle in his eye. in 1778, the french philosopher voltaire and benjamin franklin met in paris. john adams tells the story that, after they had shaken hands, they embraced each other by hugging one another with their arms, and kissing each other‘s cheeks. it can remind you of something. but then, something unexpected — a full—on assault of virtually every policy that donald trump holds dear

these two already have history, emmanuel macron to washington. these two already have history, and more of it was made today. >>> and the troubling word late today that former president george h.w. bush 41 is seriously ill and hospitalized tonight in houston as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a monday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. a quick update here at the top of hour broadcast on some breaking news before we get under way with our broadcast. as you may know, former president george h.w. bush 41 is in critical condition tonight in houston, hospitalized yesterday, a day after the funeral of his wife of 73 years. we're told he has a blood infection. he appears to be responding to treatment.

macron wants president trump to keep u.s. troops there which mr. trump has vowed to pull out very soon without a clear plan for what happens after. on north korea, the white house says the u.s. not lift sanctions until the regime takes concrete actions towards denuclearization. >> we're not going to take the north korean simply at their word. the maximum pressure campaign is going to continue until we see concrete actions taken by -- we're not naive in this process. >> reporter: trump and macron are both political newcomers hoping their relationship help them hash out these pressing issues. their friendship on display yesterday when macron arrived at the white house and forever immore tallized in this never ending handshake in france last summer. but the west wing is facing more turbulence inside the trump administration the president's pick to run veterans affairs rear admiral ronny jackson hits a snag ahead of tomorrow's senate confirmation hearing. sources say both sides of the aisle raising concerns as they dig deeper into allegations of improp

macron. and at 11:45 a.m. the white house press conference with president trump and president macron. tuesday evening, president trump's first state dinner. our live coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. eastern with guest arrivals and dinner toasts. on wednesday, president macron address as joint meeting of congress. that's live at 11:00 a.m. eastern. the official state visit of french president emmanuel macron live starting on tuesday morning on the c-span network, c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. and press secretary sara sanders spoke about the state visit at today's news conference also talked about the nomination of mike pompeo among other issues. it's about 25 minutes. sara: today the president and first lady welcomed president emmanuel macron and mrs. macron to the white house beginning the first state visit for the trump administration. this visit will celebrate the long and enduring friendship between france and the u.s. discussions will include economic, diplomatic and global issues. the first lad

emanuel macron warning on fox news sunday that if the u.s. leaves syria, the vacuum that is left would be filled by bashar al-assad and iran and supporting new terror groups in syria. on the iran nuclear deal, macron will urge the president not to pull out of it, but the president again this morning articulating his displeasure with the deal. listen here. >> people know my views on the iran deal. it was a terrible deal. should have never been made. we could have made a better deal. it's a terrible deal. we paid $150 billion. question gave $1.8 billion in cash. that's actual cash. barrels of cash. it's insane. it's ridiculous. it should have never been made. we will be talking about it. >> the president issuing a very sharp warning to iran in that oval office meeting saying if they were to restart their nuclear program, they would have bigger problems than ever before. the president and president macron do appear to share a really interesting friendship. at one point here in the oval office when the two were meeting, the president brushed a li

president macron, mrs. macron, members of the french delegation, and distinguished guests, welcome to the white house. [ speaking foreign language ] >> mr. president, melania and i were honored to visit your majestic consistently last summer. now we are thrilled to host you and brigitte here in america. the wonderful friendship we have developed over the last year is a testament to the enduring friendship that binds our two nations. it is truly fitting that we're holding our first official state visit with the leader of america's oldest ally, the proud nation of france. [ speaking foreign language ] >> this morning we all send our prayers to the bush family as we wish former president george h.w. bush a very speedy recovery. i also want to express our deepest sympathies to the canadian people following the horrendous tragedy in toronto that claimed so many innocent lives. our hearts are with the grieving families in canada. [ speaking foreign language ] >> your visit, mr. president, comes at a critical time

macron deserves credit. there is a way to talk to donald trump and people give the president a hard time. macron has found a way to do that and maybe this will last. >> maybe kim jong-un is watching emanuel macron because president trump said something fascinating yesterday talking about the north korean leader with this pending meeting that he hopes to have in the end of may or june. let's listen. >> kim jong-un, he really has been very open, and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing. a lot of promises have been made by north korea over the years, but they've never been in this position. >> very honorable, referring to kim jong-un as very honorable. sometimes the president is loose with his language, but i have to believe a lot of leaders around the world heard that. >> it's an extraordinary shift from when they were mocking each other publicly. so trump does this extreme good cop and extreme bad cop routine. it's a mixed message to north korea. >> he's both cops. >> correct. is it effective?

trump and macron shared that intense, lengthy handshake, and it appeared for a minute there macron was aware in advance that trump is that guy with the handshake designed to draw you in and take the upper hand. the very next month, president trump withdrew from the paris climate accord with a parting shot at the host country. >> the paris agreement handicaps the united states economy in order to win praise from the very foreign capitals and global activists that have long sought to gain wealth at our country's expense. i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. >> trump and macron met again in july, punctuated by trump's comments to macron's wife. >> beautiful. >> then, the next day, however, the piece de resistance. macron literally rolled out the big guns for trump who loved the military bastille day parade. he was riveted by it and now wants the same thing in washington. when saying their good-byes, the two men exchanged a more cordial and even longer handshake that kept going for a full 30 seconds. we had to speed it up here in the interest of time. later, re

. >> macron doesn't want to talk about a plan b. which i would ask, is that because there hasn't been one proffered that you thinks i strong enough. then maybe that's the reason we don't know. he is saying that this particular deal is something that they feel like they can get their arms around. i'm paraphrasing but i don't know how that's possible if we don't know all that's in it, the side deals. the president might want to press if he hasn't already, then are there some areas that we can extricate, take out, based on the previous behavior up until now with ballistic missile testing, so on, so forth, to slim it down, make it more along the lines of something that we can watch. >> to be a fly on the wall and know the conversation happening in the white house right now, all of these huge pressing foreign policy issues that they're dealing with. >> i think to be clear, when it comes to iran we know we can't trust them. sort of just like north korea in a sense. look, i don't see them in any shape or form complying with the actual deal

president macron: yes, definitely. i believe the reason why we enjoy this relationship, the relationship between our two countries. indeed, we have a different background but it is maybe because we both are not policisans. none of us easily change one's mind. i think if you listen to this press conference, you watched us, you will have the answer to your question. regarding iran, we have disagreement regarding the jcpoa. but at the sign time we are accommodating it to work towards a deal, a noble deal that will enable to deal with the issue of nuclear issue but also treat it together with another three issues which were not being dealt with so far. -- the decision conclusion being that u.s. -- the united states of america would walk away from the jcpoa and france would not move, then our friendship would be wasted. but it is about making sure that we're each taking into account the position and the interest of all reciprocal countries. it is unprecedented. we never before taken joint possession, joint stance on syria t