you know, john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act, and frank he we should be prosecuted on that but -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff, you know. if it was the opposite way, they would prosecute him under the logan act but john kerry violated the logan ability. he's talking to iran and has been. has many meetings and known calls and he's telling them what to do. that's a total violation of the logan act. >> all right. that allegation doesn't even smell mildly correct so fact check it for us. >> the president is saying in no uncertain terms that john kerry in fact is breaking the law, and what kerry will -- has been doing essentially is what he says is what every other secretary of state after leaving office has done before him, that's maintaining ties with their former prosecutors around the world. john kerry does maintain very close ties to many foreign ministers, including the one from iran and we have a statement from the kerry spokesman and say let's cut through the distraction and tal

john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a vital of the logan act. and frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. >> the president making that accusation, a kerry spokesperson responding. everything president trump said today is simply wrong, end of story. he's wrong about the facts. wrong about the law, and sadly he's been wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep america safe. kourtney, take us through the accusation that the president is leveling there. he mentions the logan act. we've heard that come up a few times the last few years. what exactly is he accusing john kerry of? >> he was saying john kerry continues to talk to his counterparts and people in iran who he developed a relationship with during his time at the state department and that he, john kerry is encouraging the iranians not to talk to president trump and the united states, a charge which both john kerry and the iranians denied today. i mean, what's interesting about this is there is -- it is not a violation to continue to talk to people for an ameri

john kerry tells them not to fall. that's a violation of the logan acted he should be prosecuted on that. >> the president went on to say only democrats do that kind of stuff referring to the obama justice department in the logan act as a pretext to question incoming national security adviser michael flynn about his contacts with russia to which conservative radio host and former cia officer buck sexton tweeted democrats will now say the logan act isn't a real law without a second thought for saying general flynn and sally yates use of the logan act to celebrate a trap for him. a requisite course for sally yates donald trump fired. the truth is nobody has ever been convicted under the logan act but it does been private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments without us permission and former secretary of state john kerry last year acknowledged meeting 3 or 4 times with iran's foreign minister in what the boston globe described as a last-ditch effort to save the iran nuclear deal that he helped negotiate. john

john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. and frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. >> the president making that accusation, a kerry spokesperson responding. everything president trump said today is simply wrong, end of story. he's wrong about the facts. wrong about the law, and sadly he's been wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep america safe. kourtney, take us through the accusation that the president is leveling there. he mentions the logan act. we've heard that come up a few times the last few years. what exactly is he accusing john kerry of? >> he was saying john kerry continues to talk to his counterparts and people in iran who he developed a relationship with during his time at the state department and that he, john kerry is encouraging the iranians not to talk to president trump and the united states, a charge which both john kerry and the iranians denied today. i mean, what's interesting about this is there is -- it is not a violation to continue to talk to people for an a

john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act and, frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. my people don't want to do anything that's -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff, you know. if it were the opposite way they would prosecute him under the logan act. but john kerry violated the logan act. he's talk to go ireyeing to ira been and is telling them what to do. that is a violation of the logan act. >> kamala harris, the senator, has writ ann lettten a letter ae should come back and specifically answer her questions. >> this was one of the most arresting moments of barr's testimony he sort of damaged, refused to give a clear answer whether the president had ever directed or suggested him open an investigation. that would be a grave abuse of power. now he says he has had suggestions about prosecuting a specific individual, john kerry, for this violation of the logan act. that raises the question, is the his people the president is referring to the attorney general? harris wants to follow

if he believes that john kerry has broken the law. is it something he's asking bill barr to look into at the justice department? >> speaking of falsehoods, the president was asked about the fact that several members of the 2018 world series champion boston red sox team, which today visited the white house. a number of players on the team skipped the visit. let's play that exchange. >> i like the red sox. >> what do you say to those that argue you're too divisive and -- >> it's interesting, puerto rico, just so you understand. we gave puerto rico $91 billion. >> now the president immediately switching to puerto rico because that's one of the reasons the manager is not coming. in reality, we should point out president trump keeps saying that they gave puerto rico $91 billion. congress allocated $42 billion for puerto rico for recovery. of that, $12 billion has been spent. some government estimates that the budget will include another $50 billion over a 20-year period. that's a very rough estimate. in any case, kristen, the president kee

john kerry speaks with them a lot. john carey's tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. frankly he should be prosecuted for that. he's had many phone calls and telling them what to do. >> bret: john kerry former secretary of state, former democratic nominee. his office released a statement saying everything that donald trump said today is wrong, end of story. bringing a nuclear agreement that solved the problem but we hope the president will focus on solving foreign policy problems instead of attacking his predecessors for theater. who is right here, matthew? speak i think there are concerns about some of the meetings that john kerry may have had with the iranian foreign minister. and the content of what those discussions were. this takes place in the context of iran really struggling under the latest round of sanctions, the designation of the irc as a terrorist organization. they are going to start spending the centrifuges again if europe doesn't play. that's nuclear blackmail, and exactly the reason why the letter states nafta deal

talking about john kerry. virginia democratic senator mark warner is the top democratic on the intelligence committee and joins me now. you heard part of what the president said, i believe. saying it was unfair that don junior testified for hours and hours. there was nothing untoward. he was doing opo research in that trump tower meeting. we understand that the request from your committee is to get him to explain conflicting reports from the mueller report and his testimony before to you about russia. >> andrea, as has been our procedure since the beginning of this investigation, neither i or the chairman will comment about specific witnesses. i think it's very clear that as we went through this investigation, we always said to witnesses, we reserve the right to bring you back. a number of witnesses have come back and clarified or retestified. as already been reported, including other members of the trump family. i'm not going to comment on the actions of mr. trump junior or his lawyers or some of the material

john kerry tells him not to call. that's a violation of the logan act, and frankly he should be prosecuted on that, but my people don't want to do anything that's -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff, you know? if it were the opposite way they'd prosecute him under the logan act. but john kerry violated the logan act. he's talking to iran and has been -- has many meetings and many phone calls and he's telling them what to do. that a total violation of the logan act. >> and that is a total violation of the truth. a spokesperson for john kerry issued a statement saying everything trump said today is simply wrong, end of story. he's wrong about the facts, wrong about the law and sadly he's been wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep america safe. the world supported it then, and supports it still. we'd hope the president would focus on solving foreign problems for america instead of attacking his predecessors for theater. joining our discussion now is ambassador wendy sherman. a former undersecretary of state in

john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. and, frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. but my people don't want to do anything. only the democrats do that kind of stuff. >> dana: john kerry saying this today. everything president trump said is simply wrong end of story. he's wrong about the facts, wrong about the law and sadly he's been wrong about diplomacy to keep america safe. secretary kerry helped negotiate a nuclear agreement that worked to solve a problem. the world supported it then and supports it still. this coming as iran saying that it's basically giving europe, putting them on notice, saying you have to figure out a way to get this back on track. >> i respect secretary kerry's iran history. he's been very wrong on iran. he was very wrong in the deal. now he's been very wrong in basically implying that they ought to resist the president on this. it's under mining u.s. foreign policy even if you disagree with the president. iran has made a big mistake by putting europe on noti

watch. >> you know, john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that is a violation of the logan act. and frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. >> yeah, the president went on to say that only democrats do that kind of stuff, apparently referring to the obama justice department using the logan act in late 2016 as a pretext to crush the incoming national security advisor michael flynn about his contacts with russia, to which conservative radio host and former cia officer buck sexton tweeted "democrats will now say the logan act isn't a real law without a second thought for a general flynn and sally yates, preposterous bad faith use of the logan act to set a perjury trap for him," a reference to former acting attorney general sally yates, who president trump fired. truth is, nobody has ever been convicted under the logan act, but it does ban private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments without u.s. permission. and former secretary of state john kerry, last year acknowledged meeting three or four good times with arad's foreign minist

john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. frankly he should be prosecuted on that >> joining us now to discuss this, kaitlyn collins, cnn white house correspondent, michael smerconish, host of "smerconish" and frank bruni, cnn contributor. i want to start with the latest on the talks, kaitlyn. the president more than doubled the tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods at midnight >> the thinking had been before that if the talks went well last night the tariffs may not have gone into effect at midnight but they did. that's where we are now. the talks are scheduled to resume in the next two hours or so. the question is of what they are going to achieve today by meeting. people think it is a good sign they are meeting for the second day in a row. talks were scheduled for today and yesterday. they got through the dinner that the treasury secretary and the president's chief trade negotiator had with the chinese delegation. the question is what they are going to achieve today. the chinese said i

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john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act, and frankly he should be prosecuted on that, but my people don't want to do anything that's -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff, you know. if it were the opposite way, they would prosecute him under the logan act, but john kerry violated the logan act. he's talking to iran and has been, has many meetings and many phone calls and he's telling them what to do. that is a total violation of the logan act because what they should be doing is their economy is a mess ever since i took await iran deal. they have inflation that's the highest number i've ever heard. they are having riots every weekend and during the week even, and what they should be doing is calling me up, sitting down. we can make a deal, a fair deal. we just don't want them to have nuclear weapons. not too much to ask, and we would help put them back into great shape. they are in bad shape right now. i look forward to the day where we can actually help iran. we're not looking to h

john kerry said i can't believe i am losing to this moron. they think less of trump than of george h.w. bush. they think he is a racist and a moron. donald trump and the russians had nothing to do with her failure to step foot in the arrogance of wisconsin. donald trump had nothing to do with her destroying 30,000 emails under subpoena. i can't believe the candidates would even come to her to get advice. why would they? >> sean: that's a good point. i would not it. >> 2004 and 2016 have something in common that everyone over looks. the exit polls showed that john kerry was president and donald trump didn't win a state. i called candidate trump, and i said you don't poll well. i don't believe this. i told him about 2004 and dick cheney called my radio show on election day. my question is this: the media started out covering election day. they were so happy because they thought they knew the answer. as the night went on, you could see the significant change and shift in mood. by the end of the night it was an outright funeral for a lot of these

he thinks he can go after john kerry. as the ambassador said, two people have been indicted, and if you are going to start prosecuting, you would start with the trump folks. >> this was a conversation we were having about michael flynn just a matter of months ago. >> right. i'm sure that registered with trump. i mean, obviously donald trump did not know what the logan act was before he became president. there's a lot of par sip pells of government so how it came to register in his consciousness is an interesting thing. i imagine it ties to mike flynn. the larger thing that's concerning is again the president is using his office and the powers of his office to target individuals. and i think that that's something we all should be disturbed by and concerned about. he said this week that he had no problem if joe biden got investigated. he's done this time and again. and he's got an attorney general who's referred to federally sanctioned law enforcement investigations as spying and wants to use the power of his office to go b

you know, john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. and, frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. but my people don't want to do anything that's -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff, you know? if it were the opposite way, they'd prosecute him under the logan act. but john kerry violated the logan act. he's talking to iran and has been. has many meetings and many phone calls, and he's telling them what to do. that is a total violation of the logan act. because what they should be doing is their economy is a mess ever since i took away the iran deal. they have inflation that's the highest number i've ever heard. they're having riots every weekend and during the week, even. and what they should be doing is calling me up, sitting down; we can make a deal, a fair deal. we just don't want them to have nuclear weapons. not too much to ask. and we would help put them back into great shape. they're in bad shape right now. i look forward to the day where we can actually help iran. we're not looking to

kerry because that is not something john kerry has ever done, bret. >> bret: rich as -- read -- the environmental protection agency's inspector general, col0 in improper travel expenses by former administration scott. months of scrutiny over reports of lavish spending and suspected ethics violation before resigning last july. nearly $1 million in taxpayer-funded trips, the ig identified possible recovery of nearly $124,000 spent on flying both pruitt insecurity agency in first or business class instead of coach. new accusations being lobbied at fired fbi director james comey from one of his former coworkers. the fbi's former general counsel said he and others were worried that comey blackmailing president trump over more obscene details and unverified steele dossier. chief intelligence catherine herridge and joins us with more, good evening, catherine >> catherine: fbi top lawyer james told the podcast he and others of the bureau worry jet -- the briefing of the president on steele dossier would lead to analogies. the reference to the director who abused power and blackmailed indivi

you know, john kerry speaks to him a lot. john kerry tells him not to call. that's a violence of the logan act, and frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. but my people don't want to do anything that's -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff, you know? >> kerry's spokesman said everything trump said there is wrong, but this is a big deal. the president says he'd like to see john kerry prosecuted, but his people don't want to. so he's talked to somebody about prosecuting someone he sees as an enemy. you remember, it was just last week that senator kamala harris asked the attorney general about exactly that. >> attorney general barr, has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? >> um, i wouldn't -- >> yes or no? >> could you repeat that question? >> i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? yes or no, please, sir. >> the president or anybody else. >> it seems you'd remember something like that and be

john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that is a violation of the low act. and frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. >> i'm in the middle of a whole -- trying to -- there was a time that by the way that donald trump loved john kerry more than george w. bush by the way for what it is worth. one-on-one with iran and rouhani. the president -- iranians are likely to take him up on this when they watch kim jung-un. what will john bolton react on that? >> i don't think that i don't know is interested in the united states talking to anybody including kim jung-un. so i think -- i've said this many times before. i think the president has a method in his madness on foreign policy. i think that he thinks of the administration as the xwbad cop himself as the good cop. there is a major escalation on our part. yes, the right thing to do, but it is like a slap across their face and at the same time the president is like everything is beautiful and we really get along. on the iranian, he has made clear what he wants do is renegotiate

>>his son special counsel robert mueller and former secretary of state john kerry. caitlin collins reports. my son is a good person. my son testified for hours and hours a mix of surprise and frustration from president trump today. >>after the senate intelligence committee subpoenaed his son, i'm just very surprised i really am but the president blasting the decision by republican senator richard burr to bring donald trump junior back in for questioning, but he stopped short of saying whether he'll fight it. >>my son's a very good person works very hard. the last thing he needs is washington dc this for the moment, a news conference was supposed to be a rare moment of bipartisanship in washington over health care legislation. >>but for the first time since the release of the special counsel's report. trump fumed in front of the cameras for half an hour. the mueller report came out. that's the bible after declaring on twitter that the special counsel shouldn't testify in front of congress. the president reversed his position on their leave that up to the attorney gen

you know, john kerry, he speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. and, frankly, he should be prosecuted on that, but my people don't want to do anything that's -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff. you know? >> kerry's spokesman says everything trump said there is wrong. but this is a big deal. the president says he'd like to see john kerry prosecuted, but his people don't want to. so he's talked to somebody about prosecuting someone he sees as an enemy. you remember it was just last week that senator kamala harris asked the attorney general about exactly that. >> attorney general barr, has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? >> i wouldn't -- i wouldn't -- >> yes or no. >> could you repeat that question? >> i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? yes or no, please, sir. >> the president or anybody else. >> seems you'd remember something like tha

but john kerry violated the logan act. he's talking to iran and has been -- has many meetings and many phone calls and telling them what to do. that is a total violation of the logan act. >> let's talk about this. with me now retired rear admiral john kirby and cnn military and diplomat analyst and admiral. we'll get into secretary kerry's response to all of this in just a second. but when you listen to the president say what he did, what is he getting at when he said secretary kerry should be prosecuted under the logan act? >> the logan act goes back to the early -- the late 1790s and it is a law that basically prohibits private american citizens from conducting alternative negotiations with foreign governments. so it is -- the idea is to keep the execution of foreign policy with the executive branch and the government as it is supposed to be. only two people have ever been indicted under the logan act. one in 1802 and the other one in 1852 and neither were ever convicted of those charges. so it is a rarely executed law a

>> i thought that john kerry made a terrible mistake in talking to the foreign minister of iran almost giving him advice with how to deal with the trump administration, which is at odds ordealing with iran. it's the wrong thing do do. we have one secretary of state at a time. if you have been privileged to be secretary of state when your term is over, you shouldn't do this kind of thing. just think about how john kerry would have felt when he was secretary state in the middle of a negotiation with some foreign power, particularly a hostile power, if conde rice or colon powell went over there and talked to their foreign minister. >> neil: you think he violated the act? >> it's probably overkill. as far as i know, maybe nobody has ever been prosecuted under the logan act. but it's establishing a principle. it's an important principle for the conduct of our foreign policy and respectfully john kerry violated that principle, which makes a lot of sense. i mean, to think about prosecuting him, i think we should let it go. he's got his freedom of speech. he can say whatever he wants publicly

you know, john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. thatthat is a violation of the league began act. frankly he should be prosecuted on that. logan act. but my people don't want to do anything, only democrats do that kind of stuff, you know. if it were the opposite way they would prosecute him under the logan act. reporter: comment spokesperson for kerry with responding everything president trump said today is simply wrong and, end of story. the spokesperson goes on to say we hope the president would focus solving policy props for america instead of attacking his predecessors for theater. the last time someone indicted under the logan act, you have to go way back 1852. connell. connell: who was it? you don't have to know that. blake, thank you. melissa: not backing down, president trump surprised by the senate intel committee's move to subpoena his eldest son under the trump probe. what it could mean for the administration. michael goodwin from the "new york post" coming up. >>> escalating tensions with north korea. the latest missile

john kerry and other democrats are undermining undermining trumps foreign policy and should be prosecuted so as you've had the iranian foreign minister he's currently in the iraqi capital baghdad the talks with his iraqi counterpart mohammed al hakim. 2 day visit that comes amid heightened tensions between iran and the u.s. on friday protesters gathered in baghdad they were demanding that their government stay out of the dispute between iran and the u.s. they worried that iraq could become a battleground for a proxy war between these 2 rivals charles strafford has more from the iraqi capital. well certainly according to a spokesperson for the foreign ministry here in iraq these meetings are going to concentrate on 2 main areas the 1st one is strengthening ties between iraq and iran and the 2nd one as you can imagine is very much according to the spokes person iraq's role in potentially trying to defuse this escalating conflict between its neighbor and the u.s. iraq is in a very very delicate position here because of the great influence that iran has on this country it is by far the larges

john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. >> the logan act makes it a felony for anyone without authorization. he claims kerry undercut his policy on iran by speaking with its leaders. a spokesperson for kerry said quote everything president trump said today is simply wrong, end of story. >>> our call to break up facebook coming from a cofounder of the social net work chris hughes who helped mark zuckerberg launch facebook from a college dorm room writes, zuckerberg is quote unchecked power and influence far beyond anyone else in the private sector or in government. hughes says facebook should be forced to reverse its acquisitions of instagram and what's app. he says in part i'm worried that mark has surrounded himself with a team that reinforces his beliefs instead of challenging them. >> every single time there's some new headline about a privacy scandal or an election that's going on, i do feel a sense of responsibility. i'm angry at mark and i'm angry at a lot of facebook's leadership

kerry of violating the logan act by meeting with iranian officials john kerry violated the logan act the statute bars private citizens from interfering with diplomatic relations between the us and foreign governments though no one has ever been convicted of violating it, trump claims kerry has told iranian officials not to talk to the trump administration john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. and frankly he should be prosecuted and that a spokesman for kerry fired back quickly saying the president was wrong about the facts wrong about the law and sadly he's been wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep america safe. and it's a form of high. >>here uk that coincides with the explosion of the cannabis industry in california where students are learning the tricks of the trade but there's a catch. it's a story that's new at 10. >>plus students and fear find out how many kids showed up to class after several threats of violence at their school and after the break the president is condemning the practice of surprise medical billing. he says it's ruined >>t

john kerry speaks to them. he tells them not to call. that is a violation of the logan act. he should be prosecuted on that. my people don't want to do anything that is -- only the democrats do that kind of stuff. >> a spokesperson for john kerry begged to differ with the president saying everything president trump said is wrong, end of story. he's wrong about the facts the law and sadly wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep america safe. secretary kerry helped to negotiate the nuclear agreement with iran. he said we hope the president would focus on solving foreign policy problems for american instead of attacking his predecessors for theater. tensions ratcheting up with the united states and iran which is why we're moving a carrier group in the gulf just in case and why secretary of state pompeo went to iraq in recent days. shep? >> shepard: john roberts with his bag pipes. the relationship with the united states and north korea is unraveling as both sides test out some missiles and the united states targets north korea's bank account. we're just learning that a navy su

john kerry and other democrats are undermining undermining trumps foreign policy and should be prosecuted so we've got the iranian foreign minister in the iraqi capital baghdad he's having talks with his iraqi counterpart mohamed al hakim the 2 day visit to the iraqi capital comes of course to meet these heightened tensions between the wrong on the one hand and the united states and on friday people in baghdad gathered demanding that government stay out of the dispute if they fear that iraq could become a battleground for some kind of proxy war between the 2 rivals joe strafford has more from the iraqi capital. well certainly according to a spokesperson for the foreign ministry here in iraq these meetings are going to concentrate on 2 main areas the 1st one is strengthening ties between iraq and iran and the 2nd one as you can imagine is very much according to the spokes person iraq's role in potentially trying to defuse this escalating conflict between its neighbor and the u.s. iraq is in a very very delicate position here because of the great influence that iran has on this country it i

john kerry and other democrats are undermining undermining trumps foreign policy and should be prosecuted. well iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is expected to arrive in iraq for talks with its leader as his visit comes as iraqi protesters demand their government stay out of this it's between the u.s. and iran the same reports from baghdad. iraqis filled baghdad's talk earlier square chanting yes yes to iraq demanding that their country should not become a battleground in someone else's war started to set up our messages for peace our message is to say no to the iranian agenda and no to the american agenda as iraqis we should make independent decisions under. we reject war by any shape or form iraqis including sunni and shia people from all of iraq's ethnic and religious groups came to talk we are square to make our voices heard iraqis don't want their land to be a battleground by the iranians or the americans in iraq and its eastern neighbor iran share trade cultures and religion iran also supplies about 80 percent of the electricity and gas needed in the south of iraq. but i

john kerry and other democrats are undermining undermining trumps foreign policy and should be prosecuted. gerard's ray the iranian foreign minister meanwhile is in baghdad for talks with iraq's leaders protesters there are demanding their government stay out of the u.s. iran dispute rob madsen has more on that from baghdad. iraqis filled baghdad's tucker square chanting yes yes to iraq demanding that their country should not become a battleground in someone else's war so that they have started to set out our messages for peace our message is to say no to the iranian agenda and now to the american agenda as iraqis we should make independent decisions and that. we reject war by any shape or form iraqis including sunni and shia people from all of iraq's ethnic and religious groups came to talk we are square to make our voices heard iraqis don't want their land to be a battleground by the iranians or the americans and iraq and its eastern neighbor iran share trade cultures and religion iran also supplies about 80 percent of the electricity and gas needed in the south of iraq but iraq also re

up know john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act but frankly he should be prosecuted for at that. only the democrats do that kind of stuff. what they should be doing is their economy is a mess ever since i took away the iran deal. they have inflation that's the highest number i've ever heard. they're having riots every weekend and during the week even and what they should be doing is calling me up, sitting down, we can make a deal, a fair deal. we just don't want them to have nuclear weapons, not too much to ask and we would help put them back in great shape. they're in bad shape right now. i look forward to the day we can help iran. we're not looking to hurt iran. i want them to be strong and great and have a great economy. but they should call. if they do, we're open to talk to them. >> so following the president's remarks, a spokesman for kerry released a statement that read in part this. everything that president trump said today is simply wrong. end of story. >> let's turn to the korean penin

john kerry lost to george w. and i think that was in part because it was more of an anti bush than we love john kerry electret and that's really speaking to where we are now. presidential campaigns are about social and political movements if you can create that energy around your candidacy and not be anti trump is a winning formula. >> let me bring this up to you. here is another way to look at it and i want your take on it, susan. if you're in the bottom of the pact, that could be 15 people at this point right on the democratic side, your only hope is to have a moment. you have to go on the stage and have a moment. something has to happen in the campaign and have a moment. there is an argument on the other side that says the only thing that's going to change where the polls basically are now is that somebody in the lead makes a big gaffe. howard dean got widely mocked for his reaction on a primary night and gary heart with the monkey business. which is it? is it really -- is it realistically possible for somebod

trump claimed kerry has told iranian officials not to talk to the trump administration. >> john kerry tells them not to call. that's a violation of the logan act. and, frankly, he should be prosecuted on that. >> reporter: a spokesman for kerry fired back saying the president was wrong about the facts, wrong about the law and, sadly, he's been wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep america safe. now, wolf, those critical trade talks between the u.s. and the chinese are under way right now. and the treasury secretary steven mnuchin and robert lighthizer are now going to have dinner with the chinese chief trade negotiator. but the question is whether or not they can make any progress before those tariffs are set to go into effect tonight at midnight. >> lots at stake on that front. kaitlan collins, thank you. >>> let's go to our senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski joining us from the state department. as these talks get under way, the president is touting what he calls a beautiful letter from the chinese president. is a deal possible? >> that's the question. you hear the

a common enemy is an example john kerry. they are europe's far right leaders and together they are appending decades of e.u. rules and norms laying siege from within. the man hoping to lead best pots work and populists it's a he's deputy prime minister macho salvini his hardline actually forced manifest to help transform his friend's party and to government material i know he wants to do the same across the continent by ending together ideological bedfellows promising to tear up the rules. of our objective is to finally be a force for government and changing your government to bring your blood new hope a dream. by the way of. his closest ally is marine le pen. the head of france's far right political dynasty she led him to campaign with her firebrand father nationalism runs in hard blood but now she's gone her own way. the french flag iraq for attacks on the elites the e.u. and emigration in the past she called for funds to leave the union but has since you turned seeking instead to strip back to use power. you know younger

but john kerry violated the logan act. he is talking to iran and has been, has many meetings and many phone calls, and he is telling them what to do. that is a total violation of the logan act. because what they should be doing, their economy is a mess ever since i took away the iran deal. they have inflation that is the highest number i have ever heard. they are having riots every weekend and during the week, even. what they should be doing is calling me up, sitting down, "we can make a fair deal." we don't want them to have nuclear weapons, not much to ask. without put them back into great shape. they are in bad shape right now. i look forward to the day were we can actually help iran. we are not looking to hurt iran. i want them to be strong and great to have great economy. but they are listening to john kerry, who has violated a very important element of what he is supposed to be doing. he violated the logan act. plain and simple. he shouldn't be doing that. but they should call. if they do, we are open to talk to them

the chief ark tech of that deal, the former secretary of state john kerry. and earlier today the president accused the former secretary of state of violating federal law and said that kerry should be prosecuted. watch here. >> i look forward to when we can help iran. we're not looking to hurt iran. i want them to be strong and great, have a great economy. but they're listening to john jn kerry who has violated a very important element of what he's supposed to be doing. he violated the logan act, plain and simple. shouldn't be doing that. but they should call, and if they do, we're open to talk to them. we have no secrets. and they can be very, very strong financially. they have great potential. very much like north korea. >> spokesperson frp john kerry released the following statement saying, quote, everything president trump said is simply wrong. end of story. wrong about the facts, wrong about the law and sadly he's wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep america safe. secretary kerry helped negotiate a nuclear agreement that worked to solve an intractabl

the secretary state, mike pompeo blasted feinstein and john kerry for engaging iran. >>> with the us considering sending troops to the middle east to deal with the iranian threat acting defense secretary, patrick shanahan today, however, denying reports of how many troops may be sent. >> i want to make a couple of comments about the process. there is no 10,000, there is no 5000. that is not accurate. what we are focused on right now is, protection of the middle east. as soon as a change, i promise i will give you an update but those numbers -- greg: gemini we have fred fleitz, national security expert and president of the center for security policy. fred, always good to see you. >> good to see you. greg: i do want to ask about iran. is this a situation that can be solved through diplomacy? or not? >> greg, let's start by saying something that you and i know very well. donald trump was elected president to get us out of was not start new ones. he'll use military force to defend u.s. interest but wants to have diplomacy with iran. but it's hard for the president to start policy with di

now the state department has gone back sings john kerry left and corrected the record. but when you are sold the bill of goods, you make sure you see the facts for yourself and don't just trust some person who is famous. >> tucker: melissa francis who believes in science. >> and math and evidence. i'm so boring. i'm so crazy. >> tucker: you are good. that's why we love you. melissa francis thanks so much. last week british voters went to the polls to vote in the european union elections and the results were a big victory for the brand new brexit party. the brexit party demands a very simple thing that the british government honor the 2016 referendum to leave the eu. britain was already supposed to be out of the eu months ago but the people in charge have dragged their feet and are now demanding a second vote. as in the united states, the democracy is only welcome when it confirms the policies chosen by people in power. in case you haven't noticed. nigel farage leads the brexit party. congratulations. if you could explain for our audience three years after brexit the u.k

john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to call. that is violation of the logan act. frankly he is should be prosecuted on that but my people don't want to do anything that -- only democrats do that kind of stuff, you know. if it were the opposite way they would prosecute him under the logan act but john kerry violated the logan act. he is talking to iran and has been. has many meetings and many phone calls and he is telling them what to do. that is a total violation of the logan act. because what they should be doing is their economy is a mess ever since i took away the iran deal. they have inflation that is highest number i ever heard. they're having riots every weekend and during the week even. and what they should be doing is calling my up, sitting down, we can make a deal, a fair deal. we just don't want them to have nuclear weapons. not too much to ask. we would help put them back into great shape. they're in bad shape right now. i look forward to the day where we can actually help iran. we're not looking to hurt iran. i want

meanwhile, his son and john kerry's son, they are raising millions of dollars. people go out and they chase money all around the world to try and get money that you then invest. there are two opportunities for conflict fair. raising money from foreign governments, and then when you deploy it -- as in this case, by buying a company and sitting on the board. it's standard for them to get that kind of pay by sitting on the board. the question is, it becomes really dicey when you are out raising money in other countries and having a very tight financial relationship. >> harris: and your dad is the vice president. >> ed: and he's working with john kerry's son. secretary of state. this is also a swamp cashing-in deal read >> rachel: i know that senator rand paul had a bill, i don't know where it went. but it was supposed to be about stopping the foreign lobbying and some of the swampy stuff. >> harris: interesting, i will ask him. >> rachel: you should. >> melissa: this is more profitable than the lobbying, by the way. private equity. >> rachel: i agree with you. we n

even during president obama, you remember john kerry and the iranian for ministers a reef, if not every day, they were emailing, meeting. when president trump left the deal, practically he left the negotiation table. therefore, you should be blamed for leaving the negotiation, not the iranian side. again -- welcomed fact back again to the form to return to the nuclear deal, to open dialogue and negotiation with iran and with the other war powers if there is any other issue beyond the nuclear to negotiate. this is number one. well-known there is that many nuclear scientists worldwide, even international atomic energy agency, saying the iranian nuclear deal was and is the most comprehensive agreement during the history of nonproliferation. and iran has accepted commitment for transparency measures and limitations on the nuclear member, which no other of the treaty has ever accepted. therefore, iran has accepted the maximum level of transparency based on the reports of the iaea and the united nations. , which is thea sole agency to judge about the nuclear program of the members, for two ye

john kerry, the message he gave to democrats. he ran on electability, and he framed it in a very, very aggressive way. here's what he said. running for the democratic nomination. >> if george bush wants to make national security the central issue of this campaign, i have three words for him. we know he understands. bring it on! bring it on! bring it on! >> well that. >> brought it on. kerry was nominated. kerry ended up not being able to beat bush in 2004. of course this is building up to the ultimate example. everybody said donald trump was unelectable in 2016. we know how that one ended up. so there is your little tour down memory lane on the question of electability. coming up, so far joe biden's front-running status is not scaring off his rivals. so many still remain. 545 days ahead of the presidential election, what to expect from the democratic hopefuls next. we are back after this. rson who got an awful skin condition. with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, you feel like you're itching all the t

. >> shepard: the president criticized john kerry today. he said he violated the logan act and being out of power to those that are in power. john kerry shot back or his people did, essential a line that said the president was deflecting. what did you make of the back and forth? >> we have one secretary of state at a time. the purpose of the logan act is to ensure that there aren't any unauthorized negotiations going on with foreign governments. >> neil: do you have proof that that was in fact happening, that kerry said that no such thing was happening? the president said that he's meeting with iranian leadership. >> i'm not going to go beyond what the president said. we made it clear we're out of the iran deal. that puts in a better place to deter an i ran nuclear weapon. we're also going after iran's missile program, which you see it in lebanon, you see it from lebanon to syria. so we put in place a much stronger foreign policy to deter iranian aggression. we would like to get to a new and better deal with the regime to replace the existi