President trump thank you very much. Its a great honor to have the president of italy with us. He is a man of great distinction. Hes highly respected in this country. Nice to have you at the white house. Thank you very much. We have had a great relationship with italy for a long time. The italian people have blessed our civilization with victims and works of art, science, philosophy, architecture and music. On monday we pay tribute to the italian exploiter who led a voyage of discovery to the new , a gentleman known as christopher columbus. To me it will always be called columbus day. Some people dont like that. I do. Today the United States and italy drew strength of our cherished heritage as a Work Together to safeguard our people and promote prosperity as nato allies are countries cooperate closely on a wide range of critical defense issues, including the protection of our nations against radical islamic terrorism. The problem is italy is like playing 1. 1 of said of the mandated 2 , which is a low number. It should probably be 4 . 4 to 5 . President trump was able to raise over 100 billion last year, which is true. It is still only a large fraction of the amount of money that is owed by many the countries that are not paying their dues. We hope that italy will boost its defense spending in order to meet natos minimum two percent of gdp. I will say that they have just purchased, and we learned about it today, 90 brandnew beautiful f35s. The Strike Fighter program is doing phenomenally well. One of our major challenges and the challenge facing nato today is instability in the mediterranean and north africa in areas. Much of the volatility stems from libya. Which is very close to italys borders. The president and i were talking about that at great length. A big problem. The ongoing libyan conflict has led to a migration conflict, placing unfair burdens on italy. I have asked that the European Union gets much more involved. They are not involved enough. That is a problem for the European Union. They do very well with us on trade. They had a trade surplus with the United States over the last five or six years of about 150 billion a year. They have to get more involved. The Italian Government has stepped up as a leader to fight this illegal immigration. We urge our nato and European Partners to take firm action to halt illegal immigration and uphold sovereign borders. Immigration control is crucial to National Security and essential to the wellbeing of our citizens. Nations must be able to properly manage entry and admission into society. You know the legislation we had passed. We had no help from the democrats on our borders. Absolutely nothing. The closure of loopholes which would be easy to do they refused , to do. They want open borders. Italy does not want open borders. And we are not going to have open borders. Our numbers are very good. I want to thank also mexico and the president of mexico for the great help they have given us. They helped us much more than the democrats. Here in the United States, we are taking genetic action to dramatic action to secure our borders and shutdown Smuggling Networks and speed to the removal of illegal immigrants. We are moving the ms13 gang members out literally by the thousands. We are dropping them out of our country and they cant come back. What we have done with guatemala and honduras and el salvador, they tell me its close to a miracle the agreements we have signed. They accept them back and they keep them back. Its a different relationship that we have ever had and i want to thank the leadership of those countries. Working very well together. Our message is clear. If you enter illegally, you will be promptly returned home. It takes a long time because we have had years of people coming in and staying and thats the end of that. We also discussed of the steps we must take to enhance commerce and Economic Growth between the two countries. Our nations are already investing nearly 70 billion in each others economies. Without the burdens, as unfair as they are, imposed by the European Union. We would have a much higher number than 70 billion. However, we can do more and we can achieve fairness and reciprocity. Which we dont have right now. Americas trade deficit with italy accounts for about 20 of 170 billion, could even be a 178 billion annual trade. The deficit with the European Union. We welcome italys support for a mutually beneficial trade agreement with the eu that ensures a level Playing Field for American Workers and has not been that for many years. I could solve the problem instantly but it would be too harsh. It would be too harsh. It would involve tariffs on european products coming into this country. For right now, we will try and do it without that, but that would solve the problem instantly because the United States is not being treated fairly. We also welcome italys partisan participation in combating predatory trade and investment practices worldwide especially , in technology. We must Work Together to shield our intellectual property and critical infrastructure, ports and data security. I applaud italys recent commitment to use only safe and trustworthy technology, components and supply chains, especially relating to the 5g networks. We will Work Together to take further steps to secure the technology of the future. And speaking of 5g and how it relates to china, we have done an incredible trade deal, phase one for our farmers and for the finance industry. Financial services. It has been a really quite amazing. Excuse me . Is there a problem back there . It has been quite amazing. The level of receptivity has been very different. China and myself and representatives admitted deal from 40 billion to 50 billion in Farm Products and agricultural products. People said we were hoping for 20 billion. They started purchasing. The agreements so we hope to have it signed sometime prior to chile. We are going to chile. President xi and i will probably do a signing over there, assuming it all gets finished up. There as been a lot of goodwill between the United States and china. We are signing from 40 billion to it was 50 billion. Incorrectly reported in the press, shockingly. That will take place. It has already started and they are purchasing a lot of farm product. All the banking regulations and Financial Services and other things that are included. There are many things included all that is moving along rapidly. Bob lighthizer is with us and he is in the process of getting it completed. Have a great staff of people working on both sides. Mr. President it is a true , pleasure to host you in our nations capital, you and that family. Your deeply personal relationship to your country. You love your country so much. I see how much you love italy and i can understand that. It is really an inspiration a , testament to the patriotism and pride of the italian people. Great spirit for italy. America is grateful to have true friends and allies and in the citizens of italy. We have such a great relationship with the people of italy. United states is likewise thankful to be home to more than 16 million italian americans. Tonight at the white house we will celebrate our deep and abiding friendship with italy and the really incredible people. The u. S. Italian alliance is stronger than ever of be celebrating that tonight in the meantime thank you very much and we would love to have you say a few words. Thank you. Thank you for the welcome to myself and the entire delegation. The relationship between the United States and italy is marked by a deep friendship and common interest. Both strengthened by the presence here in the u. S. Of so Many Americans of italian descent. That is another reason why i am so happy to be here on this visit in october. Dedicated this year again to italian heritage. I would like to go back to what President Trump was saying when he mentioned christopher columbus, who opened up new horizons. He got to know connected continents which ignored one another. Based on the role of the u. S. And the world it seems to me he did a good job back then. In italy, the u. S. Is not only a fundamental ally. It is also a country with which it shares the same path of democracy. A country which shares the same values of freedom, the protection of human rights, of the respect for minorities, of the rule of law. Italys International Vision is based on the atlantic alliance, which over time lead to european integration of the European Union, which was a consistent process. These are essential elements in our Foreign Policy and our cooperation. We are united. The u. S. , italy and europe are united due to our history, due to our common references, and the culture we share. And due to the very intense human relationships we have between our fellow citizens. As President Trump mentioned earlier, we talked about nato. Nato is first and foremost a community of values, which italy recognizes antiwhich italy participates with a great deal of conviction and very factually. Italy has always contribute very intensely to Nato Missions and operations and with a great deal of effectiveness. We have substantially supported the activities of the alliance. I would like to remind you of the fact that besides being the fifth contributor to nato, italy is the second contributor in terms of troops to Nato Missions. After the u. S. , we ranked number two in troops participating in nato operations. Along with the other efficiently u. N. Andm through the the coalition against terrorism. I would like to remind you of the fact that, as we speak, six italian f35s of the air force are patrolling the skies over iceland in the framework of the second nato mandate as a way of ensuring peace and security. Italy has constantly reiterated that the transatlantic spirit has to be nurtured and protected. With all of our strength and all of the dimensions of the relationships we share. With this spirit in mind, we hope, i hope that with the new fiveyear parliamentary term and in the new European Union, you can foster our corroboration cooperation on trade between the u. S. And eu. We are aiming to define solutions that can strengthen our relationships. Because commercial trade tensions are to the benefit of no one. We feel that imposing tariffs on one another mutually is counterproductive and damages both of our economies. I would like to add that we share with the u. S. The belief that the wto should be reformed as a way of making us more efficient and effective. As President Trump mentioned, we talked about syria. We are deeply concerned by turkeys offensive in the northeastern part of syria. This attack has already caused a number of casualties and tens of thousands of refugees. And displaced people. There are plenty of victims amongst civilians as well. This is an attack which also has another risk, namely that of offering new space which was unthinkable a few days ago. Days ago phthisis enter its criminal terrorist activities in syria, and not just in the middle east. Also on other continents around the world. Italy, in line with the human position condemns the Turkish Operation which are ongoing. We also talked about libia. We talked about this topic with a spirit of friendship. And in a very tangible way. The Current Situation is a source of deep concern to us and we are convinced of the fact that the violence and military attacks can destabilize all of north africa. It increases the threat of terrorism and contributes to an environment which fosters all kinds of illegal trafficking, and of course, jeopardizes the production in the country. Production of energy in the country. Most of all, it denies the people the possibility of finding a peaceful solution to which it deserves after so many years. We talked about our relationship with china together with President Trump. Through open dialogue with china, we want to defend the world order based on clear rules with the u. N. At the center of the world order and an open and fair market, one which complies with the principles of the wto. From this point of view, we have discussed to topics. Namely, security including new technologies, and im referring to 5g. Italy has an paying close attention to our National Security requirements and it will continue to do so. We have also underlined the need to have a level Playing Field so that there can be a fair and healthy trade relationship. There needs to be access to the market which was does not discriminate and protects intellectual property for all economic players involved. Without any theft of technology. All of these topics were discussed in the full spirit of friendship. This was also an excellent opportunity to reiterate the friendship between the u. S. And italy at the very strong relationship between our two countries within the framework of the atlantic alliance. For that reason, i want to thank President Trump for his talks. Ill be seeing him again at afternoon on an occasion filled with a great many elements of meaning and importance. Thank you, mr. President. [applause] President Trump thank you very much, mr. President. The wto, as everyone knows, we billion because of unfair trade practices that will be distributed in a fair way around areas countries in europe. Were talking to the president about that as it pertains to italy. He thought we were a little harsh on italy and we dont want to be harsh. So we will look at that very strongly. That was one of the requests made and we will take a look at that. I wanted to ask about turkey. Did president erdogans decision surprise you . If they did not surprise you would you make the same decision before in removing u. S. Forces . I guess we just heard that a deal may have been worked out. If i can get your reaction to that and what that might mean for the u. S. Economy. Mr. President if i could ask you , about the digital tax. Did the two of you discuss a possible digital tax as it relates to amazon and google . What progress were you able to make on that front . Trump president erdogans decision did not surprise me because he has wanted to do that for a long time. He has been building up troops on the border with syria for a long time as you know. Our soldiers are mostly gone from the area. Willie had 26, 28, but under 50. Under 50 soldiers it is a very , tiny force. This did not surprise me at all. For many been warring years. It is unnatural for us but natural for them. They fight and they fight long. They have been fighting syria for a long time on the border. I say, why are we rejecting protecting syrias land . Assad is not a friend of ours. Syria also has a relationship with the kurds, who are no angels. Who is an angel . There are not too many around. Syria has a relationship with the kurds so they will come in for the border and they will fight. They may bring partners in. Russia went into afghanistan when it was the soviet union and it became russia. It became a much smaller country because of afghanistan. You can overextend and do a lot of things. Frankly, if russia is going to help in protecting the kurds thats a good thing. , it would be led by syria. And syria does not want turkey to tickets land. But what does that have to do with the United States of america . Are we supposed to fight a nato member so that syria keeps their land . I dont think so. But syria does have a relationship with the kurds. The thing that is is that , everybody hates isis. The pkk is probably more of a terrorist threat in many ways than isis, so it is a very semicomplicated not to , complicated if youre smart, but a semicomplicated problem i think its a problem we have very nicely under control. We have two countries wanting land. One country that once land that does not belong to them because they want a 22 mile strip. They call it freedom. They call it a lot of things. They want to get terrorists out. Another country says you cannot have our land and they have to work that out. That being said, mike pence is going there. He will be leaving late tonight or tomorrow. He was going to leave yesterday but they have to have certain security done. He is a very important man in our country. He will be leaving with secretary of state pompeo. We already have representatives there negotiating with turkey. We put massive sanctions on turkey and we have additional sanctions on turkey. When i ran, i ran on a basis of bring our great soldiers back home where they belong. They dont have to fight these endless wars. That is what i won on. People, whether you call it the militaryindustrial complex they would like me to , stay. One of the problems i have with the witchhunt, yet people who want me to stay and fight forever thats what they want to do. A lot of Companies Want to fight because they make their weapons based on fighting and not peace. They take care of a lot of people. I want to bring our soldiers back home. We are not a police force. We are a fighting force. We are the greatest fighting force ever. I spent 2. 5 trillion over the last three years rebuilding our military. It was an absolute mess. It was totally depleted. You know that. A lot of people know that. Honest people know that. When i was thinking about having to do something, one of our generals said we dont have ammunition. I said thats terrible. He said we dont have ammunition. Now we have more ammunition then we have ever had. We have our missiles, we have more rockets. Our nuclear has been totally updated. Hopefully to god we never have to use it, but we have the most powerful nuclear base by far in the world. We have things we have never had before. They have a great modern military but that does not mean itwill waste it or deplete like we did before. Turkey and syria will hopefully work out between themselves. Hopefully, isis will be guarded. I spoke with a wonderful man yesterday. A general from the kurds. Some of you have seen the letter i put out to everyone. To erdogan. N to let themhe doors not to create more havoc. Create some havoc and political exposure for the president of the United States. We were the ones that got isis. We are the ones that took care of it. Specifically me, because i gave the order. When i came in, isis was a disaster all over that area. I was the one that got them. We were the ones that captured them. And i will say this. Russia, iran, syria, and to maybe a slightly lesser extent turkey, they all hate isis as much as we do. Its their part of the world. We are 7000 miles away. I campaigned on bringing our soldiers back home and thats what i am doing. That includes other places. Many other places. Statutorily, it takes time. Diplomatically, it takes time. But we are in many, many countries. Im embarrassed to tell you how many. I know the exact number but im embarrassed to say it because it is so foolish. We are protecting countries that dont even like us. They take advantage of us. They dont pay. Nothing. You probably saw that we are sending additional troops to saudi arabia. That is true. I appreciate the fact that i negotiated a matter of minutes with saudi arabia and they agreed to pay for the full cost of all about deployment more. Cost of that deployment and more, much more. And very rich country, they should be paying if they want that kind of protection. Same thing with nato. Other countries are at 1 . A european country benefits much more than we do with nato. It is there for a reason. Perhaps we benefit but not nearly as much as the european companies. Some say we dont benefit of all. We put ourselves in harms way, but we do that for europe but then they treat us that the they mistreat us on trade. I would say we are in a great position, doing what i said. We have two countries that will argue over the border. We will try and work it out. I think our Vice President is a capable man and he will do well tomorrow. He is going to meet with president erdogan. President erdogan said he would not meet with anybody but he took it back just a while ago if they dont have a successful meeting, the sanctioned and tariffs we will do. It will be devastating to turkeys economy. I got pastor bronson home. No one else could do it. The Previous Administration tried but were on able to do it. I did it very quickly but see what happened i think we will be successful but weve got to get out of the endless wars. I go to walter reed and gave up the heart on friday. I see the incredible soldiers coming home to dover in a coffin on areas that we have nothing to do with. Nothing to do with. Its heartbreaking. I signed letters all the time to parents whose son was shot in different places in the middle east, mostly. Its heartbreaking to see, very heartbreaking. Ive said it. If the strength, not the weakness. Much harder to do what im doing. Others. Be like the just leave them there. But i cant do it. Probably politically better for me to say we would just leave a lot of people there and we will fight but they dont even know what they are fighting for. Its much more difficult politically. Its not politically expedient, its just the opposite. People even on my side want to fight. Why are we fighting . They dont even know. So we have syria and turkey are going to argue and fight it out but our men arent getting killed over it. They have been fighting hundreds of years. It is a long answer but i think i got much of it out there. Thank you very much. Please, question. Thank you. Mr. President , i was asking if you had discussed a possible digital tax and where that might be going. In particular as a might relate to google and amazon and others. I understood the question. No, we did not talk about this. Of course, this is an open issue. It is very important and has been discussed in a number of Different International contacts so that this important issue can be discussed and solved. President trump the digital tax is interesting to i discussed it with another European Union member, namely france. France is basically doing the digital tax. I am no fan of those companies. They were against me. Some said i lost 2 million votes because of facebook, but these are american companies. Whether you like it or not they , are great, big, american companies. I am not happy with a digital tax where france and the European Union is taxing the companies. As you know, we imposed a big tax on french wine. So just to answer your question, im not happy about the fact that they are taxing our companies. I am not a fan of those companies, but if anyone will tax those companies, it should be the usa, not france andy European Union. And the European Union. As far as syria is concerned, in recent days, you have talked about the risks europe runs in terms of not responding to the situation. In recent days, some European Countries including italy have discussed a possible ban on selling weapons to turkey. Could this be an adequate way to respond to the situation considering turkey continues to , be a member of nato . President trump, on the 27th, attorney general barr met with italian intelligence officials. I would like to know if you personally talked with Prime Minister to arrange this meeting and kind of information he was looking for and if you are satisfied with the italian intelligence information. Trump i dont know the details, i just know our country is looking into the corruption of the 2016 election. It was a corrupt election it was a lot of corruption. Maybe it goes right up to president obama. I happen to think it does but you look at brennan and you look at klapper and you got some real beauties. I know they are looking into the corruption. The ig report is coming out soon so we will find out. I dont know anything about the meeting but it would be appropriate. The word is, and you read it in the same papers i do that they did go to other countries to try and hide what they were doing. Italy may have been one of them. So you have to ask attorney general barr. Thank you. Yes, turkey is a member of nato. That is something very important, of course. I would like to remind you that there is currently an italian contribution to turkey. We have an antimissile system which italy has been having in turkey for a number of years with the context of a nato mission. In latin it says something more important than my friendship is the truth. The relationship of friendships and alliances of course dont mean that we cant say the turkish attack on syria was a serious mistake and have condemned the attack due to the reasons i mentioned. The solution of course does not lie in sanctions. If it continues, sanctions will be inevitable and italy has made announcements as has the European Union. The only solution is to stop all military operations and retreat. President trump john go ahead. , i wanted to pick up on your comments on turkey and syria. Even after all you have seen, isis prisoners freed of the humanitarian disasters, you have any regret for getting erdogan the green light to invade . President trump i did not give the green light. Like what you just said it so , deceptive. Its just the opposite of green light. We have virtually no soldiers there and they were mostly gone they would have been an harms way. You have a massive army of the other side of the border. More importantly, i did not give them the green light. If anybody saw the letter, which can be released i wrote a letter , right after that conversation, a very powerful letter. They have been wanting to do that for years and frankly they have been fighting for years. When you ask a question like that, its very deceptive, almost as deceptive as you showing all of the bombings taking place in syria and it turned out it took place in kentucky. Im not even sure abc apologized for that. But it was certainly a terrible thing. Im like, wow, its pretty bad, and it was in kentucky. I dont know what you will do about that. I think abc owes an apology. Lindsey graham just said of your remarks that if you keep talking like that quote this will be a disaster, worse than obamas decision to leave iraq. President trump Lindsey Graham would like to stay in the middle east for the next 1000 years with thousands of soldiers and fighting other peoples wars. I want to get out. He should be focused on judiciary. Like the democrats. The donothing democrats. They are doing nothing, getting nothing done. Theyre not getting the usmca. Between canada, the United States of mexico. Lindsay should focus on judiciary. He should find out what happened with comey and mccabe, lisa, what happened with peter strzok what happened with president , obama and brennan. That is what lindsay ought to focus on. That is what the people of South Carolina want him to focus on. The people of South Carolina dont want us to get into a war with turkey, a nato member, or syria. Let them fight their own wars. They have been fighting for a thousand years. The people of South Carolina what see the troops come home. That an election based on whether it is good or bad. Whether it is good or bad. That is the way it is. If you look at this country, i would be willing to bet anything that that is what the country wants. Im not getting involved in a war between turkey and syria, especially when, and i say this with great respect, the kurds are no angels. Take a look at pkk. Isis respects pkk because they are tough for tougher than isis. You take a look at a lot of the things nobody wants to say it. We are making the kurds look like angels. We have paid tremendous money and have given them massive fortunes. You know what, its wonderful. They fought with us but we paid a lot for them to fight with us. Just so you understand, we were the ones that captured isis. People but some go. They opened a couple of doors to make us look as bad as possible. We have a situation where turkey is taking land from syria. Syria is not happy about it, let them work it out. We should not be over there. You should get your accounts correct and you should not be showing buildings blowing up in kentucky. That really is fake news. You dont think the country is worried about isis . You mentioned earlier that some countries might hate isis more than the United States. President trump absolutely. russia hates isis. Russia hates isis as much as the United States. Iran hates isis. We are fighting a war for russia, for iran. You look at syria. Syria hates isis. We are over there killing isis and dont forget, we are 7000 miles away. We are killing isis. We are 7000 miles away. Russia is much closer. Iran is right there. Turkey is right there. They all hate isis. Turkey, a little bit less so. But the others very much. Russia had a plane blown up by isis. Russia wants nothing to do with isis. Russia is tough. They can kill isis just as well and they happen to be in her neighborhood. All i am saying is this. Im not going to lose potentially tens of thousands of american soldiers fighting a war between turkey and syria. Syria is not our friend, assad is not our friend. Please ask a question. You said you withdrew 28 troops. President trump we thought it was 50 but its 28. 26 to 28 troops all accounted. All accounted for. Nobody injured. All accounted for. But look at what has happened since this troops were withdrawn and you have that conversation. President trump you know whats happened . No american soldiers have been killed. That is what has happened. Other people will go in. Its very easy to read capture those people that the kurds let go to make a Stronger Political impact. And thats ok. I fully understand. We are bringing our soldiers back home and we have done a great job. We were supposed to be in syria for one month 10 years ago and we have been a police force. Its time bring our soldiers back home. That is the way it is. We have had no soldiers injured or hurt because im president. Have the mosts we powerful military in the world by far. Please. What is the view in your europe of the president s decision to withdraw, the abrupt decision to withdraw from syria . I already answered a question regarding syria. I am not here to judge what other countries do. But to say what my countrys position is. We condemn what turkey decided to do in recent days with no possible ambiguity. A question for the president , President Trump seems open to discussing possible tariffs. Do you think it will be possible to avoid tariffs being imposed . And for President Trump, we all know your concerns concerning huawei. Entering italys security system. Are you satisfied with the measures that italy implemented . Yes, i amtrump satisfied. They have been very accommodating. They werent at the beginning but they have been since then. I just want to thank the Italian Government. And your Prime Minister and i have long conversations with my friend and they were very nice so im very satisfied. We just discussed the same conversation with the president. Very satisfied. Thank you. As far as the topic of tariffs is concerned following the wto decision, i already mentioned our belief. Let me repeat it. I think that within the transatlantic relationship and with the friendship that there has always been between the u. S. And the eu, it would be preferable to discuss our respective positions so that we can find a solution. Which take into account the requirements of both parties. That is possible. The alternative is that imposing tariffs. Currently, following the wtos decision concerning airbus there may be tariffs. There may be tariffs in six months time concerning the subsidies given to boeing. This is a mere race between tariffs and mutual tariffs. I think it would be best to meet and to deal with our mutual needs so that a solution to be found. But if we dont do this now, it will have to be done soon. And i believe it would be best to find a solution immediately instead of imposing tariffs, which would then lead to other tariffs and the damage for both of our economies. President trump actually, the tariff situation is interesting. It is like i said with china, it turned out to be true. We cannot lose a war of tariffs because the imbalance is so great between the United States and in this case the European Union. Also true with china. We have collected tens of billions of dollars of tariffs. We have given some to the farmers. Now, theyre going to have a bigger contract than they ever thought possible. I think they will because they are credible and genius. They will just have to buy larger tractors which is probably what they are doing but the farmers came out so well. But in a war of tariffs with the European Union, the trade amount imbalance is so great we cannot lose. They do more business than we do, and that is unfortunate. The word reciprocity is my favorite word. All of these words and semicomplicated, complicated, not complicated at all, its got to be reciprocal. Union has taken tremendous advantage of the United States. Thats the good news. But the bad news is that they have been very smart. They have been very smart. John claude has been brilliant. He has been brilliant at really helping them and not helping us. So that is changing now. But we cant lose that particular war of tariffs because the trade imbalance is tremendous. Tremendous. If you look at what they dont have the barriers they put up, they put up tremendous barriers to our doing business in europe. Tremendous barriers. Both from a monetary standpoint and what they call nonmonetary barriers. Its a very thing a very tough thing. They send mercedes. They send bmws. They send volkswagen. For a very tough situation us for many years, but now it is a very tough situation for them because i can remedy the situation very easily, and there is not any financial counter attack. Hopefully i dont have to do that. With all of that being said, we are talking. We are talking with some new people in europe, and i hope its going to be successful. That way we dont have to talk about it or worry about it because our relationship should be a great one, but we have to be treated fairly on nato, and we have to be treated fairly on trade with the European Union. Thank you all very much. Thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] announcer heres a look at our live coverage thursday. Forspan, the house is back legislative business at noon. A bill requiring the securities and Exchange Commission could not testing on the effectiveness of disclosed sec disclosure. Ules two, the senate is back at 10 00 a. M. And will vote to override the president s veto overwriting an Emergency Declaration at the u. S. Border. In the morning on cspan three, the House Administration subcommittee on elections holds hearings on voting rights. That gets underway at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Announcer campaign 2020. Watch our live coverage of the president ial candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. Campaign 2020, your unfiltered view of politics. Campaign event in iowa, former Vice President joe biden spoke about foreign affairs, including the recent u. S. Troop withdrawal in syria. Hello folks how are you . [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have to tell you