Brady shes a. Shes a straight shooter. When maggie has something to tell you, shell tell you to your face. And. She had plenty to say to me. Our conversation. Was all about her ripping me to shreds. Eve about what . Brady eve, i did something. I did something pretty heinous to someone i care about, and you deserve to know the truth about it. Chad abby . Gabi no, its me. Chad is everything. Okay . You seem a little bit gabi tense . Edgy . Yeah, yeah, all of the above. Listen, i im stressed out, okay . I have no job, nono company, no reason to get up in the morning, okay . Im going stircrazy, chad. Im bouncing off the walls here. Chad well, then you have you have has said all along is that the two of them in the business they had, they made millions and millions, maybe 75 million in all. And then tried to hide from the federal government to the evade taxes and to avoid their obligations to report under banking laws and to report under the fact they were lobbying for foreign government. Now, when the original charges were filed against the two men in october, they faced charges. As of yesterday, gates faced 23. Today in just a few minutes in that courthouse, about a dozen blocks from the white house, gates will plead guilty to just two charges. So its a good deal for him because he faces legal legal charges. They get the testimony of the man who is said to be in ka hoots and all these deals against manafort. Thats, i think, back to what you said earlier, lester, about putting more pressure on Paul Manafort to cooperate with investigators and perhaps do a plea deal of his own. And this question may come up here shortly. The president is about to appear with the australian Prime Minister. Theyll each take a couple of questions. We suspect one of those, or at least one of those may be about the latest wrinkle in the mueller investigation. Let me bring in Nbcs Chuck Todd as we await the president. Chuck, they indictments not directly linked to the campaign or the idea of russian collusion. But what puzzle do they continue to fill out . Well, one of the biggest puzzle pieces, of course, was if you recall during the republican convention, there was a dramatic change in the Republican Party platform on arming ukraine against russia, about giving arms to ukraine. And its literally it got stricken from the platform and there was always this controversy, how did it happen and Paul Manafort denied it. So this is how it comes into the Trump Campaign is my point here. Why when you look at what manafort and gates are being indicted for, and the role they were playing on behalf of russian interest in ukraine, and now you put this puzzle together, its hard not to connect the dots on to what happened at the convention and that brings it to donald trump. Chuck todd, thanks very much. Here is the president with Prime Minister turnbull, a rough history in the first week of the trump administration. A little Testy Exchange between these two, but they have buried the hatchet. Lets listen. Were looking forward to sending our newly nominated ambassador, add miller harry harris to you very shortly. Hes an outstanding man. Youre going to find that hes a great man. I want to thank the Prime Minister for offering his condolences on the horrible tragedy in parkland, florida. Americans are grateful for the prayers and support of our aud trailan friends and friends they are. As our entire nation grievous the senseless loss of 17 precious lives and all of the horribly injured. The United States and australia are colonelurrently honoring 10s of mateship, a term you used very beautifully, mr. Prime minister. A century has passed since brave americans and australians first fought together in world war i over the last 100 years our partnership has thrived as the work of freedom, security and democracy. Last spring, the Prime Minister and i celebrated the remarkable 100 year milestone during an extraordinary evening on the uss intrepid. And my friend, greg norman and Anthony Pratt and some of the others who are in the room today hello, folks. Stand up, greg. Stand up, anthony. Where is anthony . Good. That was a great evening. Thank you. This afternoon, im pleased to announce that the United States will name the combat ship 30, the uss cambera in honor of an australian cruise lost fighting alongside the u. S. Navy during world war ii. Our secretary of the navy has chosen australian minister of defense Maurice Payne to be her sponsor. I know that the usscambrera will be a worthy successor to both her australian namesake and her american predecessor, the former Navy Baltimore class heavy cruiser uss cambera. As she sails the open sea, the new uss cambera will symbolize the to all who cross her path the enduring friendship between the United States and australia. There is no closer friendship. Todays strengthened by our common values and history, were working together to promote our xhus mutual interests. I want to thank the Prime Minister for a strong voice of peace. Stability across the entire indo pacific region. Australia is one of our closest partners and our campaign of maximum pressure to denuclearize the korean peninsula. The today we put the strongest sanctions on korea that we have ever put on a country. We must continue to stand together to prevent the brutal dictatorship from threatening the world with nuclear devastation. Our nations, likewise, share a commitment to keeping our people safe from terrorism. Australian troops are currently serving alongside americans and our partners in afghanistan and the coalition to defeat isis. Together were denying terrorist safe haven, cutting off their funding and discrediting their wicked ideology, isis land has been largely recaptured, almost 100 . I am very honored to say. And they are on the run. Our Strong Partnership can also be seen in our flourishing economic relationship. Australian remains a key market for u. S. Defense products. We make the greatest products in the world. So you have very good taste in choosing our product. Automobiles and aircraft and our fair and reciprocal trading relationship is a model for our countries as we seek bilateral agreements. News that america is open for business has also reached australian shores. In may, aus trail. An entrepreneur Anthony Pratt announced a new 2 billion investment in box making factories across the United States. But he only did that if trump won the election, i think. Is that a correct statement, anthony . Thank you. Boy, that was a close one. I was worried. These people would have had a field day if you gave the wrong answer. Thank you. No, but anthony did call and he said if he wins the election, were going to spend billions of dollars in the United States and i appreciate your giving me a very, very correct comment. Thank you, an thonmy. Ill never do that again. This investment will continue to build on an almost 100,000 american jobs that are taking place and already saurted by Australian Companies. Im glad to share that the United States is also by far the largest investor in australia. In the room today are dozens of american and Australian Business leaders and great athletes, great athlete and business leader, by the way, greg, who are working together to identify further opportunities for bilateral investment and cooperation. Mr. Prime minister, i also want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your immigration reforms. And on australias commitment to meritbased immigration. Are my friends from congress listening to that . Meritbased. We want to do meritbased immigration, also. And we will. That really protects the interests of australia and its people. Its the way to go. And youve been very successful with it. Here were working very hard to do the same in that sense. Were going to hopefully follow in your footprints. Prime minister turnbull, its been a pleasure to host you today. A great lunch with your representatives, a lot was discussed. A lot of deals were made for the purchase of additional military equipment and other things. For a century now, the people of the United States and australia have inspired the world with their determination, their bravery and their generosity. I know that our close friendship and Enduring Alliance and our personal friendship will grow Even Stronger in the century to come. Our relationship with australia will always be a very powerful and very successful relationship. Its been incredible and its only getting better. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. President , thank you so much. Lucy and i want to thank you and First Lady Melania Trump for your very warm welcome, your generous hospitality and friendship. Our meeting today was a great opportunity to strengthen and deepen our engagement with the United States. You are our most important strategic and economic partner. And to lay the groundwork for a new phase of intensified cooperation, the next hundred years of makeshift. Now, im here, as you noted, mr. President , with the most substantial australian delegation ever to travel to washington, d. C. We have, in addition to the ceos, several of whom you identified here today who are busy creating jobs. We spent much of our time talking about jobs. They are creating jobs in australia and in the United States, demonstrating that our two great nations committed to competition, to innovation, science and Technology Together compliment each other and thats why were seeing strong jobs growth in both countries. We have had 403,000 jobs created last year in australia, the largest number, mr. President , in our countrys history in 16 months of continued jobs growth. And we have been inspired, i have to say, by your success in securing the passage of the tax reforms through the congress. We have secured some tax reforms in terms of reducing company tax, but not as much as we need to do. Weve got more work to do. And the stimulus, the economic stimulus that your reforms have delivered here in the United States is one of the most powerful arguments that we are deploying to persuade our legislature to support reducing business tax because, as you are demonstrating and as we all know when you cut company tax, most of the benefit goes to workers. It produces more investment and when you get more investment, you getter more jobs. And, of course, im also drawing on this visit with six of the leaders of our states and territories. The only two that are not here, mr. President , are those that are fighting elections. As you can imagine, thats always a top priority. And were meeting at the National Governors association, again, broadening and deepening the relationship. We have a huge amount to work with. Our relationship, as you said, has been forged over a century through times of war and peace. Securing both our nations freedom and security in the world. And our relationship is based not only on history. We have the same values. We share a deep wealth of trust and spirit based on those enduring values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, enterprise, inge mutnuity. The spirit of having a go and if it doesnt work out, dust yourself off and have another go. That is a core american and australian value. That spirit of enterprise is what leads us on. And, of course, our relationship is underpinned by millions of people, the people and family links and, of course, the extensive Economic Cooperation weve spoken about. Our Security Alliance is as close as it possibly could be, yet keeps getting closer. The cooperation is more intense than it has ever been. Whether we are standing up for freedoms cause in the middle east in our region, around the world combatting terrorism, the cooperation in a connected world that we need to have is greater than ever. And that trust between australia and the United States, between the thousands of Brave Service Men and women working together right now, we mentioned, mr. President , our economic relationship if in trade. Since the australiau. S. Tree trade agreement, paused in 2005, twoway trade has grown by over 50 . The United States does have a trade surplus with australia of 25 billion. Its your Third Largest trade surplus with us. But, you know, we know it works for both of us. The twoway investment has more than doubled in the past decade, was worth around 1. 1 trillion in 2016. Again, boosting jobs in growth in both our nations, both our economies. And today weve agreed on some new initiatives that will deepen this relationship further where its seeking to expand transparent and competitive Global Energy markets, cooperating on high quality Infrastructure Investment in the United States and in the region. We have spent a lot of time talking about infrastructure, including urban infrastructure of subject, mr. President , of course. You have a lifetime of experience in and the leadership youre showing on infrastructure in the United States is being admired around the world. And Australian Companies and australian experience is there to help, as you know and is already operating here. A number of our infrastructure players are very active in the u. S. Were obviously working to intensify our cooperation on digital trade. Bob leitheiser and wilbur ross from your side, my minister is here with them today has made terrific progress in that regard. Now, we turn to security. Yesterday lucy and i were with general dunford at the Arlington National cemetery. And we honored americas war dead. We honored an australian airman who had died in combat in new guinea in the second word war who is buried there in arlington, also. And we reminded that all of the freedoms we enjoy, whether it is in our parliament in canberra, or here in the white house or in washington or the congress, all of those freedoms have had to be secured generation after generation by courageous men and women defending freedoms cause. Our freedoms have depended on them. And americans know, as australians know, that each of us have no better ally. We are mates. A hundred years of mateship. Were working together, as you said, to address the greatest threat to our region right now, north koreas Illegal Nuclear weapons program. And i want to welcome and, of course, support, mr. President , the new sanctions that have been announced today and we continue to do precisely the same. Our own autonomous sanctions and continue enforcing our mandated sanctions. Were working to combat terrorism around the world, helping the iraqis and the afghans build up the resilience to hold their countries secure in the face of terrorists. And, of course, we both recognize that the prosperity of our region and, indeed, the world, has been underpinned and, in fact, built on a foundation of a rulesbased order which has been secured by the leadership of the United States ever since the second world war. That leadership has been critical. And the commitment you showed, mr. President , when you came out to the region, to the east asia summit, to apec last year, that commitment was so important. It spoke volumes for americas continued commitment to our region, the to our part of the world, to the indo pacific, so vital. The engine room, if you like, of the fastest Economic Growth, most rapid Economic Growth that weve seen in our times. Now, mr. President , i want to thank you as i have earlier in our meetings. I want to thank you for the very rare honor you have shown to australia by naming one of your future literal combat ships, the uss canberra. That is what a great symbol of our alliance and our shared security endeavors. What an extraordinary statement of commitment. And a its worth observing that that ship will be built in mobile, alabama. So you have an Australian Company with American Workers operating in the United States building ships for the u. S. Navy. What a great example of a hundred years of mateship. And when you grieve, as you said, you noted at the outset, so do we. So we send our love, our prayers and our condolences to all of the victims and their families of the shocking shooting in the school in florida. We are mates. We stand by each other. And when we are hurt, we are hurt, as well. So, mr. President , thank you for your warm welcome. A hundred years of mateship. We celebrate a hundred years ago on july 4th. General john monash led australian troops to battle in the First World War the first time and weve had side by side ever since. A hundred years of mateship celebrated and a hundred more years to look forward to closer than ever. Thank you very much. Well, thank you very much, malcolm. Thats very beautiful words and we appreciate it. On behalf of the first lady who is right here and our great Vice President , mike, thank you very much. Its an honor to have you. And well answer a couple of questions. Is that okay . How about trey from one american news. Trey. Where are you . Hi. Good, trey, go ahead. Thank you, mr. Had president. Yes. I have a couple questions for you. How about one. Go ahead. Following Mass Shootings, theres often a lot of talk and little action. So i ask you today, what specific pieces of legislation or legislative framework will you propose to lawmakers following the parkland shootings. Well, were going to do a lot, but we are going to be very strong on background checks. Ive spoken with many of our people in congress, our senators, our congressmen and women and theres a movement on to get something done. We want to be very powerful on background checks. When we are dealing with the mentally ill, as we were this last case, he was a very sick person and somebody that should have been nabbed. I guess they had 39 different occasions where they were able to see him or potentially see him, we want to be very powerful, very strong on background checks and is especially as it pertains to the mentally ill. Were going to get rid of the bump stocks and were going to do certain other things. But one of the feelings that i have, and youve probably heard me in a speech this morning, very, very important that we have offensive capability as well as defensive capability. Thats within the schools. Because when you have a gunfree zone, youre really inviting people to come in and do whatever you have to do and oftentimes get out. I was the one that brought up the fact that these shootings on average last three minutes and it takes anywhere from 6 to 10 minutes for the police to get to the site. And i want to have people in the building. In many cases, you have ex marines and ex army and navy and air force and coast guard. You have them in the building and they can have concealed weapons and still be teachers or they could be in the building in a different capacity. But we have to have offensive capability to take these people out rapidly before they can do this kind of damage. But well be putting in Strong Language having to do with the background checks and that will take place very quickly. I spoke with paul ryan this morning, with Mitch Mcconnell and is people are looking to really energize. I know that youve had this has been going on for a long time. Many, many years. And youve had people in my position and they would mention things, but not a lot of things got done, obviously. We take it very seriously. We want to put an end to it. And if by the way, the bad guy thinks that somebody is in this room with a weapon thats going to be pointed at him with live bullets, hes not even going into the school. Its the one where youre going to solve it. Youre not going to solve it with gunfree spaces. Because theyll get in there, theyre going to be the only one with a gun. So we need offensive capability and were going to be doing something about it. Were dealing with congress right now. Thank you. If i could followup, mr. President , amid talks of Arming Teachers and mental health, what specific commitments can you make to American Students that these commitments to policy will make it safer . I think its going to make it safer. The problem thatsen been happening over the last 20 years, people have talked. You said it, its all talk and no action. Were going to take action. I think its going to make it safer. I think the fact that you have some capability within a school, theyre not going to go into that school. Theyre not going to do it. You can look at whats happened with airplanes, weve put marshals on planes with guns. Pilots in many cases have guns. Nothing has happened for auto long period of time. It used to almost be to a point of getting routine. When you have somebody with a gun staring you down, its going to be a lot different for them to walk into those schools. Right now, they look at the sign right now, this is a gunfree environment. That means theyre the only ones with a gun. And the damage this lunatic did in that school for such a long period of time and, frankly, you had a gun and he was outside as a guard and he decided not to go in. That was not his finest moment, that i can tell you. He waited and he didnt want to go into the school. I just heard this and its a terrible situation. But we need people that can take care of our children. Were not going to let this happen again. And the way its not going to happen again because theyre basically cowards. Innately, theyre cowards. And if they know bad things happen to them once they get into that school, by people that love the children. You see, a Security Guard doesnt know the children, doesnt love the children. This man standing outside of the school the other day doesnt love the children. Probably doesnt know the children. The teachers love their children. They love their pupils. They love their students. Theyre doing it also for love. Now, they have to be very adept. Im not talking about every teacher. Im talking about a small percentage. But people that have great ability with weaponry, with guns, those are the only people im talking about. But theyll protect the student. For the Prime Minister. Thank you, mr. Prime minister, for joining us today here in washington. Australia is known for helping the Syrian People and the syrian refugees. So i ask you today, as the world watches, what steps can australia take with the help of President Trump and the United States to ensure that civilians are protected in Eastern Ghouta . Well, the australian forces, Australian Armed forces have been working as part of the coalition to defeat daesh in iraq and syria for some time now. Our principal concentration or the focus of our efforts now is in iraq as opposed to syria, where we are training both their elite special forces unit, their Counterterrorism Service and their regular army and armed police. We have a very trained 30,000 personnel at our Task Force Taji which is based the at the airfield near baghdad. In terms of refugees, australia has a very substantial humanitarian program. Were currently taking about 18,000 refugees a year. Weve taken weve taken 12,000 from the in addition to that from the syrian conflict zone. But we determined which we are very careful about security, of course, in terms of our humanitarian program. But i think it would be fair to say that the president has, of course, the most insight into this area here. But it would be fair to say that ultimately the resolution in syria has to be a political settlement. And that, im sure, is what secretary tillerson is working towards. If i could briefly follow up, specifically in syria as two of the most powerful men in the entire world, is there anything that you can do to stop the bloodshed . Well, the ultimately, there has to be a political settlement. It is a you know the campaign to destroy daesh or isil has been largely completed. The socalled caliphate has been reduced down to, you know, a few pockets. Its been it has been smashed. And that has been and americans and australians have worked bravely, effectively with our allies in the region to do that. Its very important, by the way, to keep americans and australians safe at home. Theyre sweeping as cross israel and iraq. All of that was a big recruiting tool. This is a very important part about global effort. Ultimately, the settlement in that region has to come from a political settlement among the people who live there. I will say what russia and what iran and what syria have done recently is a humanitarian disgrace. I will tell you that. Were there for one reason. Were there to get isis and get rid of isis and go home. Were not there for any other reason. And weve largely accomplished our goal. But what those three countries have done to people over the last short period of time is a disgrace. Okay. Would you like to ask a question, mr. President . Yes. Phil curry from the Australian Financial review. Thanks, gentlemen. Mr. Trump, mr. Turnbull, phil curry, financial review. Just on the region and china and associated issues, the United States navy has conducted frequently freedom of past investigation through to disputed areas. Would you like to see the Australian Navy participate directly in those operations alongside the u. S. Allies . And whilst on the region, ill ask you what your latest thinking is on the Transpacific Partnership. Are you softening your position on that or do you remain as opposed to that . Well, i think the Transpacific Partnership is not a good deal for us. If they made it a good deal for us, id go in. But honestly, it wasnt. I like bilateral deals much more than multi lateral. I like to be able to negotiate with one country and if it doesnt work out, you terminate and during the termination notice after you get sent, they call you and say, okay, here is the deal. The Transpacific Partnership, tpp was a very bad deal for the United States. It would have cost us tremendous amounts of jobs, it could have been bad. But theres a possibility we would go in, but they will be offering a much better deal. I would certainly do that. As far as your lanes are concerned, we would love to have australia involved and i think australia wants us to stay involved. I have to say weve developed a great relationship with china. Other than the fact that theyve been killing us on trade for the last long period of time. Killing us. Absolutely killing the United States on trade. But we have developed a great relationship with china, probably closer than weve ever had. And my personal relationship, as malcolm can tell you with president xi is, i think, quite extraordinary. Hes somebody that i like and i think he likes me. With that being said, he likes china and i like the United States. But a lot of things are happening. Its going to be a very interesting period of time. But we do have to straighten out. And as much as i like and respect, really respect president xi, we have to straighten out the trade imbalance so much. Its no good. Okay. Karen gilbert from sky news. General mattis has called china a revisionist power and that theyre a growing threat from china, yet youre very positive about your relationship with xi. Can you tell us, is it a friend or a foe and on north korea, the sanctions, if they dont work, are all options still on the table . Can get your answer, also, and the Prime Ministers thoughts. To the second, well have to see. I dont think im going to exactly play that card. But well have to see. If the sanctions dont work, well have to go phase two. Phase two may be a very rough thing. May be very, very unfortunate for the world. But hopefully the sanctions will work. We have tremendous support all around the world for what were doing. It really is a rogue nation. If we can make a deal, it will be a great thing. And if we cant, something will have to. Happen. As far as general mattis is concerned, he has that view and a lot of people have that view. China is tough. Theyre getting stronger. Theyre getting stronger to a large extent with a lot of the money theyve made from having poor leadership in the United States. Because the United States leadership has allowed them to get away with murder. With that being said, i think we can have a truly great even trading relationship with china. Hopefully thats going to work out and hopefully the relationship i have with president xi will make that happen. Only time will tell. Thank you. Well, i can confirm that President Trump and president xi see eye to eye in every respect. And they have a it is very clear at the meetings ive been at, which weve attended in the region these days, the summit and so forth, apec, the respect that they have with each other and i think its the single most important relationship between china and the United States. Its clearly very respectful, very frank, very clear eyed. For our own part, we see chinas rise as being overwhelmingly for the region and for the world. The critical thing is the rule of law is maintained. That is there are people that want to try to paint the United States and its allies, like australia, as being against china in some sort of rerun of the world war. That is not appropriate. Its not accurate. What we need to ensure is that the rules of the road, the rule of law, the rules based system where big countries keept push around little countries, where you dont have a world where the big fish eat the little fish and the little fish eat the shrimps, you have that rule of law that protects everybody, that has enabled the great growth in our region. That is what has enabled hundreds of millions of people in our region and including in china to be lifted out of poverty. So maintaining that rulesbased order is what were committed to. We all have a vested interest. And i want to say again to the president that his presence hit his own personal presence in our reach and at the end of last year was sent such a powerful message, the regular visits by secretary tillerson, secretary mattis and, of course, the press eps of the United States navy and so many other manifestations of american commitment to the region is so important to maintaining that rules based order. Believe me, that has been the foundation of the success, the prosperity and the security these last 40 or more years. I dont think weve ever had a better relationship with china than we do right now. The only thing that can get in its way is trade. Because its so onesided, its so lopsided and the people that stood here for many years in this position, right where i am right now, should never have allowed that to happen. Its very unfair to the United States. And its very unfair to the workers of the United States. Very, very unfair. And even today, its extremely hard on companies that want to do business in china because the barriers are incredible whereas the barriers coming into our country are foolishly not, foolishly. I believe in reciprocal trade. If they do something to us, we do something to them. Well, that never happened. And its gotten worse and worse over the years. But well correct it. That can be the only thing that can get in the way of a truly longterm great relationship. Because we have all the ingredients for friendship. From the washington examiner, gabby. Thank you, mr. President. Your chief of staff, general kelly, has recommended ending the practice of granting interim security clearances to members of the trump administration. If that proceeds, would you about be willing to grant a waiver to Jared Kushner, one of your senior advisers . Well, jared has done an outstanding job. I think hes been treated very unfairly. Hes a high quality person. He works for nothing, just so, you know, nobody ever reports that, but he gets zero. He doesnt get a salary nor does ivanka who is now in south korea, long trip representing her country. And we cannot get a better representative. In fact, the first lady, melania, was telling me what a great impression she made this morning when she landed in south korea. Jared is truly outstanding. He was very successful when he was in the private sector. Hes working on peace in the middle east. And some other small and very easy deals. Theyve always said peace in the middle east, peace between the palestinians and the israels is the toughest deal of any deal there is. Ive heard this all my life. As a former dealmaker, although now you can say maybe im more of a dealmaker than never before. You have no choice as president to do it right. But the hardest deal to make of any kind is between the israelis and the palestinians. Were actually making great headway. Jerusalem was the right thing to do. We took that off the table. But Jared Kushners right in the middle of that. And hes an extraordinary dealmaker. And if he does that, that will be an incredible accomplishment and a very important thing for our cup. Country. So general kelly, who is doing a terrific job, by the way, is right in the middle of that. We inherited a system thats broken. Its a system where many people have taken months and months and months to get many people that do not have the complex financial, you know, complicated financials, they dont have that and its still taken months. Its a broken system. And it shouldnt take this long. You know how many people are on that list. People with not a problem in the world. So that will be up to general kelly. General kelly respects jared a lot and general kelly will make that call. I wont make that call. I will let the general, who is right here, make that call. But jareds doing some very important things for our country. He gets paid zero. Ivanka, by the way, she gets paid zero. She gave up a very good and strong, solid, big business in order to come to washington because she wanted to help families and she wanted to help women. She said, dad, i want to go to washington, i want to help women. And i said, enough. Washington is a mean place. She said i dont care. I want to help whim. I want to help families. She was very much involved in the Child Tax Credit and now shes working very much is on family leave, things that i dont think would have been in the agreement if it werent for ivanka, and some of our great senators, etcetera. She was on the forefront of that. I will let general kelly make that decision and hes going to do whats right for the country. And i have no doubt hell make the right decision. Thank you very much. Yes. Mr. Prime minister, your country conducted a Buyback Program of semi automatic weapons back in the mid 90s. And hasnt had a mass shooting ever since. Is this something that you discussed with President Trump and did you at all urge him to reconsider his current recommendations to combat Mass Shootings in the United States. . Well, our history with gun control and regulation is obviously very different to the United States. And youre right, there was a mass shooting in tasmania in 1996. And my predecessor, john howard, is very well known in the United States, Prime Minister for nearly 12 years, john undertook some very big reforms. And basically semi automatic and let alone automatic weapons are essentially not available. Indeed, there are many classes of that range of firearm that are available to people that dont have a specific, you know, professional need like people who are involved in pest control and so forth are very, very limited. But its completely different context, historically, legally and so forth. We are very satisfied with our laws. We maintain them. They are there, theyre well known, youve referred to them, but we certainly dont presume to provide, you happen, a policy or political advice on that matter here. This is you have an amendment to your constitution which deals with gun ownership. You have a very, very different history. And i well focus on our own political arguments and debates and wish you wise deliberation in your own. And i have to add to that, they are very Different Countries with very different sets of problems. But i think were well on the way to solving that horrible problem that happens far too often in the United States. Thank you very much, everybody. We appreciate it. Thank you. Mr. Prime minister, thank you very much. That concludes the joint statement, the joint news conference, if you will, by President Trump and Prime Minister turnbull of australia. That last question with having to do with reforms of gun control in australia following the death of 35 people in 1996 in a mass shooting. Basically what the australians did was she decided gun ownership would be a privilege, not a right, and moved to ban weapons in the hands of most Common People there and leaving them only to, as you said, people in professions that would have demonstrate a need for long guns and the like. I want to bring in right now Nbcs Chuck Todd who has been watching along with me. Lots to choose from there. There was the Jared Kushner security issue, middle east peace, what did you note . I think washingtonians will know how the president addressed the Jared Kushner situation. On one hand, he said the decision is up to the chief of staff. But then at the end, almost in the way this a ceo might speak about a deputy and where his where his preference lies, he says im sure hes going to make the right decision, had that air of the chief of staff knows where the president stands and he doesnt want to be the one owning that one. But look, i think given what the week has been about, given what the president said about guns, i think the fact that he wants to position himself as the president that is going to make Congress Actually do something on background checks. Thats raising the stakes. Look, were going to have a long debate about the details of all this, lester, of what reform looks like and reform to some on the left is different than what reform to some on the right, but there seems to be some Common Ground on improving the background check system. Lets see how it plays out. Chuck, let me bring in Andrea Mitchell right now im sorry, lets go to hallie jackson. Lester, were in the room here. I shouted to the president as he was walking out as did so many others about rick gates. That was notably not brought up during the press conference. The president did not touch on it either here or earlier in the day when we saw him greeting the Prime Minister of australia over in the west wing just a couple of minutes ago. This is obviously a big news story now that three people contacted to the president s campaign have pleaded guilty to crimes, lester. No comment from the president on that. I will note, too, that the remarks that the australian Prime Minister made, he did not weigh into the gun control issues in this country. You have a lot of people point to go australia as a model. The Prime Minister chose not to get into that debate, simply pointing out the laws of australia, the laws of his country have in place are working for them right now, lester. Hallie jackson, thank you very much. Well, of course, be following developments on all this throughout the day. Well have full details when i see you claire im sorry. I cant concentrate on my song with you here. And i cant move my keyboard. Ciara oh, my god. Okay, im not having this fight again. You know what . Im just gonna go work on this at grandma julies. Claire thank you. Ciara okay. Bye. Claire [sighs] tripp best thing on the cafe menu . The grilled cheese. It is mindblowing. Ciara you got your mind blown by a sandwich . Claire god, who cares . Just get to the secret. Tripp hey, what do you call a cheese thats not yours . Ciara i have no idea. Tripp nacho cheese. Claire oh, could you be any more lame . [scoffs] whered they go . Ciara i really hope claire doesnt try to do that scat thing in her song. Not to be harsh, but she sounds like a dying cat. Claire oh, my god, really . Say that to my freaking face, ciara. I dare you tripp come on. Claires got an amazing voice. Ciara sorry. I dont mean to be such a bitch. I love claire, and shes super talented. I just wish shed learn to let stuff go. Claire oh. Oh, you would love that, wouldnt you . [laughs] ciara wait, what what do you mean canceled . Youyou called off the wedding . 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