2018 will be an opportunity of extreme danger. the president has drawn a line with the north korean regime. if i have to use military force to stop you. the iranians are watching the way he engages with north korea and vice versa. we ve got a chance here to deliver some fatal blows to really bad actors in 2018, but if we blink, god help us all. in a test of foreign policy and america first strategy. this morning, there are big developments concerning each country and uprising in iran. new moves from north korea and pakistan reacting sharply to a trump tweet. meanwhile, new report says as america pulls back, china steps forward seizing a level of global influence that beijing s own government thought would take decades to achieve. we re going talk to the author of that important new piece. loose lips sink ships with the
we ve seen situations like this before in recent history with republicans seemingly having the wind at their backs only to kind of mire themselves in internal squabbling over these cultural issues, and daca is probably the most problematic of all of them, and this week you are going to have conservative activists meeting with steve bannon and other leading anti-immigration hawks within the party to try to discuss how they can prevent the president, put pressure on the president from cutting a deal that would somehow undo or seemingly undo his campaign promises to take a tough line on immigration. and looming over all of this is the russia probe and now we see reasons pushing back. devin munez reportedly ready to push his investigation to allegations that the fbi and
according to nbc news account, it was the 117th day he spent at a trump property, including 91 days at a golf property, 34% of his 347 days in office has been spent at one of the president s business, trump is scheduled to lunch with vice president mike pence and alex acosta today. with pence, secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary jim mattis tomorrow. also on wednesday, senior white house aides and legislative affairs director mark short will meet at the capital with senior members of both parties about the deferred action for childhood arrivals program that expires for dreamers on march 5th him upcoming deadlines on january 19th, whether to extend government funding and reauthorize warrantless under surveillance under nice sas and the children s health program and raising the debt ceiling. so super busy schedule coming
confident it will be resolved by the march deadline, but the question is how with democrats not showing they re willing to work with the president. he s demanded money for the boarder wall. the democrats have another seat in the senate thanks to what took place weeks ago in alabama beginning when doug jones arrives. upcoming deadlines on the 19th whether to extend government funding. that means a possible shutdown in the middle of the month. questions over to whether they reauthorize warrantless electronic surveillance, and in march decisions need to be made on the chip program. that s the children s health insurance program benefitting about 9 million children who are uninsured. it is a also a question about raising the debt ceiling. the president is focusing on iran on twitter and blaming his predecessor, president obama. peter, if i was your mom, i d
although the protests, quote, looked like a threat, we need to turn it into an opportunity and see what the problem is. adding, however, that the government would crack down on lawbreake lawbreakers. president trump weighed in yesterday tweeting, quote, iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the obama administration. the great iranian people are hungry for food and freedom along with human rights. the wealth of iran is being looted. time for change. mike pence foreshadowed the response tweeting in part, quote, the united states of america will not repeat the shameful mistake of our past when others stood by and ignored the heroic resistance of the iranian people as they fought against their brutal regime. we must not and we will not let them down. david, let me start with you. what s triggered this round of protests given that they ve had sanctions released so presumably