By play. Breaking news. Houseel chair devin nunes is stepping aside from the committees russia investigation. He is also facing an ethics investigation for allegedly disclosing classified intelligence. Well have the latest from capitol hill. And clashing agendas. President trump hosts the chinese president at his florida estate. Starting today, what both leaders want from the meetings and will trump stick to the Campaign Promises on trade with china . Good morning, everyone. Im ali in washington, where it is a busy and rainy day for the Trump Administration on multiple fronts. Lets start with the breaking news i just mentioned. We learned just over an hour ago that em battled House Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes will step aside from leading his committees investigations in russian meddling in the election. Whether there was any collusion between moscow and the trump campaign. Also on capitol hill, right now, the u. S. Senate is heading toward what the New York Times calls
Of events, including nafta, the north American Free trade agreement between the u. S. , canada and mexico. President trump has vowed to renegotiate that. Also, syrian refugees, when the president issued his executive order barring them from entering the u. S. , Prime Minister trudeau pointedly tweeted to those fleeing persecution, terror and war, canadians will welcome you, diversity is our strength and added the hashtag welcome to canada. And north koreas Ballistic Missile test over the weekend. Take a look at the new video north korea released just overnight, coming as questions have been raised about the future of National Security adviser Michael Flynn, who no longer denies before taking office, he may have talked to the Russian Ambassador about sanctions. Vice preside. Does the president still have confidence in his National Security adviser . Thats a question that i think you should ask the president , the president you should ask reince, the chief of staff. Im here today as a po
Really . Well crunch the numbers. Also, has the storied American Dream been taken over by the canadian dream . Walt author Scott Gilmore claims the dream has moved up north and he has the figures to back it up. Then big data and the elections. Did all that information that facebook collect but help donald trump win the election . Well explore. And now heres my take. The first time i met general David Petraeus he said something that surprised me. It was the early days of the iraq war, and i asked him whether he wished he had more troops. Now, petraeus was too politically savvy to criticize the Bush Administrations light footprint strategy, so he deflected the question, answering it in a different way. I wish we had more Foreign Service officer, aid professionals and other kinds of nonmilitary specialists. The heart of the problem the United States was facing in iraq, he noted presciently, was deep sectarian divide between the sunnis, arabs and kurds, we need help on those issues. Otherw
The ap report. So while publicly trump and kim are using bam basic rhetoric, behind the scenes some diplomatic channels are still operating. Just listen to secretary of defense james malt advertise. The american effort is diplomatly led. It has diplomatic traction. It is gaining diplomatic results. And i want to stay right there right now. The tragedy of war is well enough known. It doesnt need another characterization beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. But that doesnt mean the tough talk is over. A short time ago Deputy Assistant secretary for Southeast Asia said this at the Foreign Press briefing. The North Koreans know my secretary of state, secretary tillerson, has repeatedly noted that dialogue is an option, but north korea knows the obligations and requirements. Dialogue is not something to be negotiated. Standing down on the pursuit of dangerous missiles and Nuclear Programs in defiance of the international community, in defiance of the Security Council resolution is
The United States and United Nations and not a good day for north korea. You saw all the countries come together and say this has to stop. This is not something that we can be reckless and casually dealt with. Thats what he has done. They hit him and basically we hit him hard. Lets begin live in london. Greg palkot picks up the story from there. Hello. Hello, bill, thats right. A lot to update you on this morning. The rhetoric, the warnings, diplomacy heating up on both sides. Secretary of state tillerson is in thailand. Thats important because there is a lot of Business Done between north korea and thailand via false front dummy companies that pyongyang sets up in that country to help raise revenues for those nuclear and Missile Programs. Tillerson is trying to convince the government there to crack down on these government to get in line with the u. N. Sanctions approved over this weekend and following the two icbm missile launches by north korea last month, neighboring japan today w