I dont think theyve had a clear standard on what constitutes that bona fide connection to the United States. Signs of life . Senate republicans are tweaking their plan for healthcare, but do they need democrats at the table to get a do over . Weve got a compromised bill right now and we are trying to turn the dials to get to 50 votes, so well see. So we are not there. Were continuing our conversations. Theres going to be more meetings today so we will see how they play out. Coming up we will talk to Susan Collins one of the Key Senate Republican holdouts. And world power, my exclusive conversation with Samantha Power on the Trump Administrations selective use of human rights in Foreign Policy. One can be struck that when we intervened in syria after the chemical weapons attack and bombed, you know, facilities involved in murdering civilians that the language was the language of human rights. What wont work is to give speeches about deemphasizing and other speeches about embracing, you
trat ji is working. there is a g-20 next week and we ve heard angela merkel tay to the effect, paraphrasing, we no longer count on america, which is stunning because she is someone who uses words very carefully. the other thing angela merkel came out this morning and gave a blistering speech about is the fact that she is calling out donald trump about protectionism. and there is rising concern in europe about this protectionist impulses coming out of the white house. we ve already had flashpoints about things like lumber, wood from canada, now steel in the crosshairs. that in many ways is a big issue worrying the g-20 and g-7. i think obviously president trump, his success in business, particularly in real estate, was because sometimes it s a rough and tumble business and sometimes you have to be in attack mode. i think he decided he always wants to be playing offense, not defense. i understand that history, but as the president of the united states you have a different set of re