And that is going to wrap up this hour of msnbc live. Katie tur is going to take over. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west, its 2 00 p. M. In washington where it is day two of french president emanuel macron are meeting at the white house. Well see if that special relationship between macron and the president can change the president s mind on a host of issues, primarily the Iran Nuclear Deal. Even as the president hosted his french counterpart, mr. Trump was pressed on issues here at home. And at this afternoons joint Press Conference, it was his embattled pick to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs. I havent heard of the particular allegations, but i will tell you, hes one of the finest people that i have met. Admiral jackson, dr. Jackson, hes a wonderful man. I said to him, what are you needed for . And as far as experience is concerned, the Veterans Administration which is approximately 13 million people, is so big, you koucould run the biggest Hospital System in the world that is small
in its planning. here s what he said in 2016. all these other people that rip us off we give them these big state dinners. we give them state dinners like you ve never seen. we shouldn t have dinners at all. we should be eating a hamburger on a conference table and forget the state dinners. you forget the state dinners. that costs by the way, a fortune. that costs a fortune. hamburgers, the president will have to give up the golden arches for tonight. somehow he will have to find a way to deal with the goat cheese rack of spring lamb and carolina gold rice jambalaya. wonder if he will get a well-done steak. we should point out a couple points of irony that will be served up. the dishes they will be dining on, white house china from the clinton and bush eras. two, although tonight s dinner showcases two leaders of the world s greatest democracies, no press will be allowed in. only one, count them, one democrat was invited. the governor of louisiana.