so we re watching and waiting to see that. it s an interesting dynamic giving that there have been we ve been talking about on this program a lot of questions about some of the cabinet members that are going to be walking into this room here today sitting with some of the law makers who have been really critical. kristen welker is still with us. kristen, speak to that idea a little bit the dynamics inside this room with the french president delivering in speech, members of donald trump s cabinet in the same place as law makers who have been critical. reporter: right. i think you see this contrast of the week, hallie,ed on anderson so some extent the trump administration trying to focus on forl policy this week given the high stakes meeting with emmanuel macron at the same time dealing with controversy swirling around his own cabinet, very difficult questions that he s had to answer. that his senior administration officials continue to get bombarded by questions about, particularly
the day. president trump sent out this tweet last hour. busy day planned. looking forward to president macron of france address a joint session of congress today in the say great honor and seldom allowed to be done. he will be great. kasie hunt is over on capitol hill for us. casey, beyond rolling out the red carpet for macron, now over on the hill after that state din, he there s some real foreign policy challenges macron is expected to address, he almost has to address this morning, right? that s right. what you re going to see unfold is that very much lots of pomp and circumstance going up on going on up here on capitol hill today. a little bit like a state of the union but not quite, of course, because this is not the u.s. president. but tons of security, you re going to see the very formal kind of procession of macron, the cabinet, other dignitaries down the i ll and the house of representatives, all of that. but i can guarantee you that what many members of congress are looki
whisperer. we ll see if that works. it s a hard job. you know, i mean, think of it this way. allies like france and emmanuel macron want to help the united states. they just can t figure out how do it. the you talk about emmanuel macron being the trump whisperer. we got to play a little bit of some of that because there wasn t just whispering, there was hugging, handshake, back slap, bromancing between macron and donald trump for the last 24, 48 hours or so the. and kristen, that s an ref va lution from when they first met. tell me what you ve observed over the last two days. reporter: you talk about the term evolution, hallie, think about that first handshake that really was more of an arm wrestle when they met for the very first time on the sidelines of an international summit. and then over the course of time, they developed a very unique bond. look, these are two political newcomers. they both wanted to shake up the system, even though they do have
macron to see if he offers any reassurance or what he says and asks for from them on that be front in particular. kasie hunt there live on the hill. kasie hunt, a lot of activity set to kick off in a couple minutes. back with me now, kristen welker at the white house, also joined onset assistant secretary for public affairs pj crowley and annie linski with the boston globe. let me talk about the three big foreign policy topics before we get into the relationship between macron and trump which i know everybody wants to talk about as we take a look at live picks coming out of the house floor now. you can see the shot of lawmakers assembling inside the capitol building. we expect to see house speaker paul ryan any minute before emmanuel macron walks in. i can t tell from this vantage point who they are applauding for. mike pence actually walking in the pu can see the vice president ready for this jint meeting here. as we look at these pictures, we know iran is one of the biggest foreign
obviously one that s more defensive of the iran deal. but he s framing it in a way that s it s a way to work with donald trump, for donald trump to put his stamp on these matters so it could be appealing to republicans as well. it mimics the role he has in french politics where he s positioned himself in the center and been able to appeal to the right and left at various times. can he we bring it back home and talk about trade ant twha emmanuel macron and donald trump talk about trade and exact on trade, secretary? well, yesterday in the press conference macron on a couple of occasions, you know, tried to use trump s frame, you know, trade has to be balanced and reciprocal to say it s balanced in the context of france. right. and the united states. so we say, hey, we re good on trade. now, what happens with angela merkel later in the week, very different conversation. the senate escort committee, by the way, just being announced by vice president mike pence which means that w