of ambiguity on where he stood on the legislation, it created an opening that paul ryan has been trying to close. eric: you see this as a chance for him to lay out what he wants to see and try to bring some of the more conservative members more to the moderate bill or more for the conservative bill. the president said he didn t support the more moderate bill. the compromised bill is more likely to pass the overall house, that s the one that trump is supportive of. he needs to say that himself. he can t rely on spokes people to do it for him. he also needs to make sure that a lot of moderates who aren t comfortable perhaps with the reduction in legal immigration that would be entailed in the compromised legislation. eric: there are a few changes. $25 billion, which is for his wall, which is basically what he wants, there it is, there s a path for citizenship right now, maybe as you said that would change for the 1.8 million dreamers and there at the bottom, end the diversity visa
probably should not be front and center of these negotiations. we re trying, after all, to broker some kind of peace agreement or disarmament plan, trying to persuade kim regime to improve its human rights record, i think, would not be fruitful at this point. eric: do you think on the other hand, i just don t understand the kind of discourse or rhetoric that s come from our president where he s praised kim jong un as smart and talented and funny, has said that he has the best interests of the north korean people in mind, that he loves his people, that he wants to take care of them. these kinds of statements are patently false, and i don t think they do anything but legitimize one of the world s most brutal dick a today to haves dictators. eric: and finally, otto
wheel, push the gas and drive into the crowd in. reporter: now, this incident comes just a day after the u.s. state department issued a travel advisory urging americans to reconsider traveling to russia for the world cup because of the heightened danger for terrorist attacks. the state department warns americans who do, well, they choose to go if they do choose to go, they may not get the help they expect. this is part of the statement, part of this advisory. quote: due to the russian government-imposed reduction on u.s. diplomatic personnel in russia, the u.s. government has reduced ability to provide services to u.s. citizens. more than 88,000 americans have bought world cup tickets in russia, that s the second most of any nation, only second to the russians. arthel. arthel: bryan llenas, thanks. eric: there s a new crackdown on illegal immigration. the steps one european country is taking. we ll tell you about that. plus, that trade dispute that s escalating between us and
eric: do you think the president should get that tomorrow or can or now is not the time. i think it s the job of secretary pompeo and the diplomats. the president has to make it clear that time is short and these are the types of things that secretary pompeo has to get satisfaction on when he sits across the table from kim jong un. eric: in the next hour, we ll be talking about north korea s human rights abuses and human rights records. professor walter hatch of colby college, the institute of human rights will be here on that next hour. john, thank you. arthel: flight delays could be a thing of the past at some airlines as they test out new technology. how it is already making commercial air travel more efficient. this is important for people with asthma. yes. it s a targeted medicine proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, and lower oral steroid use.
has ill countries hostile countries. eric: professor walter hatch of colby college, thank you for joining us. thank you very much. eric: perhaps they ll focus on the nuclear issue right now, as you say, and eventually get to the human rights issue and see if there is a change in their behavior. thank you. that would be great, yeah. arthel: interesting. we re going to come back and talk about some of the biggest names in golf getting bumped from the u.s. open. yep, we re live on long island. your insurance rates skyrocket after a scratch