jinping, one of the good things for president trump to accept the offer of direct talks was it cut the chinese out. during the six is-party talks start anything 2003, china unbalanced using its position at the center of those to pressure the united states and the international community more than pressuring the north koreans. for kim, what he was trying to do is try to get some chinese support as he goes in with moon jae-in, and of course president trump. julie, help us understand the timing of doing a hard line trade deal with south korea, a time when you want to have as close a relationship with them as possible. what s the thinking here? well, i think that you can t separate what s happening on the on trade front from what s happening with north korea. there will be some outstanding issues in this trade negotiation
cabinet controversy after a series of high-profile administration departures. the epa secretary is now under fire. the place that he calls home in d.c. raising ethics questions. and questions about whether he will be the next to go. and higher ground. have evangelicals ceded the moral high ground for political gain because of president trump? i ll ask the author of god and trump. we start with russia today raising the stakes in what s shaping up to be a 21st century cold war. relations between the two countries have reached a low not seen in decades. that s because russia overnight tested a new interkontinental ballistic missile that vladimir putin says can reach any corner of the world. the test follows russia s expulsion of diplomats and closing of the u.s. consulate in retaliation for the ouster of russian diplomats across the west. savannah guthrie in an exclusive
conversation. he wouldn t be the first president to think that. george w. bush, bill clinton, barack obama, all of them started off their presidencies hoping to create better relations with russia, better relations with the leader in moscow at that time. what makes this different is none of those presidents stayed silent in the face of the provocations we ve seen in recent weeks and months. none of them stuck with that friendly relationship when russia reacted so badly. and so that s why this seems so odd. and it does matter. i was a moscow correspondent back 15 years ago. i remember interviewing vladimir putin. i remember bringing up with him in an interview some criticism he had gotten from a state department official. putin brushed it off. i haven t heard that from my friend george, meaning george w. bush. he paid attention to what a president says, not what a state department official might say. when one part of the administration speaks and the president doesn t, it does have cons
friend as much as i can be. even in my book god and donald trump he is not a perfect person. it is just grappling with the spiritual issues that brought us to this point and raised this very up likely president that is making huge, huge changes. and i believe in a positive way. everything from trade deficits to tax cuts. we can go on and on. you like his policies. i get it. you are author of god and donald trump. stephen strang, thank you for your perspective. thank you, alisyn. thank you to our international viewers. for you cnn talk is next. for our u.s. viewers, new day starts right now. welcome to your new day . kim jong-un making a historic visit to china to meet the president there, the dictator s first foreign trip since he came into power in 2011. the intentions are clear. we are in a period of everybody trying to shore up their
don t know how to deal with this landscape. because soon so many things are happening at the same time. so what happens next, julie? how do you think these developments wind up changing the timing of this expected meeting? well, the big question remains is this meeting going to happen? you hear from national security officials in the administration some skepticism that this will even go forward. it s interesting that kim had this meeting with xi jinping but hasn t acknowledged he made an offer to meet with trump. they have been is silent on this front. there is skepticism that this meeting will go forward even though trump says he s open to it. he wants to have this meeting. he thinks there could be a positive young from it. that is the super piece of all of these issues. does this meeting come to fruition? thank you very much. for all the perspectives. all right. now we are also following breaking news. the lawyer for stormy daniels