a very skeptical eye. we have to look at the history of the north koreans who have done this before, made promises they haven t kept. while they re engaging in these negotiations they re continuing with their program. what i worry about is the president needs to go into this well prepared, understand the history of the korean principen. i think he s treating it like a reality show episode. everyone is waiting to watch the delivery of the big envelope. i hope i m wrong buthave very little reason to have confidence that something will come out of this that s good for our country and good for the region. we learned this morning that the kremlin has invited kim jong-un to moscow to meet with vladimir putin. what is the risk of that, and do you think the administration is prepared for we know russia s intentions with north korea. if kim does have this meeting, does it concern you? yeah, absolutely. we ve also learned that the
tariffs as well. after a weekend of negotiations with the commerce secretary which is that the minister says. if the tus launches trade sanction measures, then all the economic and trade benefits negotiated by both sides are not going to take effect. okay, and even bob corker, a prominent republican, who is headed out of office but who sits on foreign relations committee, he says no way on these, that he is putting forth or supporting legislation to try to counter the president. what could congress really do to tie the president s hands on this? that s the real question, is there something they can do or is this most ly just tou lly ge. corker said we should push back on the president. will democrats join this. so that s sort of an interesting plea there. what i m hearing from inside the white house is the president is determined here and that you hear sort of this conventional wisdom, the economy is doing so well, why would they try to ruin
republican colleagues so the president and the country in a bipartisan way we are supporting the rule of law that no one is above the law, that the president is obligated to comply with the constitution and the laws of the united states. this is the founding principle of this country that no one is above the law. the president s suggeion that he can t be investigated, that he can violate the law and not be held accountable is preposterous and everyone needs to condemn that thinking and do it fast. again, some of the republicans are the ones who put forth this legislation, but i hear you. we ll see what they say today. thank you very much, congressman. i appreciate it. thanks for having me. also this morning, the stok trade war, going after some of our biggest allies. the opening bell in minutes. only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes.
justice department, to attack the professional men and women who are doing this work, now to attack the constitutionality of the special counsel, all in an ef to prepare for his challenge to either giving an interview, being deposed, testifying in some way, or when the report is done and mr. mueller and his team present to congress these findings, to have set the stage to attack those findings because he s described this investigation as illegitimate. this is a president who if he had nothing to hide and did nothing wrong, let the investigation bempleted.start fe infrastructure of our country, making college more affordable, driving down the cost of health care instead ofbsessing with this investigation. you have to wonder what is the president so afraid of. your fellow members of congre, republicansn th senate and the house who hopose protect the office of the special counsel, that would protect bob mueller. but then often it is crickets on tweets like this from the
i think clearly the president was involved in that. is it relevant, it s highly relevant, and indictments in the past for coverups and obstruction of justice, frequently the public position that is articulated is used in the prosecution to show that there was a propensity to lie, to try to obstruct an investigation. so this could backfire on the president. quickly, steve, on that point. it could backfire. i think, poppy, the million dollar question here and thing that we really have to talk more about is where is congress and where are congressional republicans. at the end of the day the constitution is pretty clear that many of the powers that the president now claims he can abuse are supposed to be reigned in not by the courts but by congress through the power of impeachment. thank you both. steve, paul, appreciate you rolling with us on that breaking news. historic action or just a meet and greet. what we re learning about the high stakes june 12th summit between president t