As the flags of the french revolutionaries, live free o die. Thankfully freedom is also the source of all that is worth living for. Freedom is a call to think and to love. It is a call to our will. That is why in times of peace france and the United States were able to forge unbreakable bonds from the painful memories. The most undestructible is the one that ties our peoples advance. The Unfinished Business of democracy. Indeed, our two societies have stood up to advance the human rights for all. They have engaged in a continual dialogue to impact the Unfinished Business. In this capital rotunda, Martin Luther king, assassinated years ago, reminds us after the inspiration of African American leaders, artists, writers who have become part of our common heritage. We celebrate among them jen spaldwin and richard wright. No we have shared the history of civil rights. France has a respected figure in the movement for gender equality in america in the 70s. Womens rights have long been a driv
We had in the iran deal can you just say what you mean there . Victor cha was going to be the nominee for our ambassador to seoul. He said something along the way that upset somebody in the white house and got his appointment yanked back. Just like weve had lots of unfilled slots at the state department including many of the people who would have been doing the prep work for this summit. Secondly, we had in the Iran Nuclear Negotiations ernie moniz, a worldrenowned Nuclear Physicist who literally could sit there and tell you what we needed to get on centrifuge reductions, what we needed to get in terms of kfrth a plutonium reactor. Nobel prize winner. Yes. Nobel prize winner. Ey didnt haveo chant the nobel after thiran deal. He had it already. Theyre not even bringing people with scientific expertise to the table to try to think through what is the scope of the north korean program, how do we get assured that theyre going to put constraints on it and not just have a bunch of Internatio
Actions, but it is not putin. Instead trump is pointing the finger at his predecessor, former president obama. All this under growing calls from democrats and one republican to scrap mondays summit. President obama canceled a planned moscow meeting with putin back in 2013. After russia gave asylum to edward snowden. Lets bring in abby phillip. She is traveling with the president in scotscotland. And also nick rob bhe robertson helsinki. Abby, how is this administration reacting to the calls to cancel on putin . Reporter President Trump is not too far from here at his golf course at turnberry where he has been sending tweets giving us a clear indication of how he feels about what the indictments mean for his summit with putin. He hasnt said anything at all about putin in either of these tweets but instead focused on president obama. And the white house has also said they are not canceling this meeting. In his latest tweet, President Trump says that he believes President Trump didnt do s
Energy from russia and a new pipeline. You tell me if thats appropriate. Because i think it is not. I think it is a very bad thing for nato and i dont think it should have happened. Germany is a captive of russia because they they got rid of their coal plants, they got rid of their nuclear. Theyre getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. Were going to dig in to those details in a moment. Angela merkel pushed back on the president offering something of a History Lesson today. Translator because of current events, i wanted to add that i myself lived through a part of germany being controlled by the soviet union and i am very happy that today we are united in freedomals the federal republic of germany, and that we can also say that we manage our independent policies and manage our independent decisions. So lets get to it. Cnns Kaitlan Collins is traveling with the president. All of this playing out this morning in brussels. Theres much mo are re to come. Reporter there certainly is
Extraordinary news day. Im dave briggs. Im alison kosik. It is the first day of winter. 5 00 a. M. In the east. It is pouring rain. 60 degrees in new york. The world is upside down. Only fitting new york is too. A new secretary of defense. James mattis considered by many the guardrail of this administration will leave at the end of february. He tendered his resignation a day after the president revealed the plan to withdrawal u. S. Troops from syria. His departure shaking washington and creating uncertainty at the pentagon and at military bases around the world. Mattis resignation is a rebuke to the president s Foreign Policy views. Mattis using his letter to promote the importance of u. S. Alliance and unambiguous approach to russia and china. No doubt, the last straw for mattis was the planned withdrawal from syria. Two officials quoted him as being livid. For more, here is Barbara Starr at the pentagon. Reporter alison and dave, an Administration Official tells cnn that secretary ma