the press conference moved up. none of that happened. i m always reluctant to sign the death knell. it is a process. obviously south koreans pronounced themselves perplexed. i guess where does this go from here? when you have the two leaders of a country come all this way, and you walk away with nothing, this is a process, but this was not the process anyone was expecting, not the north kore s koreans, not the united states, not the japanese. ev this has caught everyone off guard. yeah. and it was president trump s negotiating style to say, this isn t the deal that s going to work. i m going to walk away. a lot of people thought he might acquiesce and give some sort of a dangerous concession in the view of military experts say we can reduce or pull out u. trosa troops from the korean peninsula and make an end of war
parkinson s disease. the 76-year-old was midway through his 50th anniversary tour. he hopes to continue writing and recording music. ainsley: that is so sad. steve: what a voice. ainsley: saying a prayer for him. thanks, jillian. democrats say a deal to end the shutdown was done without president trump s help. but, isn t the deal exactly what the president wanted? lara trump is here to react to that coming up. steve: pete hegseth having breakfast with friends in illinois. is he right there. there s that guy, took the mike away from him. is he coming up next. i ve lost control.
will be its signature foreign policy achievement. this is a very significant accomplishment for president obama, the team at the white house actually going into august was far more worried about the level of opposition they would face and big lobbying effort against it back at home among constituents that they ultimately ended up not facing. but this is basically he said if they weren t do this deal, we re looking at the potential of an escalation to war pretty quickly. a big scene in the congress, huge controversial vote of disapproval would really show the world how divided we are. obviously people know this around the world anyway. but the president wants to present as united a front as possible, so having no fight over this is the best scenario. it is it look like the deal will now be implemented. let me read and you tweet from senator marco rubio. he says when i m president, we
that s why you saw secretary kerry not taking a victory lap. the team doesn t want to rub noses in this. even to get to 34 has been a difficult battle. the jewish community is torn, democratic party is torn. this is a very, very difficult vote. even for those like senator coons of delaware who came out in support yesterday who said this isn t the deal that i wanted. it s going to be a deal he supports, but there are a lot of problems with the deal and so to get from 34 to 41, you don t want to start jumping up and down. they really want to get to the point where the veto vote, they don t want to make it more difficult for those who are still swirming maybe about to announce their support but don t want to yet seeking more time. and hearing both sides. people have wanted to take as long as they could to give deference to both sides. and i think the white house is true to not call it a victory quite yet. amy, give me a sense of how important it is for this white house not to have to us
insisting that it will block all available paths for iran to develop a nuclear weapon. but just as important as secret when he is saying it. as of about an hour ago, there is now a virtual guarantee that the deal will become a reality. democratic senator barbara mikulski of maryland has said she will vote for the deal, which means that the senate cannot block its passage which means as i just said the iran nuclear deal will be implemented, this a significant milestone for president obama s foreign policy. highly controversial, but it is going to happen. let s me bring in sunlen serfaty for reaction from the white house. also joining us, amy stoddard. there is a lot of action headed our way from capitol hill. sunlen, any reaction yet to this key moment, this deal is going