we have fought shult fore shelter many battles starting with those that gave birth to the united states of america. since then we have shared a common vision for humanity. our two nations are rooted in the same soil, grounded in the ideals of the american and french revolutions. we have worked together for the universal ideals of liberty, tolerance, and equal rights. and yet, this is also about our human, gutsy, personal dance throughout history. in 1778 a french philosopher and benjamin franklin met in paris. john adams tells the story after meeting, they embraced each
the stage for a graceful exit. that characterization is not in dispute. absolutely. and it seems like that was going to be next thing he was going to say. i was waiting yesterday for a statement coming out that he was going to be withdrawing his nomination. but then weapon got t got the ot of the white house, which is jackson was at the oval and meeting with the president. for a positive meeting between the two of them. you have democrats too and john has made clear where he stands on the confirmation hearing process. but some democrats seem to be in a way reserving judgment. it seems like folks want to know more. here s what was on msnbc this morning, josh. i had my doubts already and wanted a lot of questions answered before these latest revelations that are very disturbing. do you think that dr. ronnie jackson should withdraw his nomination? think that s something he s going to have to decide. i m driven a little bit nuts that these allegations have become the central is
macron to see if he offers any reassurance or what he says and asks for from them on that be front in particular. kasie hunt there live on the hill. kasie hunt, a lot of activity set to kick off in a couple minutes. back with me now, kristen welker at the white house, also joined onset assistant secretary for public affairs pj crowley and annie linski with the boston globe. let me talk about the three big foreign policy topics before we get into the relationship between macron and trump which i know everybody wants to talk about as we take a look at live picks coming out of the house floor now. you can see the shot of lawmakers assembling inside the capitol building. we expect to see house speaker paul ryan any minute before emmanuel macron walks in. i can t tell from this vantage point who they are applauding for. mike pence actually walking in the pu can see the vice president ready for this jint meeting here. as we look at these pictures, we know iran is one of the biggest foreign
look, the white house botched this rollout. i asked marc short about that a number of different times. he didn t respond directly to that question, but it is very clear that marc short digging in and that that is going to be the strategy of this white house moving forward. one more point, he called it very unfair that jon tester referred to short or referenced that he has been called the candyman. he said that s just unfair. he said, look, these allegations are nothing more than an attempt to by political rivals to undercut him. i d ask you to stand by if you can on something else because we want to take over to capitol hill where we re five, ten minutes away from seeing the french president emmanuel macron deliver a speech before a joint meeting of congress. we expect house speaker paul ryan to call the house to order at any moment. let me give a backdrop. the tradition of foreign dignitaries addressing the congress started with the french when they appeared before congress in 182