Starts us off tonight as he often does from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. The u. S. Chamber of commerce today warn that closing the border would threaten to undo the very economic gains that President Trump helped create. But the president appears willing to risk a little economic pain in order to get illegal immigration under control. Administration officials tell fox news President Trump is serious about closing the border and that he could do it as early as this week unless something dramatic changes. Why are we talking about closing the border . We need the people from the ports of entry to go out and patrol in the dessert where we dont have any wall. We hate to say we told you so but we told you so. In a statement this morning, dhs secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said as many as 750 customs and Border Protection officers would be immediately reallocated to Border Patrol duties. Adding that number may top 2,000 in the coming weeks. She also ordered cbp t
Biggest economies. The u. S. And Global Markets watching closely to the afternoon talks what could be the most anticipated in washington tonight while the president continues to talk tough. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts tonight live from the north lawn very good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. What happens in the next 24 hours could be the difference between a new trade relationship between United States and china and an allout trade war. The chinese vice premier arriving for what may be a decisive round the trade talks between the u. S. And china. President trump saying that his threat of tariffs lit a fire under a chinese, who had been dragging their feet. They up the meeting that was supposed to take place on thursday. Five weeks ago they said, how about friday, next week i said, whats this all about . Over the weekend, china said it was reversing course and several Core Principles it agreed to, including intellectual property and Binding Legal language, whi
Want to know the truth. Im a man with common sense and thats what we need in this country is common sense. But i didnt like the idea of them knowingly shooting down an unmanned drone and then we kill 150 people. I didnt like that. So for more on the developments, lets bring in Boris Sanchez at the white house. Boris, what morris being said by the president now that hes at camp david . Reporter hey there, fred, President Trump is at camp david having meetings with close advisers not just on iran but a slew of other issues. He tweeted that a short while ago. What weve heard on iran is yes, a military option is very much on the table, but the white house has multiple avenues to put pressure on iran, and one of them is sanctions. The president talked about new sanctions being imposed slowly, some of them in his words very rapidly. We dont know exactly what that means, but the recent escalation between iran and the United States is not really a coincidence. The president has long promised s
Term. He will talk with chinas president about the ongoing trade war between the worlds top two economies and whether they will continue to volley tariffs at one another or move towards reconciliation. Tonights meeting comes after a highprofile session between President Trump and Russias Vladimir Putin that featured a reference to moscows interference in the u. S. Elections in a unique way. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is in osaka, japan, Early Saturday Morning right now. Good evening, john. Bret, good morning to you. The top trade negotiators for all mats, trying to lay the groundwork for what they hope will be a successful summit this morning. President trumps leading with chinese leaders using paying determine whether a trade chocolate trying to get back on track at a bilateral meeting with brazils president , President Trump building the anticipation. A lot of people are talking about it. Its going to come out well provoked. And ultimately it will work out. China se
White house correspondent john roberts, who was traveling with the president. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening. The president did just wrap up his day as the motorcade left Buckingham Palace or short time ago. President trump is a controversial figure in the u. K. , to be sure. While politicians here squabble over whether the state visit should happen at all, elizabeth proved once again its good to be clean. As we look to the future, im confident that our common values and shared interests will continue to unite us. On behalf of all americans, i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people. A lavish state and are capping off a day of pomp, ceremony, controversy as Queen Elizabeth welcomed President Trump and the first lady to the u. K. For what is just her third state visit of an american president. At Buckingham Palace, the president reviewed the honor guard as they played American Military songs. Lunched with the queen and other members of the royal family. Also presen