that would put american troops on the river. conveniently, we don t want american troops there, we want them somewhere else, and china fears a wave of human refugees. paul: we get them to change their behavior, china s behavior? there are signs they understand what an ugly piece of waggage this regime is baggage this regime is. i wish we had started 15 years ago. we may not have enough time to convince china that their ultimate, long-range interest is a united korea. paul: all right, thank you all. still ahead, what was behind andy puzder s fall, and will the latest labor secretary pick fare better in the senate? start here. or here. even here. and definitely here. at fidelity, we re available 24/7 to make retirement planning simpler.
help people do better. i don t think workers are going to get more than an open door from alex acosta. alex acosta served on the national labor relations board under president george w. bush and he s been through three senate confirmation hearings, which i think the president pointed out there. is it going to be a smooth confirmation? he s going to get confirmed, but there are going to be a lot of questions about his tenure at the justice department. there were allegations of illegal political hiring there. there will be questions about his experience of the u.s. attorney in miami and some of the cases. there was one particular case about a really egregious sexual abuse of minors. he was alleged to have intervened in voter suppression efforts in ohio, on the wrong side. so there ll be some questions for him. but it s reasonable to assume that he doesn t have some of the really troubling, personal challenges that president trump s first labor secretary pick, andy puzder had, so my e
kopan in washington. and we have brian stelter with us in the studio. good morning. legali let me start with you, tal. the president stepping out with the big news. announcing who his pick for labor secretary is. alexander acosta. he also made other news. first time we re hearing reaction on russia and general flynn and russian provocation. executive order on immigration expected to come next week. obamacare. we got a timeline. on tax reform. a lot of news there. there was. you know, it is remarkable. i was watching this unfold yesterday and he came out and very said my labor secretary pick is alexander acosta. and then moved on. we are used to seeing the rollouts mundane. they walk out with the nominee standing next to them and give platitudes and a speech.
if another terrorist attack happens, god forbid, we won t be prepared. harris: breaking news. it let s get to the east room in the white house right now. we were awaiting the president just about to the lectern and it s been kind of a float position between noon and at 12:30. as we await that, some news ahead of that news conference, the name of the new labor secretary pick, we now know, the president will tell us in a few minutes. john, bring us this breaking news breaking news. the president expected to talk here at 12:30, 20 more minutes from now. he will be announcing his nominee to replace andrew puzder who had to withdraw his name from consideration after it became apparent that a number of republican senators were going to vote against him in this confirmation. at the new nominee is r. alexander acosta. he is a different type of pick for the president then andrew
snow in different chairman roles to build relationships. it s not like he is new to the party but he doesn t have a longtime relationship, not. going buddy of president trump. i want to go to the east room, where the news conference will take place. peter alexander is standing by. now that we may have some sense from the president himself that he may answer a few questions let s talk about what is royaling out there. although as we have seen in a break from tradition there often are peep who are called on who doesn t ask the questions that may be the vast majority of people otherwise in that room might ask. but let s talk about lineup of things that people want to get answers to. there are a lot of questions that folks are going to want to answer today. i m told by officials here it s not entirely clear the president will be allowing for questions on this occasion. that s still to be decide as they indicate. their intention is to focus on the selection for the new labor secretary p