so far. holly, talk about. so thingsome ofthe things the ps to do. an important decision he has to make. i don t think he feels like he has to rush into that decision. i know he is vetting candidates very carefully right now he needs someone who is going to be aligned with him philosophically. and that s what s most important to him. you know, i think in the past, maybe the president wanted to make sure democrats were happy with the choice after the spectacle we saw with the cough hearings i don t think he cares what kamala harris and cory booker thinks. he will do what he thinks is best for the country. steve: you say the number two thing he should do is figure out how this thing ends. i think we are on a path towards success in these trade negotiations. right now china is bearing the brunt of the pain in
if he hangs on, knock off a democrat in north dakota, knock off a democrat in missouri, protect seats in arizona, nevada, tennessee, perhaps knock offer a democrat off a democrat in florida. is that his decision to hold off a seat in the senate? it s evident in talking to the president and top republicans, they say the actions the president has taken, his allies they re taking, the trump voter who came out in 2016 in the red states and the closing stretch, they want to make sure the trump base comes out this year. they re not going to pitch the suburban voter and try to win them over on the tax cut or on trade. it s all about grievance politics, core issues like trade, going after the media, et cetera. kimberly, how do you read his politics right now? what he s not an idiot. people may think he is. he has some political game plan in raising this hell over this
pompeo s meeting with china s foreign minister started with bold aggressive language on topics like trade. that is according to pool reports. the meetings come days after the vice president launched a reset of sorts with china. cnn s alexandra field live now in seoul with more. reporter: joe, good morning to you. there was some tension in the room when secretary of state mike pompeo sat down with his counterpart in beijing who said the recent remarks cast a shadow and eroding trust. he was referring to the speech by vice president mike pence. the allegations of improper trade practices and interference with the midterms and general intention to undermine the trump presidency. weng defending the actions of
things he wanted to do in eight years, and that was it and that was his focus. in your book, i believe you said he doesn t have a list. is that s right. there s no to do list. doesn t have a reason to be president. we all have one in our head. it s best to kind of write it down and get the team, you know, you do this, you do that. but there s not a team here and the examples in the book are very clear of people taking action. you re sort of the opposite of donald trump. you once told me about your tradekrach tradecraft, before you start a project like this to find out what s gettable. what can you reasonably expect to get if you go out reporting on a mission for a year or so? trump doesn t seem to have that search in his hand for facts. no. he has this sort of gut, i don t like trade. right? i don t like alliances. i don t like nafta. i don t like nato. and then no matter what anybody tells him in your book, he has a
the president will talk about what we ve done as a party and government to help this country over the last year and what we ll be doing in the year going forward. you saw a lot of this during the state of the union address on tuesday night. the president is going to be talking about our achievements on the economy, where we ve hit record lows in unemployment including for african-americans and hispanic americans. talking about our deregulation agenda, issues like trade. issues that we can reach across the aisle and work with democrats like infrastructure where we have a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild our roads, bridges, airports and also talk about the issue of immigration. bill: we will see him in two hours on that. i know you won t give me a day when it will be released. what is the white house understanding when that five-day clock expires? is it saturday at 5:00 or more like monday? this is fundamentally a legislative document. the house intelligence committee vot