Compared hitler to Bashar Al Assad. Is that enough to stop calls for him being fired . In the drivers seat. My one on one sit down with fords ceo mark fields. His message to the president and his vision for the future of the auto industry. Good morning, everybody. Im ali velshi at Msnbc Headquarters in new york. Rex tillerson and Sergey Lavrov have ended a high stakes meeting in moscow. The two are scheduled to emerge at the top of the next hour and hold a News Conference. We know that there has been tense talk over syria. Todays meeting comes on the heels of a newly declassified white house Intelligence Report that accuses russia of helping cover up that chemical attack in syria last week. President Vladimir Putin saying in an interview today, quote, wheres the proof of Syrian Forces using Chemical Weapons . There is none. End quote. Putin also says relations with the u. S. Have, quote, degraded since President Trump took office. President trump had his own criticisms of Vladimir Puti
business opportunity to grow. you re here because you re launching a new product. you have the ford lincoln navigator. yup. tell me about this vehicle. we ve all known the navigator for a while, but you ve had a lot of success with the lincoln brand. mm-hmm. we have a lotincoln brand. we ve grown it a l the last four years. grew it over 70%, almost more than double the injury. how is that? lincoln was the car you got picked up in with a driver. how did you make it into something people wanted for themselves? it is a luxury brand. beautiful and elegant. also, personalized experiences. warm experiences that match. that served us really well. we have launched in china. we re the fastest growing car
about getting rid of brands that were underperforming like the mercury. they are revitalizing the lincoln brand. they increased their sales. they are no longer about turn around. they are focused on growth. they still have some challenges ahead. this summer the uaw, the union there will be looking to make some contract renegotiations and that could be interesting because now after all these years of cutbacks, all these years of them giving up some of the things they were deserving they now are looking to get some of it back now that the company is looking so much healthier. those contract negotiations last year were really contentious. that was in 09. the losses were so bad. but now, it s looking better and they are looking at where is our slice. overall this is good this, is business, more people being employed and good for place like detroit that has a high unemployment rate. this is what i want to see for automakers. good news for detroit.