In a dangerous crisis . Ga ray dahlia sounds the alarm on what he calls our biggest economic, political and social issue. Then first mosul fell and then raqqa. What is an Islamic State without a state . But first, heres my take. Donald trump graded his asia trip this week, not surprisingly, he thought it was a tremendous success. Our great country is respected again in asia, he tweeted. All recent polling data from the region suggests the opposite. A core focus of trumps trip was japan and south korea, for example. Only 17 of South Koreans and 24 of japanese expressed confidence in him. That is down from 88 and 78 who expressed confidence in president obama during his second term. Trumps rhetoric of selfinterest and America First was seen by others as a sign of retreat, in contrast to xi jinpings more outlooking agenda. However President Trumps policies face a new challenge now, that could further disrupt the middle east. Trump has given the green light to an extraordinary set of circu
One mother describing her son having been taken away. Sits in federal prison near seattle while her son is in a Childrens Home in new york. The goodbye was agonizing. He just started crying and looked at me and said dont leave me mom. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trump is about to meet with his cabinet. While more than 2,000 Migrant Children are in limbo not knowing when they will see their parents again. Kids wrapped in mie lar blankets are protesting the treatment of Migrant Children at the border. Kristen, this president doesnt often back down and its not a complete reversal because the zero tolerance policy is still what they are claiming is on books. Reporter thats right. The way in which the president issued that executive order allows him to argue, i dnt change the policy. My zero tolerance policy is still in place but bottom line, this is a reversal for a president who frankly, never backtracks, never apologizes, rarely reverse himself. Its signifi
Good new day to you, im victor blackwell. Im jessica dean in for christi paul. President trump plans to play golf with the Prime Minister, attend a sumo match. This is happening while the u. S. And japan are in the middle of trade negotiations and a trade war with china is rattling the market. Lets go to Boris Sanchez in tokyo. The president had comments as he arrived this morning. Did he make any news . Reporter hey, victor and jessica. President trump had negative words for the federal reserve, unhappy they are going to raise interest rates. The president intervening in the Monetary Policy of the federal reserve. He feels the stock market would be performing much more effectively by several hundred point ifs they keep rates low. The president , with much to discuss here in japan regarding commerce with shinzo abe, the Prime Minister, the two sides very far apart on a bilateral trade deal. The president wants access to a trade market and abe wants to talk President Trump away from dev
Once again, he isnt shying away from an allout power struggle with congressional democrats. The white house is refusing to cooperate with the impeachment probe, daring democrats to take a vote to launch a formal inquiry and denying that Congress Even has a right to investigate at all. Its the most unfair situation people have seen. No lawyers, you cant have lawyers, you cant speak, you cant do anything. The call was a perfect call. But schiff made it up. Then it turns out that the whistleblower was in cahoots with schiff. Then it turns out that the whistleblower is a democrat, strong democrat and is working with one of my opponents. The whole thing is a scam. Its a fix. That was President Trump just moments ago at the white house. It is a classic trumpian playbook. But when its used by a president of the United States against a coequal branch of government, it could tee off a constitutional clash. A letter from white house lawyers to House Democrats last night said their inquiry was co