Corker, the Senate Foreign relations chairman, earlier this week. Clearly, wolf, this was a testy phone call that played out between the president and Prime Minister trudeau. Obviously does not set the table very well for this summit coming up this weekend, wolf. Yeah, certainly doesnt. Let me play a clip from canadas foreign minister. She was clearly appalled, as so many other canadians have been, the entire leadership over there, that the president of the United States, was imposing these tariffs on canada because of a National Security threat facing the United States from canada. Listen to this. So what you are saying to us and to all of your nato allies is that we somehow represent a National Security threat to the United States. And i would just say to all of canadas american friends, and there are so many, seriously . So what does this say, jim, about the state of relations between right now arguably the closest ally the United States has, certainly the number one trading partner
Meeting. This marks the first ever meeting between a sitting president of the u. S. And a north Korean Leader. Immediately after their initial handshake, President Trump, kim jongun spoke with reporters. I feel really great. Well have a great discussion and, i think, tremendous success. Well be tremendously successful. And its my honor. We will have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. Translator well, it was not easy to get here. The old prejudices and practices worked as obstacles on our way forward, but we overcame all of them, and we are here today. Its a remarkable event in many ways. Take two from that photo opp right there, how remarkable it is for him to leave his country and how remarkable it is for us to hear his voice. The president and kim jongun spent their oneonone time along with only translators. Notably no notetakers in the room. Down a long hallway. Sation another meeting with the rest of their staff. Thats still going on. In about a half hour, we are expecting t
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Virginia and white sulfur bring about people on the sptss short list for the Supreme Court. We got a couple ambulances coming by here. On that short list tick through them at the top of the list in no order, brett kavanaugh, on the d. C. Circuit he was the staff secretary under former president george w. Bush. Also amy coney barrett, she is sits on the seventh circuit currently and clerked for former Justice Antonin Scalia and at 46 the youngest of the top prospects, also amul thapar, on the sixth circuit, would be the first justice of south asian descent and also Raymond Kethledge of the sixth circuit. The president spoke with senator mike lee of utah today about his Supreme Court pick, although we do not believe that mike lee is on the president s short list. Whomever the president ultimately settles on, people here in West Virginia and the heart of Trump Country say they want the president to pick a centrist. They do not want an ultraconservative in the mold of some of the folks the
Hes willing to cooperate with special Counsel Robert Mueller saying he puts, quote, family and country first. Lets start this hour at the white house. Geoff bennett joins us as does nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. Geoff, lets start with you. We talked earlier about the fact that the president was planning to meet with Supreme Court nominees. We dont know what he did over the weekend but now we know he is talking to some. Yeah, thats right. On friday before the president left for bedminster he said hed be meeting with top prospects in bedminster. Not clear that that happened. Now the president is saying he has met today with four finalists and hes set to meet with another two or three. Heres a bit more of what the president said in just the last hour, ali. Ill be meeting with two or three more and well make a decision on the United States Supreme Court, the new justice that will be made over the next few days and well be announcing it on monday and i look forward to that.