long-standing alliance with canada. chris: but we are imposing the terror because of national security reasons. that is the implication that some trust canada as a reliable national security partner when it comes to supplying steel and aluminum. i don t think we are satisfied yet that they will protect or uphold all of the shipments of steecoming into canada from around the world. could be china, could be brazil and a lot of different places. this trend shipping effort has been troubling to us. the president has declared our steel industry a national security matter and he hopes through these actions to rebuild it, there are signs that may be possible. in the announcement from the white house, it said very good faith you negotiations.e that s why i regard this more of a family quarrel. this is a trade dispute if you will. it can be solved if people work together. but, i must say this.
negotiations e we felt it was important to go ahead and do what we did. president obama today talking about what he called the fragile nature of the negotiations to bring home america s last p.o.w. from afghanistan. joining us now is somebody who has had inside access. former national security spokesperson under the obama administration. thank you for being with us. i wonder if you personally were surprised by the backlash here. you worked on this issue at the white house. you know the ins and outs of the negotiation process. has it occurred to you bringing bowe bergdahl home would be bad news in politics? i can t actually believe it. we worked on this for a very long time. anyone who did thought about it and thought about what he and his family must have endured for the last five years. i knew the back story.