He is sitting before the Senate Intelligence committee right now. He was just questioned by senator john mccain of arizona, now they have moved on to senator langford, just to catch you up. And the timing, mr. Trump is in a war of words with the spy agency. Retired general james mattis is in front of the Senate Armed Services committee for his nomination for defense secretary. The general appears to have bipartisan support, but still needs a waiver to serve due to his recent military service. And dr. Ben carson, also on the hill taking questions at his hearing for hud secretary. The doctor, as you may new, grew up in Public Housing and critics point out that he doesnt have formal experience in housing and urban development, but he is expected to highlight his rags to riches success story. We are keeping an eye on all three hearings and any other breaking news, we will bring you any developments as it comes. Fox news alert, new fallout over the document leaks that claims russia has come
The cia must continue to be at the forefront of this issue. As the president elect has made clear, what of my Top Priorities if confirmed is to assist in the defeat of isis. We must maintain an aggressive counterterrorism posture and also addressed address manifesf this great threat beyond isis and alqaeda. With respect to iran, we must be rigorously objective in assessing the progress made under the joint, hence a plan of action prayed while i opposed the iran deal as a member of congress, if confirmed my role will change. I will leave the agency to aggressively pursue collection operations and ensure analysts have the time, political space, and resources to make objective and sound judgments. Similarly, if the policy decision with respect to how we will deal with russia, but it will be a unessential thing that the agencies provide accurate, timely, robust and clear intelligence and analysis of russian activities to the greatest extent feasible. As a member of the House Intelligence C
Real progress had been made in the past 72 hours. And remarks from President Trump today indicate that he is still looking at to midjune as a target. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off as he always does, it seems from the north lawn. Its not my fault. I swear. As you said, officially the meeting is still off, there is been no announcement to the president s cancellation letter. But if you take a look at the diplomatic posture, it would suggest that unofficially at least, this meeting looks like it is back on. Leaving washington on a road trip to texas, President Trump this morning gave a thumbs up to how talks with north korea or proceeding. Good morning, i want to tell you that we are doing very well with north korea. Our secretary of state has had a very good meetings. He is meeting again today. I believe that they will be coming down to washington on friday. The president revealed today that they are expected and deliver a response from kim jong un last week.
negotiations with the administration announcing today that tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum imports from canada, mexico, and the e.u. are said to go in effect at midnight. he has worked to exempt certain allies for which we have trading or security relationships. but in these instances, it was not possible. so the president took action. in retaliation mexico said it would target the u.s. agricultural products. and canada announced a $16 billion set of new tariffs on american goods. some of the president s own party question the wisdom of the policy, tennessee senator lamar saying that this is a big mistake, calling tariffs basically higher taxes on american consumers. the ben sasse of nebraska adding that this is dumb. to make america great again should not mean make america 1929 again. both men argued when it comes to tariffs, the u.s. should hit china, not al our allies. ober ross said that he was not
to do it. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. oh, heavens to betsy. beginning with breaking news. the united states now sparking a full blown trade war. remember the president said they re easy to win? not so fast. a short time ago ril ber ross announced the united states government will impose a tariff, a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum imports from our allies. canada, and mexico, and the european union. those countries were granted exemptions from the tariffs earlier this year, but now they will expire this evening at midnight. a live look at the numbers on wall street right now. guess what s happening. the dow fell 150 after the announcement. now down 230. in an interview in the last hour with cnbc, secretary ross denied