in the last week, the president in two statements said denuclearization of the type of libya is not on table anymore, whic absolute and immediate, crating it up and taking it out. in the oval after the oval office meeting on friday, he said, maximum pressure, the pressure of economic sanctions. he doesn t like that term anymore. he doesn t want to do that while they are talking. the main objective and primary point of leverage have been taken off the table. i m not sure what the strategy is goingo singapore. the washington post writes trump upended the cautious diplomatic approach in showing warmth toward authoritarian figures. do you fear the president has given away the farm, so to speak, already? when you look carefully and track his behavior over time, the on again/off again nature of the summit, it s clear that he wants the meeting to happen. so he will say the nice things
corporations on the planet. republicans are refusing to give in on taxes. with time running out standard and poors called a meeting with house republican freshman to explain the consequences of a default. clearly the markets are watching. we re well awir of that. we re approaching it very softly. nbc s kelly o donnell on capitol hill and mike is at the white house. mike, president obama made his case today at a town hall meeting in maryland. what s his next move? reporter: it s interesting the president continues to put the onus on house republicans calling them out for what he regards as intransigence not willing to compromise and shared political pain. to listen to this president at the university of maryland you would almost think that all the events of the last week have really not taken place. the on again, off again nature of the so-called $4 trillion grand bargain. the fading star, if you will of the mcconnell reid plan in the senate is sort of the scaled
case today at a town hall meeting in maryland. what s his next move? reporter: it s interesting the president continues to put the onus on house republicans calling them out for what he regards as intransigence not willing to compromise and shared political pain. to listen to this president at the university of maryland you would almost think that all the events of the last week have really not taken place. the on again, off again nature of the so-called $4 trillion grand bargain. the fading star, if you will of the mcconnell reid plan in the senate is sort of the scaled back option seems is very much up in the air. one of the thing it s curious why the president continues to hit house republicans it s house and especially senate democrats who are fuming over what has been put forward at least that has they understand it what is on the table now in terms of entitlement cuts in terms of what they regard a lack of concrete specificity on tax