objections to donald trump. throughout this show he spoke to that. you know, on tariffs, on his handling of putin, on a whole series of issues he was very, very surgically critical of the president. i have to say a big news making axe files, watch the former secretary of defense robert gates on the axe files tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern. cnn is rolling out a new movie focused series next month that examines how films have shaped pop culture and social norms throughout the decades. as part of the rollout several cnn anchors star in promos for the series highlighting specific movies. including yours truly and me. may i? sure.
does the president know the difference? and feeling the pressure? kim jong-un lashes out at the organizers of a propaganda pageant after publicly scolding city planners and other officials as president trump says he still wants to make a deal. is the north korean dictator feeling the pressure? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. breaking news. vice president pence meets with mexico s foreign minister to underscore the president s threat of tariffs if mexico doesn t halt the flow of undocumented migrants. some republican senator who is fear the impact on the american academy say they want to hear directly from the president. but the president warns he s prepared to go ahead with president. he s been firing broadsides. he calls senate democratic leader chuck schumer a creep for saying he s bluffing on tariffs.
four things necessary to change out laws to shut it off and they are sitting there against the president on tariffs? when he is using everything possible? put the wall aside. everything possible to stem the horrific crisis going on in our border. somebody died yesterday, showed up with aids died there. katie: lindsey graham had a bill. the white house isn t pushing it and should be. brian: push this forward because it s a national crisis. you cannot coast for the next year and a half. you should stand by out president, let him know privately what s going on with tariffs and how effect you economically let him know also it s the only henning you can use to get mexico to act. they showed up and already taken action that according to the new york times yesterday at their southern border. katie: see how the meeting goes today. steve: we will find out. look for mexico to try to budge. will that be enough? that s the question. both sides are using it for politics. brian i think the
really tariffs, laws, have to original nail the with congress, and i think you can t just declare emergencies on spending, on tariffs, also on arm sales. they are now saying that they are going to sell arms to saudi arabia despite the objections of congress, and so i think what you may be finding if we try to run government by emergency is it may solidify opposition, even people like myself who are originally supportive of president trump, largely supportive of his initiatives, i can t be for letting the president have all the power that the constitution gave to congress. you have introduced, as you do from time to time, a plan that would balance the budget. this is a measure that would balance the budget by five years but it was defeated by a procedural vote. it was 22-69, so that is a lot of republican opposition in addition to democratic opposition. in other times republicans, your party has been so animated by tackling spending. why not now? well, the interesting thing is the d
yesterday. the parliamentary vote. i think she is a survivor and she knows how to adjust. martha: do you think she respects president trump? absolutely. i have been in the room actually where they have negotiated back andfor and fort. president trump respects the chancellor. he looks across the table and sees someone who has the largest economy of all of europe. that to president trump speaks volumes. i have actually heard him say i don t blame you. i don t blame you for outmaneuvering us on the surplus. i don t blame you for outmaneuvering us on tariffs. i would have done the same thing if i was representing germany. ambassador grenell, thank you. great to see you. great to have you back in the united states. we will see you soon. when we come back president obama and michelle obama going head to head with president trump as we get closer to have the mid terms. he said whether a did you think of president obama s speech? and i said i m sorry, i watched it. but i fell asleep. [