obviously pressured the chinese. i don t think you can overstate how much credit donald trump deserves for this. from the beginning, obviously president trump is an incredibly disruptive figure. he s not exactly a diplomatic doesn t have a lot of regard for the diplomatic norms at the u.n. he s been a shock to the system. but i thought his speech that he gave this week was, it sort of laid out the trump doctrine. he started with hard power, started by saying we are investing. we have the greatest military unearth and it s about to be even stronger. we re going to invest more money and he goes on to collared people. i do think that kind of blunt talk that makes a lot of people around here very uncomfortable has gone a long way towards making it very clear. another thing is he s a businessman. i think that s probably a healthy thing. this america first thing is a
north korea as well. i think one of the challenges the president is going to face, and it comes to whether we talk about health care, tax reform. big-ticket items, whether be the wall, things he pledged. he needs to get something through this year. i think part of their frustration you see from the white house on this issue, as much as it s not really a threat in terms of the law, it reflects that. his approval rating is up to 43% in a couple polls this week. this is the guy who likes polls. he consumes them. bret: sometimes. he also likes good press and he s getting good press for reaching across the aisle. seen that number and saying i even have some republicans will like i dealt with chuck and nancy. crying chalk. crying chuck. if mitch mcconnell can t get the health care over the line. if it s a loss for mitch mcconnell, trump is going
humankind. the latest move aimed at denying north korea access to the global financial system, choking off cam s international money flow that helps finances nuclear program. an assignment the chinese navy feeling the heat, the president said china s central bank ordered banks to no longer do business with pyongyang. i want to say and think president xi of china for the bold move he made it today. it was somewhat unexpected and we appreciate it. a working lunch with south korean president moon jae-in and japanese prime minister shinzo abe. president moon called for kim to give up his nuclear program. he also offered some reassurance to the young dictator. translator: we do not desire collapse of north korea. we will not seek reunification by artificial means.
he speaks as a dad as well as a sometimes comedian. bret: i can see that. i wonder, dave, about the political pressure not only from the left and from these governors who are opposed to it but also the political pressure of the moment for republicans to have this w ahead of clearing the decks for tax reform. tax reform is still a question mark. they want to be able to do something and it could spur some primary challenges from the right they can point of these republicans and say you didn t do obamacare repeal that you promised. that could be a political implication for a lot of incumbents, house and senate. bret: next up, why california s attorney general is pulling out all the legal stops try to prevent construction of president trump s border wall. . standard. lease the 2017 rx 350 for $399 a month for 36 months.
for kurdish rebels in syria and a washington brawl where erdogan s security detail attacked protesters outside the turkish embassy. the next thing on the president s plate is his travel ban, a supreme court declared a 90 day review period despite expire sunday. the president has to decide whether to make changes to the travel ban, leave it the same and fight it out in court or ask for a delay while he thinks on it a little more. bret: obviously the iran nuclear deal decision lies ahead as well. john roberts live in new york. thank you. new information on the unmasking activities by former obama administration officials and where that investigation is heading. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here. source tells fox news former national security advisor susan rice requested the unmasking of an overseas meeting that took place in the seychelles in january set up by that united arab emirates crown prince and