building costs. but the gas tax hasn t gone up. raise the gas tax. u.s. chamber of commerce doesn t argue against raising the gas tax. and the national chamber of commerce and the afl/cio are in lock step on this. so you have the business community and the union saying we need the money, raise the gas tax which hasn t been raised for 25 years. ray la hood, good to talk to you. ray la hood a former secretary of transportation cohair of building america s future. the united states is opening to direct talks with north korea without preconditions according to vice president mike pence. speaking to nbc news, the white house official emphasizes that the u.s. is not altering the strategy of pressure at denuclearization but the willingness to talk comes from a stark position a few months ago when the president tweeted, i told rex tillerson our wonderful secretary of state that he s wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. being nice to rocket man hasn t
president undercuts people and does it at sensitive types. rex tillerson was in china meeting with chinese officials critical to the role in trying to force pyongyang to the negotiating table, to stop the missile tests, china is critical. tillerson is at the table with them,age knowledges a big announcement that the united states is in direct contact with the north koreans saying how critical it is to turn down the volume. and the president of the united states tweets i told rex tillerson our wonderful secretary of state he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. save your energy, rex. being nice to rocket man hasn t worked in 25 years. clinton failed, bush failed and obama failed. that s ripping the rug out from under your guy. it s interesting to hear when you talk to people close to the administration who want to explain what he s trying to do. good cop, bad cop theory, you get the crazy person theory and you get the we re not totally
that man who could not reach his daughter, well, his granddaughter, victoria, reached out to me on twitter and in capital letters said that s my grandfather. she asked how he was doing. asked if he was able to evacuate and we were able to give her an update. but that just gives you a clear picture of the dire situation of many parts of this island are still in. many parts don t have communication, they don t have enough food and water and quite frankly, because there s no communication, many don t even have a clue that the president is coming here on tuesday. thank you. they are resilient, they are problem solvers and you showed us how. in a stunning move, president trump publicly subverted his own secretary of state s message on diplomacy regarding north korea. the president tweeting this, i told rex tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. save your energy, rex, we will do what needs to be done. and this, b
president trump publicly subverting the message of his own secretary of state whose message was one of diplomacy. the president tweeting i told rex tillerson our wonderful secretary of state he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. save your energy, rex. we will do what has to be done. he went on to say being nice to rocket man hasn t worked in 25 years. why would it work now? clinton failed. bush failed. and obama failed. i won t fail. one day ago in beijing secretary tillerson revealed the u.s. has direct lines of communication with north korea. he said he is probing to find ways to resolve tensions over north korea s nuclear weapons. tillerson says his goal is to try to calm things down. in another bizarre move the white house contradicting the president s tweets a senior administration official tells cnn we are still committed to
he sent out yet another message saying be nice to rocket man hasn t worked in 25 years. clinton failed, bush failed and obama failed. i won t fail. how will this president define winning on this? we have to define winning by not allowing the north koreans to have a weapon that threatens the mainland united states. that s the most important issue here. who is in charge of that country is less important than making sure they cannot threaten american citizens and allies with nuclear weapons. whatever we have to do to achieve that is what we have to do. he is not wrong that we tried diplomacy for a long time. it has not slowed down the interest in getting nuclear weapons and hasn t slowed down in the last few months. it accelerated. the hope the president has a strategy for dealing with the guy that works. i don t think most americans would find it acceptable for