Secretary of state mike pompeo in north korea, expecting to see kim jongun as the korean press reports hes bringing with him a cd of elton johns rocket man from President Trump who rejects criticism of how hes handling the north koreans. Hes going to cause a war, its too tough now they say, hes too nice and good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington, where the president is setting off political fireworks on multiple fronts. After months of financial jousting, a trade war with china is now a reality. Beijing retaliating against the Trump Administrations 34 billion in new tariffs, setting up a clash between the two Worlds Largest economies. And at a raucous rally in montana, the president attacked fellow republicans George Herbert walker bush and john mccain, challenged Elizabeth Warren to take a dna test to prove or ethnic roots, and praised Vladimir Putin while deridid deriding Angela Merkel and her european allies. Scott pruitt, administrator of the epa, was forced to design amid fede
The president , your confidence in me has blessed me personally. Adding the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizeable toll. Pruitt had been under a cloud of scandals for months, constantly facing questions about his security detail, pricey first class travel and cozy relationships with lobbyists. Pruitt was back in the headlines just this week. A cnn report revealing he and his aides kept secret calendars to hide contentious meetings. An aide testifying before the House Oversight committee that pruitt asked her to find his wife a job with a salary of over 200,000 at the republican governors association. And cnn reporting that he directly asked trump this spring to fire attorney general Jeff Sessions and let him lead the department of justice instead. Before that, stories about his housing situation in washington, his wifes desire for a chickfila franchise, and even a search for a used Trump Hotel Mattress stunned white house aides. Des
The woman, part of the Trump Resistance Movement refused to come down. Police and firemen were deployed. The entire Liberty Island filled with 4,000 tourists were evacuated. 3,000 visitors were turned away on the monuments biggest day of the year because one individual didnt agree with President Trumps immigration policy. She was born in the congo and she probably wont even spend a day in jail. After diverting Police Resources from fighting real crime and ruining thousands of peoples visits to the monument on july 4. President trump weighed in. President trump you see that clown on the statue of liberty . I would have said just get some nets and wait until she comes down. Jesse she has filed self seemingly frivolous discrimination lawsuits. She had runins with neighbors. She has been slapped with 5,000 in fines by the department of sanitation and she has been arrested fortress passion and assaulting an officer. And she says she was inspired by Michelle Obama. Our beloved first lady tha
The issue of north koreas complete denuclearization and lasting peace on the korean peninsula. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Now we would like to move on to the q a session. Those who wish to make, ask a question please raise your hand. Upon my appointing, please move to the nearest microphone and identify yourself with your name and the media outlet. Please kindly be advised to make your question succinct. Now floor is open. The lady in the front seat. Thank you. This is [inaudible] japanese newspaper company. I have two questions. First, id like to ask each of you, recently the u. S. Defined its goal as [inaudible] denuclearization of north korea. Instead of cvid, complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. It seems softer or than cvid. My question is will the u. S. , japan and south korea continue to work toward cvid of north korea, and what do you think is the difference between cvid and [inaudible] and my second question is about the [inaudible] of the japa
Help. The order appoint the special counsel that he has the right to look into any platters that ray rose or may arise directly from the investigation into links between russia and the trump campaign. That would presumably include attempts to stifle the investigation. Those facts dont seem to matter to team trump because the attacks are meant just as much for the court of Public Opinion as they are for the courts. They appear to be working. A recent Washington Post poll shows nearly as many people, 45 , disapprove of muellers handling of the investigation. Joining me now, i have the think cross founder of the beat d. C. , charlie piece, writer for esquire and Michelle Bernard of the Bernard Center for women, politics, and public policy. Good morning, lets start off by taking a listen to giuliani this morning on abc down playing, though he does admit donald trump telling james comey, the former fbi director, to let Michael Flynn off the hook. Take a listen. What he said to him was can y