trades. the president touched on something that is a familiar refrain. 40% of the bridges you drive over were built before man walked on the moon. shepard: wow. that s a stat. sherrod brown from ohio said there s no guarantee that the 400,000 jobs would go to americans first. you heard the president talk about america first, but he didn t really say anything that would link prioritization of those jobs. you heard other members of congress criticize that if you put so much pressure on the state and local governments, they ll respond with new tolls, new taxes. they might sell off assets to meet this obligation of 1.5 trillion, shep. shepard: mike tobin. the white house lawyer on the russian investigation speaking out in a rare interview. he said attorneys have no choice but to cooperate with a special counsel. we ll tell you why and what else he had to say.
the travel ban, top of mind. talk about america first, bill. what is more important for you that this country be? a world leader, or america first? and can america be both at the same time? we have been both for a long time, and i agree. i don t think they re mutually exclusive. i think a strong america makes us a strong leader on the world stage and i think, you know, the world is looking for that type of american leadership right now and has been, and these are issues all across the globe that they need. i think american leadership on it, and with secretary mattis, secretary tillerson have done a great job and probably one of the best things trump has done, allowed them to just do their jobs. how do you think the world views president trump s leadership? well, i mean, you don t have to look far to see what people think of president trump. i think there was a poll out today talking about his, you know, america s image or his image. reuter numbers.
where the american press was not told about it, it was not to the president s public schedule and we had to find out about it by reading in the colombian press is pretty significant. yeah. you wonder did he get the state department briefing? did he have the prep for this? or is this a situation where you can get to mar-a-lago and get the meeting. talk about america first. these are situations where the president seems to be reacting to other country s agenda or factions. it is troubling. rticularly you if it s not on his agenda and he didn t have his top aides with him last weekend. you wouldn t expect him to have state department briefers. not to mental the state department is not all fully staffed up at this moment. there are major gaps in the leadership and people don t know what they are supposed to be doing. there are several looks at this lack of transparency here. we heard a lot about the fact that people are upset that
piece deal. for that to happen in a meeting where the american press was not told about it, it was not to the president s public schedule and we had to find out about it by reading in the colombian press is pretty significant. yeah. you wonder did he get the state department briefing? did he have the prep for this? or is this a situation where you can get to mar-a-lago and get the meeting. talk about america first. these are situations where the president seems to be reacting to other country s agenda or factions. it is troubling. particularly you if it s not on his agenda and he didn t have his toppa aides with him last weekend. you wouldn t expect him to have state department briefers. not to mental the state department is not all fully staffed up at this moment. there are major gaps in the leadership and people don t know
did he have the prep for this? or is this a situation where you can get to mar-a-lago and get the meeting. talk about america first. these are situations where the president seems to be reacting to other country s agenda or factions. it is troubling. particularly you if it s not on his agenda and he didn t have his top aides with him last weekend. you wouldn t expect him to have state department briefers. not to mental the state department is not all fully staffed up at this moment. there are major gaps in the leadership and people don t know what they are supposed to be doing. there are several looks at this lack of transparency here. we heard a lot about the fact that people are upset that donald trump has not released his taxes. there were demonstrations last weekend. and the examples of the house oversight committee which just