We meet with global news makers and the stories that matter to 0. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question President Trump wants to reduce the american presence in the middle east and replace it with nato how would that work lets get to the bottom line. Last week during his selfcongratulatory speech after the assassination of iranian general cos im sorry mani President Trump made a vague request today i am going to ask. To be much more involved in the middle east process over the last 3 years under my leadership our economy is stronger than ever before and americas achieved Energy Independence sturrock a complement. Our strategic priorities. But what does that mean the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by western countries more than 70 years ago to provide collective security against the soviet union after the collapse of the u. S. S. R. And after the 911 attacks nato became involved in places like afghanistan in iraq so whats next assuming responsibility for stabilit
Gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange, blake burman at the white house, and susan li standing by in the news room, make we start with you. Having just emerged from the west wing deirdre and melissa let me lay out the facts right now that we know it. We know that President Trump has been meeting with his trade team or at least met with his trade team earlier today to discuss a way forward whether or not that they would go forward with the december 15 tariff and other options relating to china. At this point, we do not have an announcement from the president from the white house, or any other branch of the u. S. Government there is a phase i trade deal ready to sign between the u. S. And china. Also we havent heard from china anyone with the Chinese Government say that there is a deal to be signed either. We await that. Having said that though i can tell you speaking to one source familiar with everything that has been moving here especially in the last 24 hours that s
Republicans are saying there is not sufficient evidence to accuse the president of these actions and this impeachment is a sham. It is not built on firsthand evidence and they have tried to dismiss the process as not worth pursuing. I was talking to sources over the weekend who are working on the committees with regards to impeachment, and theyre working on drafting articles of impeachment as we speak. When will that process conclude and the committee introduce articles of impeachment . We expect to see articles this week. They will probably be voted first in the Judiciary Committee as soon as wednesday and go to the house floor next week. They want to wrap this up before christmas and right now they are on that timeline. Vonnie what are we looking at in terms of articles of impeachment . At least twoa articles, the first will be abuse of power, that the president abused his power and trying to elicit help from a foreign power. The other will be obstruction of congress and pointing out
Fireworks on capitol hill, democrats delayed Impeachment Vote, mornings with maria begins right now. Maria health big show this morning, joining the conversation pwc partner Mitch Roschelle and kevin oleary, big show today. Dagen can you keep up, maria bartiromo, americans really turned to the conservative victory in britain last night while there was a dog and pony show happening in washington, d. C. , thats where the energy was, trade on china, trade with canada and mexico, its really been an incredible win. Maria one by one things are getting done before year end, done deal, phase 1 china trade deal, markets are rallying this morning as u. S. And china have announced they reached a trade deal, markets are up 152 points on the dow industrials, here is what we know about this agreement, the agreement calls for china to buy 50 billion in agricultural products, u. S. Reduce tariffs on chinese import, includes measures to improve protection of u. S. Intellectual property as well as preve
Expected to meet with World Leaders on pressing issues like threats and foreign threats, the president gears up to meet with french president Emmanuel Macron after threatening 100 tariffs on french goods and also spoke about macron in the press conference, retaliatory duties coming in response to frances tax on American Technology giant and they include products like cheese, handbags, champagne and the latest on the updates all morning long, mornings with maria begins right now. Big show this morning, joining the conversation fox business dagen mcdowell, Ramsey Solutions expert chris hogan and Senior Writer with wall street journal Jon Hilsenrath. Thank you. Maria a lot of news already just from the press conference that President Trump gave in london. Dagen yeah, you see it driving down the futures but waiting until after the election was the quote about waiting until after the election to deal with china, it was a lot. The press conference went on and on and for the markets and inves