weapons and the other kinds of weapons that sam was discussing. and he s afraid of a reaction later on. so he wants to begin to wrap the president in much bigger diplomacy here. i think the question is whether it s the right moment to go do that. sam is absolutely right that the north koreans have chemical, biological and, of course, the only thing they ve attacked us with has been cyber. it will be interesting to watch the contrast between how he discusses north korea and how he discusses iran. the other concern that his aides have is that he would try to go off and meet president rouhani, also in new york now, and would meet him without being prepared for a summit. there s a sense he was pretty underprepared for mr. kim. sam, on iran, because of this meeting that s happening later in the week about chemical weapons, but essentially it s about iran. what do you think this administration wants to achieve? and what will the rest of the world how do you see them
pushing back? a couple of things that the president has on his agenda, vis-a-vis iran. he wants a better deal than the one that president obama signed but he also wants to address a whole other range of maligned activity thats iranians are engaged in. while he is summiting with kim jong-un and specifically focused on nuclear weapons, he s telling the iranians, i m not just happy talking about the nuclear file i want to address your state sponsorship of terrorism in places like syria. he will not be satisfied unless the full scope of iranian maligned behavior is addressed before he even thinks about any kinds of sanctions relief. remember, he is also seeing the prime minister of the uk, president of france and they re still pushing for sanctions waivers. sam, david, thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it.
wedding. very briefly. and, again, the family stuff, what do your parents think about this? well, you know, i think you can see from the new york times piece that my mom is conservative, my dad is conservati conservative. i haven t spoken to them about this and i don t intend to. those conversations, political conversations like that in our family don t end well. but now they re out in the public. i m not going there. now they re very much out in the public for all the world to see. let me just read one more thing that your brother, the congressman, said. my siblings are all liberal democrats who hate president trump. these disgruntled hillary supporters are related by blood to me but like leftists everywhere they put political ideology before family. stalin would be proud.
american business, for years, has complained about china ch t cheating, stealing technology. china pays these tariffs but american importers pay the price, absorb the higher cost or pass it along to consumers. that s why it will cost more to rebuild after florence, you guys. it caused an estimated $50 billion in damage. trump s latest tariffs include construction materials, like countertops, furniture, the stuff you use to make drywall, home builders already pay more for steel and aluminum and wood. a war in tariffs will raise total construction costs by about 30%, erica. thank you, christine. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein still has his job. how long will he hold on to it following that bombshell report? friday afternoon from the new york times, rosenstein suggested secretly recording the president. we discuss, next. i get it all the time. have you lost weight?
mentioned it. all of a sudden it happens. in my opinion, it s totally political. it s totally political. thank you. president trump, as you see there, live comments from the president, which we just brought you, talking about these latest allegations, article in a new yorker, ronan farrow and jane mayer, saying this is one of the unjust things to happen on a candidate, that they had not been mentioned by the women coming forward for years, calling this totally political. perfect timing to have jeffrey toobin joining us. the president speaking out. when there san allegation in the past, we ve heard from the president we do not often hear the president say let s listen. we did hear it last week when he was talking about christine blasey-ford say i want to hear what she has to say.