president has ever agreed to meet with the north korean dictator. because this was a surprise, because the secretary of state you know, isn t there, the secretary of state is in africa right now, there isn t a south korean ambassador. the long-time head of policy just left his job just left last week. is there any concern that the president by agreeing to take this meeting, that he may be doing something risky? there may be people within the national security establishment and multiwho may object to the president taking this meeting one-on-one? it s definitely risky. one of the things this would do, if we have a picture of kim jong-un and president trump standing next to one another, this actually achieves one of kim jong-un s long-standing and his father s goal which is to elevate north korea and make them be seen as a major world power. you could make the argument that 2017 was really a banner year for north korea for the
as it traverses south of the great lakes. this is going to be a classic nor easter track, with rain, snow and wind all day wednesday. heavy snow, could see 6 to 12 inches of snow from new york, points northward. not at strong as the last one, but certainly more snow, david. another foot of snow. all right, rob, thanks. we think. to other news this monday, president trump standing firm on his plan to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. at a photo-op with the israeli prime minister, saying the move will not trigger a trade war. but his own party, republican leaders tonight pushing back, and some of america s trading partners already threatening to impose tariffs on american products arriving in their countries. which states here at home are the products from? they were carefully chosen. here s abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight. reporter: the tariffs announced by the president roiled the financial markets and outraged american allies and republ
funding extension. another one of those. senate republican whip telling fox every day that goes by it is more and more likely they ll need to do another short term funding extension. cornyn says it is more likely they ll need another continuing resolution. everybody has a budget except the united states of america, the most powerful country in the history of the world. we don t have a budget because the house and the senate and the republicans and the democrats can t agree and it is very embarrassing. they are trying to cram in money for hurricane and wildfire relief. when you look at issues like immigration, disaster funding and a budget it has gotten very complicated here on capitol hill. bill: what else is new? from the hill. sandra: president trump standing firm on his pledge to build a wall saying funding for the government is the only way he can reach a deal with
division. 11-12, man. hoping those holiday dreams come true. that s what s on their wish list. thank you, coy. president trump standing by his full support of roy moore. go get em, roy. the president s endorsement causing some headaches for the republican party. we don t want to have a liberal democrat in alabama, believe me. [ keyboard clacking ]
candidate and one accuser said she was just 14 years old and president trump standing by moore by attacking his opponent, doug jones. the president said the last thing we need in alabama and the u.s. senate is a schumer-pelosi puppet. jones would be i disaster he said in his tweets. he reminded voters that he backed moore s republican primary opponent, luther strange. here s how lindsey graham summed it up on the state of the union. from a republican point of view, i don t see what winning i don t know what winning looks like with roy moore. if he wins, we get the baggage of him winning and it becomes a story every day about whether or not you believe the women or roy moore, should he stay in the senate? if you lose you get the seat to a democrat at a time when we need all the votes you can get. the moral of the story is don t nominate somebody like roy moore who can lose the seat.