rather, president trump threatened north korea with fire and fury if kim jong-un attacked guam. today secretary mattis made that threat a little bit clearer, saying if kim jong-un threatens the united states, its territories or its allies with nuclear weapons, the u.s. will destroy north korea. listen here. we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea, but as i said, we have many options to do so. that really was a particularly remarkable threat and one designed to make kim jong-un think twice about doing anything like that. u.n. ambassador has asked for for an emergency meeting at the u.n. security council tomorrow morning. at the same time, as the president is weighing military options, he is also looking at more economic options, targeting trade with countries that do business with north korea, for instance. the president tweeting quote the united states is considering in addition to other options,
it will be under less public scrutiny. maybe a time that it s not necessarily on the stage. but i don t think this particular meeting is gonna be one that will rival july 4th fireworks. i just don t. both men are gonna be sizing each other up, trying to test the other to see just what they re willing to do, what they re willing to say. i think it s a significant meeting. i m not saying it isn t. it is very significant. but i don t think we re going to see some great resolution, whether it s syria meddling in the elections, spying. i don t think those are the kind of things that are gonna come forth from this particular encounter. eric: keeping with your insight and analysis, the kremlin is saying they are looking for a, quote, working dialogue. that seems to be some type of communication irrelevant of some of these issues. in reality, eric, it is in the best interest of both countries to have a healthy relationship. there s always going to be tension. i think we re kidding ourselve
responsibility of the nations of the world to try to reign in what kim jong-un is doing over there. the president this morning setting the table for his appearance at the g-20 summit, which will happen at the end of the week in germany. sending a message that the united states is going to be looking for a level playing field when it comes to trade. president tweeting out, quote, the united states made some of the worst trade deals in world history. why should we continue these deals with countries that do not help us? we could be aimed at a number of different countries. could be aimed at the host country germany, with which the united states has a $65 billion trade deficit or japan where the trade deficit is $69 billion or china which is the mother of all trade deficits at $347 billion. the president also sending a very sharp message to china in a tweet today regarding north korea. the president tweeting, quote, trade between china and north korea grew by almost 40% in the first quart
eric: some sanctuary cities joining together in a promise to make 1 million immigrants u.s. citizens this year. 21 cities are making that pledge r including new york, atlanta, los angeles, dallas, seattle, chicago, among some others. a way they say to fight back against the trump administration immigration policies. the group naturalize now says this, claiming, quote, the best protection against deportation and the first step in participating in america s democracy is to become a u.s. citizen. will it work? former deputy assistant to president george w. bush, fox contributor also an radio talk show host richard fowler joins us. brad, what s wrong with this? there s really nothing wrong with it. now that we have a new sheriff in town, these sanctuary cities know they will be hurt economically if they don t follow the law. having people come out of the shadows and do what the law requires is a positive thing. there s no guarantee in citizenship. they have to come out, legalize their
middle east. the group visited troops in pakistan, afghanistan, spoke to local leader. but the visit comes as the trump administration is working to develop a new strategy to fight a resurgence of violence in that region. the time for strategy has come. we need a strategy in the united states that defines our role in afghanistan, defines our objective and explains how we re gonna get from here to there. we need a new strategy. and that means to win. strategy before was, quote, don t lose. and we lost some brave young americans. shannon: eric: an investigation into moscow s meddling in our election are on going. there was another high profile mistake in the media at one story about russia and the trump administration. new york times and associated