Director and former secretary of defense and former white house chief of staff leon panetta. Before we begin, i want to tell you that we will have questions from the audience at the end of the session, and you can ask them by going to the rndf app, which is www. Rndf2017. Org, twitter is rndf, and we will take some of the questions from there at the end of the session, and we will hear from you. I want to start the questions. I was told i have Carte Blanche to ask anything. [laughter] dir. Pompeo dont forget, you have two italians. [laughter] dir. Pompeo i was also told i can refuse to answer any question. [laughter] bret let me start with this. If you were secretary of state for the trump administration, how would you handle all right. [laughter] dir. Pompeo my former friend, bret bair. [laughter] bret understanding with the president tweeted in, and understanding you serve at the pleasure of the president , have you had talks about another job . Dir. Pompeo i am very focused on doing
Tonight from the north lawn. Good evening, john. John bret, good evening to you. Just twice before u. S. President s, both of them democrats, have presiding over peace agreements between israel and its arab neighbors. So what happened today counts as a historical foreign achievement. One this time democrats barely even paid attention to. John for the first time in 26 years the Prime Minister of israel sat down with representatives from arab nations at the white house to formally establish diplomatic ties. Israel, the United Arab Emirates and bahrain today signing the Abraham Accords the people of the middle east will no longer allow hatred of israel to be fomented for excuse for radicalism or extremism. Path to todays historic moment began in may of 2017 when President Trump met with the leaders of 54 arab and muslim nations. His message then put aside all differences and work towards the future. A future israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said could be far different than
Imagine bret that imagine you can number of 94 million is stunning. Joe biden is pushing his chips into the center of the table in pennsylvania. Two stops today in philadelphia. President trump is crisscrossing the country today with rallies today in michigan, iowa, North Carolina, georgia and florida. Martha unbelievable. Five stops in five different states in one day for President Trump, and right now hes in hickory, North Carolina, this evening. His campaign is billing the weekend event as the president s Closing Argument to make his case for a second term. Weve got reporters throughout the country tonight. John roberts is in hickory, North Carolina, with the president. Peter doocy in philadelphia with the biden team, and cell phone corke is in ohio kevin corke is in ohio, a state that is not getting the usual amount of attention this time around. Bryan llenas is in pennsylvania, a state with 20 electoral votes, is and mark never kurt is keeping an eye on things in North Carolina. D
Bret good evening, welcome to our nations capitol for an Unprecedented Television event, a virtual town hall live in the Lincoln Memorial with the president of the united states. America together returning to im bret baier. Martha im martha maccallum. We are Just Moments Away from President Trump joining us here at this historic memorial to the 16th president and it meets this historic time. The nation of course is still doing all of the social distancing and everything that we have become so used to right now. Thats why there is no Live Audience with us here tonight. Bret instead, over the past week, youve been sending video questions for the president. He will answer them tonight, from teachers and auto workers to doctors and Business Owners, even americans recovering from covid19. These are all voices from across america, all across america, from all walks of life. Martha and just like you, they want to get back to work, they want to go back to school, they want to go back to their