leadership fits for decades. i have been covering north korea for 26 years. we had 8 international agreements with north korea because they cheated or failed to live up to their commitment. but that doesn t mean we don t try. but we have to have a more go tailed comprehensive agreement with north korea than any of the ones we had before. they have always been vague with a lot of loopholes. hopefully the president will press kim jong-un to enable these working-level meetings where that kind of detail could get through. jon: we are seeing live pictures from the dmz of the motorcade bringing president trump and
things were always going to be a little awkward to begin with. and then came the indictments of a dozen russians laid out in forensic detail. it leaves a lot of questions, like whether holding those accountable will come up in their conversation. the russians who were indicted, would you ask putin to send them here? well, i might. i hadn t thought of that, but certainly i ll be asking about it. again, this was during the obama administration. presented with all of this new information, there is also the question of how hard the president will press vladimir putin on his government s role. i know you ll ask will we be talking about meddling, and i will absolutely bring that up. i don t think you ll have any, gee, i did it, i did it, you got me. there won t be a perry mason here, i don t think, but you never know what happens, right? jonathan swan of axios citing sources close to trump if and
whisperer by some because of their close diplomatic relationship. but the talks are sure to highlight the differences between the two allies, including president trump s threat to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. the deadline to either waive sanctions against iran or leave the deal just weeks away. our participation can be cancelled by me as president at any time. what do you have as a better option? i don t see it. what is a what-if scenario or your plan b? i don t have any plan b for nuclear against iran. so that s a question we will discuss. reporter: theout come of the macron s talks setting the stage for german chancellor s angela merkel s visit to the white house friday. she, too, will press president trump to stay in the iran deal. the french along with the u.s. and uk carried out air strikes on assad s regime in syria after another chemical attack. macron wants president trump to
that we seek. the question is, how do we reach that goal? and i am convinced that there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. peace is hard work. peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. ultimately, it is the israelis and the palestinians who must live side by side. immediately after that speech, the president met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who called the american position a, quote, badge of honor. the president meets this evening with president abbas. that brings me to my colleague, wolf blitzer, reporting today from new york. hi there, wolf. let s talk about this a little bit. assuming the u.s. uses its veto in the u.n. security council, what could happen? what are the alternatives here? the u.s. is hoping, randi, as you know it s not going to have to use the veto any time soon. they re hoping they can work on some sort o
to contain the crude gushing into the gulf of mexico. that deadline comes as president obama heads down to the gulf today for his fourth trip to the region. after the two-day visit, the president will give a national address on the oil crisis. on wednesday, he will be meeting with bp executives. a big week ahead. according to the administration, that s when the president will press bp to set up an es ko account to reimburse anyone affected by the disaster. though the president has not said exactly how much money he wants bp to set aside, the move could potentially drain the company s cash reserves and create a path to bankruptcy. however, it would also give some security to residents along the gulf dealing with polluted beaches and oil-covered birds. yesterday, senior adviser david axelrod defended the aggressive action. if you are in partnership with somebody and make no mistake the deposit is in partnership with bp to get this problem solved, does the president of the united states