countries and a lot of people. it certainly something that i hope i can do for the world. this is beyond the united states. this is a world problem. it s something that i hope i m able to do for the world. okay? chancellor merkel. sorry. thank you very much. i m just wondering if you ve been given any assurances that the european union will be exempt from steel and aluminum tariff come tuesday, the may 1st deadline? did president trump tell you what he may or may not do? thank you. good question. translator: the president will decide. it s very clear we have an exchange of views on the current state of affairs of the negotiations and the respective assessments on where we stand on this. and the decision lies with the president.
is there some suggestion that there was extortion that the president was aware of this? we just tonight know. what i will say is that we do seem to be very far afield from the original orders that the special counsel was given by rosenstein. martha: thank you very much, kim. good to see you tonight. coming up, bret baier and i will host the west virginia senate g.o.p. primary debate coming up on this tuesday night. but tonight we re going to give you a little preview when the west virginia native, known to some as the dark lorld of coal and other names, joins us in a moment. plus, a hop over the curb that could be the beginning of the end. what is behind the dear leader s smile in south korea. general jack keane joins me next. this is beyond the united states. this is a world problem, and it s something that i hope i m able to do for the world. back on everything i buy.
countries and a lot of people. it s certainly something that i hope i can do for the world. this is beyond the united states. this is a world problem, and it is something that i hope i m able to do for the world. okay? please. thank you. chancellor merkel i m just wondering if you ve been given any assurances that the european union will be exempt from steel and aluminum tariffs come tuesday, the may 1st deadline? did president trump tell you what he may or may not do? thank you. translator: the president will decide. that is very clear. we had an exchange of views on the current state of affairs of the negotiations and the respective assessments on where we stand on this. and the decision lies with the
meeting and or we won t have a good meeting or maybe we won t have a meeting at all. but i think there s a great chance to solve a world problem. jeff zeleny, tell me more about how they met for the pompeo meetin and what was discussed. reporter: that was the most interesting information since the president said seven weeks ago he wants to have a summit. the reality is the fact that the secretary of state designee went to meet with kim jong un, this is the highest level diplomacy virtually in a generation here, since madeleine albright went at the end of the bill clinton administration. but we don t know exactly, brooke, what they talked about. we know the topics in general. of course the centerpiece here
this is happening as the president whittles down the locations of his own meeting with kim, sflotifloating the id there may be a meeting or may not be a meeting at all. we have not picked a sight yet. we have picked five sites where it potential will is going to be. we ll see what happens. we ll either have a very good meeting or we won t have a very good meeting or maybe we won t even have a meeting at all depending on what s going in. but i think that there s a great chance to solve a world problem. let s go to retired rear admiral kirby now. admiral, walk me through potential locations. he said five locations. we don t know exactly what location but we can take some educated guesses. it s probably not going to be in