That wraps up todays white house briefing. We now return to last Thursdays Senate commerce meeting on fcc oversight. The serenity they necertaint build at scale. Capital, talent is scarce. Innovation doesnt have to visit. The more difficult it is, the less likely we hare to get it. And its consistent, i would add, with three years of reforms we have made oven with great heat taken. They have been a proven concept for a regulatory approach. I think the reforms, the ones you championed in the steam line act, would have us close the Digital Divide. The period is a marked contrast from the prior eight years. We wasted a tremendous amount of time chasing around partisan little agendas, rather than focusing on what matters. I think this pandemic has pult Telecom Policy in a crucible. That is what we have to focus on. On closing the Digital Divide. That is where we have been the last three years and its paying off results. We have not raised the mission divide yet. And the u. S. Infrastructur
Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is in belgium preparing for a critical phase of his first foreign trip making a direct pitch to nato allies to spend more and hoping that they forget about his Campaign Rhetoric about nato being obsolete. The buzz here at home all about the first familys first meeting with pope francis with plenty of memorable moments. Joining me new, kelly o now, ke and nick schmidt. Kelly, first to you in brussels. This nato meeting were told that the nato leaders have been told to keep their speeches short because President Trump might not be as interested in all the details that usually take place at a nato meeting in brusse brussels. Weve seen those report, weve heard those comments. There is perhaps both an adaptive quality to that and maybe even a condescending quality to it. You have had so much experience with this, the density of the complex issues that are sometimes discussed at a nato meeting and this is convened in part because we
Over comments saying on twitter i meet and talk to Foreign Governments every day. Should i immediately call the fbi about these calls and meetings . How ridiculous . Thats right about him. Speaker nancy pelosi middle r said trump was condoning assault on our democracy and every american should be appalled. For the president to be so cavalier and to be indifferent to law and a sense of ethics about who we are to say he would invite foreign intervention. Thats an assault on our democracy. An assault on our democracy. Everyone should be appalled by what the president said last night. Should be totally appalled. Two months ago, the special counsel, Robert Mueller detailed multiple russian offers of assistance to the Trump Campaign that expected it would benefit from the interference in 2016. Last night he said he would do it all over again. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos, he defended his son. He said if a foreign power offered him the campaign, he would ride it frhide it from t