Korea. They are testing new form of icbms. President xi not liking this chummy meeting that is going on right now at camp david. Well keep you posted as they come out moments away. Jim ratcliffe is here to tell us what he thinks of all of this and congressman Mike Gallagher, who is the chair of the select committee on china. What a great team we have to talk about this. Theyll be with us in just a moment. First to Jacqui Heinrich who is live on the ground at camp david as we await the president me moment now. Hi, jacqui. Hi, martha. Were waiting for the president to speak. Theyve been walking the grounds speaking informally. Were told a buildin time for that type of discussion outside of their trilateral meeting. This is a significant moment to have these three leaders appearing on a stage together. It was two years ago the deputy secretary of state for the u. S. , windy sherman, had to stand alone on a stage following a trilateral meeting to do a News Conference solo. The Japanese For
allies committed to peace and stability, i think this does a lot to enhance deterrence in tin dough pacific. tri-literal military exercises, that s a good thing. ballistic missile defense cooperation, a very good thing. the overall sense that the republic of korea showing that they want to take a leadership role alongside the u.s. and japan outside the peninsula where they have been focused on the peninsula for decades. that s big. what is happening in japan is a massive shift. the investments they re making in their own defense are should be celebrated. that s a strong ally that we have doing the right thing. i m happy to see this moving forward. martha: i m curious i was looking at a poll of the issues that people care about. no surprise that the economy is at the top. border security is up near the top as well. but foreign policy was at the very bottom of that list. i think people are distracted by the economic struggles.