a knife attack commuters waiting at a bus stop just outside of tokyo. it was during rush hour. at least 13 of the people injured were children. local reports indicating the attacker was captured. president trump as you know in japan getting ready to depart, he and first lady melania trump are praying for the victims and their families. the united kingdom s brand-new brexit party making big gains today, dealing a blow to the governing establishment conservative party, but not the only country to see antiestablishment party gained ground during the european elections. senior foreign affairs correspondent andy kellogg has more from italy. amy? these elections have been impaired by some to midterm elections in the united states in the sense that they are sort of an approval rating on standing leaders but it s also beyond having an impact on european policy, a chance to get a sense in which parties and what leaders are appealing to the electorate right now. here in italy, the far right
those midwestern states of 77,000 votes that the side of this was not because of minority turnout. those were white voters and crossed over union voters but it wasn t an issue with the epoch in american community. shannon: turned out is going to be a factor in this. i i to understand that. the african-american vote in pennsylvania which was looked at at one of the shortfalls that contributed to that. shannon: i want to make sure we get to this topic because this starts a tweet over the weekend by ian bremmer, very respected foreign policy expert, someone who s a respected the tweet he had initially said that president trump in tokyo, kim jong il and is smarter and make a better president than sleepy joe biden. a lot of people jumped on that, retreated it, this is a respected guy and that was. since then, he then said after that, also a deleted tweet, said it was a completely ludicrous
jones. welcome back, gentlemen. we talked about the president, he addressed the relationship between japan and the u.s., says it s fantastic, that ties that we have here. it comes after controversial marks about north korea. they been expressing return with missile launchers by north kore. what john bolton said in tokyo last week. he said this. you and consider it there is no doubt about that. but here is what the president set about with prime minister abe what they said in their joint press conference. my people think it could have been a violation, as you know. i view it differently. i view it as a man, perhaps he wants to get attention. and perhaps not. who knows? on the 9th of may,
thank you. shannon: this is a fox news alert. amid increasing tensions, the president says he wants to be clear he s not seeking regime change in iran. today s comments come days after plans to send more troops to the middle east were announced. as correspondent trey yingst tells us, there are more efforts from iraq to help ease the tensions. president trump made clear that he believes the iranians have strong economic potential but did add that their nuclear development could hurt their chances on the world stage. alongside japanese prime minister shinzo abe, president trump says he knows many iranians and they are great people. his comments specifically about sanctions aimed directly at rodney and leadership. the news conference in tokyo comes amid rising tensions between the united states and iran. over the weekend, the country of iraq offered to mediate a peaceful resolution. despite large protests in baghdad, allie i ll
president trump in tokyo this morning. they would like to make a deal. we re not ready to make a deal. we are taking in tens of billions of dollars of tariffs. that number could go up very, very substantially very easily. but i think some time in the future china and the united states will absolutely have a great trade deal. we look forward to that. but this morning china s foreign ministry is criticizing the u.s. for being inconsistent. quote, sometimes they said a deal was within reach. sometimes they said it was very difficult to reach a deal. in japan, the president falsely claimed americans pay only a small percentage of tariffs and said americans are patriots who support his decision to get tough on china. iowa s joanie ernst said it is hurtful. it is hurting the midwest. it is hurting the country with the tariffs. the president calls the farmers patriots.