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Other allies, even china and russia have been part of the accords. for us to pull out assures down the road when we need support from the other nations they wont be there for us. so when we begin thinking of trade and other broad transnational challenges in the world the united states is shrinking in power and leverage. it is becoming a smaller nation day by days because well have less leverage across the world. >> part of that one linchpin would be the paris climate accord which was seminal at ...

Lot, gregg. gregg: amy, what about the paris accords? i do believe i saw a tweet from paris about the climate accords. >> reporter: that was very contentious, gregg. theres a communique at the end of the g7, and the six countries, actually, vowed to uphold their support of the paris accords restricting emissions, you know, laying out the ways to stick to clean energy and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. and president trump, this was sort of a break with tradition, did not stand with the others. ...

The united states said it needs more time to find out if it wants to uphold those accords. president trump said it will take about a week. he says of course he cares about the environment, but his priority is american jobs and he doesnt want to take any steps that will ultimately hinder growth in the united states. his final stop was at the naval air station here in sicily. italy is an important ally. there are dozen of military bases here. some of them quite small. and he thanked the troops tod...

State rex tillerson on the plane flying from rome to brussels did say that the pope specifically asked donald trump that the united states stay within the paris climate accords. tillerson did say that no decision has been made on whether the u.s. will continue to comply with those accords, and that probably a decision would come after this trip is over, but its interesting that the president trump did say when he was leaving the meeting to the pope. he said, thank you, i wont forget what you sai...

Communities that suffer the most from crime and violence. regardless of wealth or race, every american has a right to demand to live in a safe neighborhood. and we will do our part. today i am announcing that i sent a memo to each of our united states attorneys last night establishing a charging and sentencing policy for this department of justice. our responsibility is to fulfill our role in a way that accords with law, advances public safety, and promotes respect for and consistency in our leg...

Accords to "the washington post," democratic leaders determined to use their leverage in the upcoming fight to force the trump administration to make the payments. the presidents handling of the first health care bill has been the only thing so far to have a real impact on his approval rating and not in a good way. now hes going back for more and hes threatening to drag the rest of his party down with him. with congress on recess, town halls are back in full swing. just like last time, health ca...

Quite, obamacare is dead next month if it doesnt get that money. i havent made my viewpoint clear yet. i dont want people to get hurt. what i think should happen and what will happen is the democrats will start calling me and negotiating. democrats are countering, however, with some threats of their own. accords to "the washington post," democratic leaders determined to use their leverage in the upcoming fight to force the trump administration to make the payments. the presidents handling of the...

Of course, the russians vetoed it. that pounded the ambassador to the u.s. to give her russian counterpart a piece of her mind. >> unfortunately, this was their eighth veto on the u.n. syria resolution, we want russia to use its influence over the assad redeem to stop the madness and cruelty we see every day on the ground. >> meanwhile and russia, secretary of state rex tillerson yesterday demanded the russians agree and abide by the disk accords before any improvement in the relationship with t...

The obama presidency bringing the country to new love and damaging credibility across the middle east. >> when theres a vacuum in international system it instills a vacuum and we saw the iranian doubling down in syria and north korea opening up the second nuclear reactor. we believe that may not have happened. >> the foreign ministers of the nuclear deal the obama five other world powers negotiate with tehran but a very negative effect on the region. >> we have seen more intense activities by ir...

The obama presidency bringing the country to new love and damaging credibility across the middle east. >> when theres a vacuum in international system it instills a vacuum and we saw the iranian doubling down in syria and north korea opening up the second nuclear reactor. we believe that may not have happened. >> the foreign ministers of the nuclear deal the obama five other world powers negotiate with tehran but a very negative effect on the region. >> we have seen more intense activities by ir...