the people he admires in the world, putin even kim jong-un he said is a smart cookie. it wasn t that long ago, i would be honored, honored to rain fire and fury on you. you know? ceci in egypt and duarte and not, the nut in turkey. these are the people he lives. he so wants to be that guy who can do whatever he wants. i asked the panel last week, do you think ralph friedman, do you think putin ordered people killed? absolutely. you think trump would do that, if he could? no. i do. i think if trump could do that he would be all the things dictators do. so, yes, that s very frightening. and if if he were, say if mueller came up with something substantial, a lot people wonder, trump may go to the mattresses. fight back. richard nixon accepted the verd
steve: was that just a statement or were people picking up phones talking to peenchts the obama administration was engaging at high levels. after that a new judge was appointed to the case. this judge back in november, once he came to be in charge of the case, finally started the trial and conducted it and moved it forward. that trial was first set to hand down its decision in march 23rd. and it was delayed. it was delayed until after president ceci s visit in washington. president trump s meetings with the egyptians at that time came at critical juncture to ensure this judge could hand down an innocent verdict. we also need to give kudos to the egyptian legal team who advocated the case before the courts and assured there was a full acquittal. ainsley: what is she saying about president trump and him helping her? you know, i was with the family last night.
resolution pass either by abstaining or by voting yes. and for weeks the israelis have been urging the administration, imploring them in fact don t do this. and when they realized that this was going ahead, they warned the administration. an israeli official telling me they said to the administration, listen, if you are going to go ahead and do this, we ll have no choice but to reach out to president elect trump and ask him to intervene this some way. and that is exactly what they did. i understand the israeli government reached out the president elect trump. the argument here is the obama administration was doing would really undermine president trump s hand when he came in and wanted to do something. so we understand after that entree to president elect trump he reached out himself to egyptian president ceci. this is an egyptian resolution. and next thing you know the egyptians delayed the vote and there is no vote as of tonight.
a little later today secretary of state john kerry talks isis with the president of egypt, but this weekend his focus will be on iran. as another round of negotiations in switzerland over this very controversial nuclear deal. according to reuters, if the deal can be made u.n. sanctions can be lifted. ian lee is in cairo this morning. hi ian. reporter: good morning, carol. secretary kerry is in egypt to talk to president ceci. what this trip is mainly about iran s nuclear program. he s going to be going to switzerland on sunday for a meeting with the p5 plus 1. it includes france united states china, russia plus germany and iran.
like it cuts two ways when it come to women voters. time will tell. that s a huge line. i m taking a wait and see attitude toward this, martin. an old washington reference. thank you, ceci. nia-malika henderson always for your expertise. we ll be right back.