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Octopus. ribs, smoked mac and cheese, apple pie and baked beans. rick: this is the first time i have seen octopus on the show. i havent seen it anywhere. >> breaking barriers all the time. rick rickenbacker i got to try the mac and cheese first. all right, i got the octopus. griff, what are you doing? griff: im over here eating barbecue its so good. this north carolina barbecue this whole pig is unbelievable. before i take a bite, i will read this tease. hold on the feud between president trump ...

Moments ago. ago. griff: garrett joins us live. >> trump will be the first leader to meet japans new emperor. this visit is all about trade. president trump has criticized japan for what he calls unfair trading practices citing japans 70 billion-dollar trade surplus with the u.s. tariffs on goods from outside the country. importing just a fraction of u.s. goods. to fix that the president has threatened to target japans auto industry with heavy tariffs. something political and business leaders th...

With this deal we hope to address the trade imbalance, remove barriers to united states exports, and ensure fairness in our relationship and were getting closer. >> reporter: before coming on the trip, alex, the president talked about possibly maybe being able to get closer to that trade deal by this time by the end of may when he came here to visit tokyo and shinzo abe. there are domestic political pieces at play. there are elections this summer in japan and possible it would be more advantageo...

Relationship. listen here. >> japan has had substantial edge but thats okay, maybe thats why you like us so much. we will get it a little bit more fair. the world is changing, with this deal we hope to address the trade imbalance, remove barriers to the united states exports and ensure fairness and reciprocity in our relationship and we are getting closer. >> and ambassador john bolton who has already been here in japan for a couple of days tweeting moments ago, quote, many productive meetings w...

>> good to be with you. servicemen and women who died serving our country and we kick off the unofficial start of summer. president trump overseas in japan where he met with leaders, took a job at tokyo for taking substantial advantage on trade and called on for japan to invest more. >> this deal we hope to remove barriers of the united states exports, reciprocity in our relationship and we are getting close. its my sincere hope that the era between the united states and japan continue to grow d...

Deepening trade rift with china and growing concerns of saber rattling from both north korea and iran. trump meeting with business leaders as soon as he landed also wasted no time in reminding them of the trade imbalance between the two countries. >> as you know, the united states and japan are hard at work negotiating a bilateral trade agreement which will benefit both of our countries. i would say that japan has had a substantial edge for many, many years. but thats okay. maybe thats why you l...

The. the president trump has met with shinds o abe a dozen times. and countless phone calls. why has abe put so much effort into this relationship. >> >> well prime minister abe has put u.s. japanese recommendations, the alliance there as a center piece of his agenda, ana. youre right, abe was the first foreign leader to visit the president after his election. theyve spoken. the two leaders have spoken more than 40 times. in fact president trump has spoken to abe more than any other foreign lead...

Trumps agenda in tokyo as japanese prime minister abe rolls out the red carpet while washington boils over with talk of impeachment and other political drama, this state visit may be a welcome distraction for the president. still, there is serious business on his mind at a dinner with japanese business leaders, he brought up the trade agreement he is pushing. it would reduce say the $68 billion trade deficit with japan. >> as you know, the united states and japan are hard at work negotiating a b...

Out this warning, what do they say is the most daunting threat here? >> they still think still zen sh r citizenship is the big issue, but with this question out there, everything else that is problematic with the census is that much worse. so if you are trying to push a census that is going to have responses online, and you have all this fear out there of a citizenship question, trying to get people to go online first of all is difficult and it is made that much more difficult. so in measuring w...

Since the 1980s. at the same time, japan counters and says, look, a majority of our military equipment, we buy, from the united states. so we do expect all of this to come up in the discussion, between president trump and prime minister abe, along with the threat of tariffs from the united states, on auto parts, and autos from japan, also agriculture, president trump wants to remove some of the barriers on u.s. agriculture products to japan, and then of course, there is defense, all of these tal...