A such controversial come on the in chief in washington many people in europe are wondering is america still a reliable partner. John or banhart as welcome to conflicts thank you michel republican senator bob corker head of the Foreign Relation Committee of the u. S. Senate said President Donald Trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to a third the World War Three you agree. Well course as a soldier my job is to make sure that our soldiers are as well prepared as they can be for whatever contingency. Should arise our focus is on deterrence. Working as part of the alliance most successful alliance in the world in the history of the world so but senator bob corker sat if we want to speak more about this quote that the president of the United States is today more a danger than a hell for peace i mean again i dont know trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to with third World War Two you agree with that i think that the president has done everything t
Defense secretary. But we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terror that were engaged in today but Great Power Competition not terrorism is now the primary focus of us now from security and heres some more information on this now im joined in the studio by arties ecostar of eco what exactly is this Great Power Competition that james mattis is talking about in a speech where the first thing to understand about this is that this great competition between world powers is something the United States have never done since the times of the cold war so it has been decades since they focused on that now terrorism has taken the backseat the infamous war on terror has taken the back seat instead washington has russia and china in its sights quite literally just have a listen what how the justify this. We faced growing threat from revisionist powers as different as china and russia or from each other nations that do seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models pu
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We are standing by for the White House Press briefing, sean spicer returns to the podium for the First Time Since the firing of james comey. The president shocking many this morning by tweeting, considering stopping having press briefings and issuing paper statements instead. America waiting to find it out if the president was just making a bad joke. That pressure expected live right here. When it begins, we will take you to it. To your top money news. Today, once again, the continued decimation of retailers and their investors money. Today jcpenney and nordstroms. Not impacting your Broader Market investments. Three major indexes are little changed. The dow down a scant 31 points. A little more good news for your money on this friday. Shares of apple and mcdonalds hitting new records. Owner of darden doing well as we bulk up on pasta. Right now lets get back to what appears to be the sad new retail re reality for investors. Jcpenney wiping out hundreds of millions as sales disappoint.
Good tuesday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Joining us this morning, elie wiehl is on set and mike isaac. We will get to you in a couple of minutes. We start with mixed signals from washington over the president s reported conversation with Russian Foreign minister lavrov inside the oval office. National security adviser h. R. Mcmaster now set to hold an oncamera press briefing in about 30 minutes. We will bring it to you when it happens. John harwood is in washington to set the scene. Clearly the white house is taking this seriously, as it should. What do we expect to hear from mcmaster . Well, i think this is the most significant damage control this white house has had to do so far, because what we have been seeing is an erosion of republican support. Its not an outright jailbreak in terms of people fleeing him but you do hear more serious criticism of him because this does involve National Security, not just involving russia, but also involving isis and i would expect that genera