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Nominating a woman. he said things like, can you imagine that? there are other woman on the supreme court. the president seems to not realize that, but what i think that he is -- >> they make up more than half the population. can you imagine that? >> but i think what he is focussed on is thinking that lisa murkowski and lisa collins would be so swayed by gender politics or the idea of nominating a woman they would overlook the idea of roe versus wade. >> that will make the confirmation hearings ...

Much they contribute to defense spending. is the president right? does he have a point? i mean, look at these defense expenditures complying with the nato commitments. the united states, greece, the united kingdom and estonia. and then look at all of these countries that arent complying. i know president obama did make a point of this when he was in office. president trump is doing it in his own, unique way. is it such a bad thing that the president is badgering these allies to chip in some more...

His nato colleagues in brussels and look the president isnt wrong. president bush complained about burden sharing, president obama complained about it and trump is not wrong to make the case the united states does contribute far more proportionately to the burden than anybody else that said, he has to keep in mind hes meeting with putin and you dont want to make the summit all about burden sharing and give putin the impression that were balking on our nato commitments or that he has caused disun...

To that 2%. >> in 2024? >> exactly. they have breathing room. donald trump should push allies to meet their commitments. of course, we should burden share. >> thats kind of where the question lands, i think, for a lot of folks. is the united states being taken advantage of by nato when you hear president trump say nato is as bad as 1/2ty. >> thats ridiculous. we are lucky that merkel is not expressing the areas shes frustrated with the united states and donald trump on. the united states carries...

>> i think this is make or break are foot administration. the administrations policy is based on a very simple assessment. that kim has decided to give up his weapons. if thats the case, then pompeo is going to come back with commitments and a timetable. if he doesnt, then were in trouble. >> what do you think the chances are? >> i really dont know. this is to me totally perplexing. i tried to score this stuff day by day and im bewildered. i really do hope that pompeo comes back with what he sai...

Mainland and even though kim jong-un signed the broadly worded statement, we have seen a flood of intelligence being leaked by u.s. officials indicating that north korea is expanding not just the missile factory but also we saw the satellite images and analysts at 38 north last week saying they are expanding the nuclear react ir and reports of nuclear facilities where north korea may be enriching youuranium and plutonium secretly. pompeo has his work cut out for him when hes expected to meet fac...

Pompeos trip? >> he is set to take off and be in pyongyang at the end of the week. this trip will be vital now to getting real commitments out of kim jong-un that he really is going to give up his weapons. >> how long will it take? i think within the first minute ill know. >> less than 60 seconds, president trump just before the singapore summit insisted thats all the time he needed to determine if kim jong-un was serious about giving up his nuclear weapons. >> just my touch, my feel. thats what...

The idea the president called him an honorable man and elevated him and praised his leadership of the country, which isnt leadership. its a dictatorship. one thing thats accomplished from the north korean perspective is he elevated kim jong-un, the regime, given them -- having a meeting with the president of the united states is something he, his grandfather, father all sought and didnt get. thats been the outcome. what we were hoping was the beginning of some dialogue that would resolve this. i...

Be fighting in is no economic economics. the question is is the president going to do the rational thing and not impose these national security linked auto tariffs. i dont know if hes rational or not. >> the president sgeting out of our commitments to the world trade organization. the dangers could become like the brexit. th the rest of the world could go it alone. charge us and well charge you. decades of working toward building international relationships when it comes to trade and lowering ba...

For whats sure to be a consequential next couple of weeks that includes the ongoing negotiations with north korea and his one-on-one meeting with russian president vladimir putin. this as trump weighs nominees for u.s. supreme court following justice anthony kennedys retirement. all of that after the white house deals with the fallout from tens of millions marching across the country this weekend, protesting the white houses zero tolerance immigration policy. joining me now, congressman ted lew....