And clearly the administration would love to get consensus on what to do about pongyang. Consensus, frankly, arthel, talking to white house officials, an understanding that the u. S. Will need to do what it needs to do but consult with partners here in the region before making any move on pongyang. The president is coming to apjanuary, part of an active trip to the asian peninsula. What a great day for him to be here and opportunity for the u. S. Administration. After japan, off to south korea. The president will be in search after united front in north korea before making his way to beijing, where he is expected to pressure chinese president xi xinping and get tough on north korea. He will delay his trip at least a day before heading home. We are talking about another major agenda item on the table and that is trade. Much talk about china but keep in mind the u. S. Has a trade imbalance with japan as well. 51 billion, through the latest figures in august, the last month available. Pre
From new jersey near the president s private gulf club. Kristin, the president is slamming the mayor of san juan who has come out basically daily slamming the u. S. Government, but hes not necessarily slamming all government officials. Yeah, julie, hes praising the governor of puerto rico, he called him a great guy, a great leader whose working really hard to get things done for his people and, you know, the governor says that he spoke to President Trump and he doesnt really feel like all of this criticism was intended for him. Listen. The only way for this to work is for us to have collaboration and let me stress this, i am committed to collaborate with everyone. This is a point where we cant look at small differences. We cant establish Different Things on politician. President trump injected partisan politics into the debate this morning by saying this on tweeter, quote, the major of san juan who was complementary a few days ago, has now been told by the democrats that you must be na
Weapons programs. U. S. Military says isis has lost half the it had won. Vanity fair has a few new years resolution. Take up a new hobby, volunteer work, knitting, impriewment do you comedy. Anything that will keep you from running again. Heres to you, hillary. I guess on your first day here you get what you want. Thats how you welcome to the couch. Lisa official leland vittert. Pete thanks for being here. Leland thanks for being here. Lisa i was surprised i was allowed through security. Pete you are on a list not the worst list. Its a watch list. Leland not the no fly list yet. Lisa they didnt recognize me in the morning. Pete we are glad you are here. Brian, steve, and ainsley get al welldeserved vacation this week. The jv team. Were the selfdeclared jv team. We are here to inform you, entertain you and we are glad are here on fox friends. Lisa i guess there is other stuff going on. Pete a little bit of news this morning. Leland big news. Pete bob mueller looking into socalled russia
Snyder men may try to prosecute. Trump associates, if mueller gets fired, could get prosecute prosecuted. Mark steyn is an author and columnist, great contributor on fox friends. To mark, why is it a big deal that the attorney general of new york has an interest in this investigation and is providing documents . Schneiderman is a political attorney general. Brian a declared democrat. When i testified to ted cruzs committee in the senate a couple of years ago, i cited schneiderman for essentially doing an end run around the First Amendment and using them Securities Law to go on exxonmobil for not agreeing with the democrats on climate change. This is a sleazy guy who likes politically driven prosecutions and investigations. And that is exactly what he did with exxonmobil, now what he is doing with trump. As you say, he has written a a blog post claiming that what all these acts he has taken as attorney general have in common is that they all go after trump. The attorney general in any s
If the federal level cant appear to and associates if mueller gets fired could get prosecuted by snyderman, perhaps, that could happen if he attempts to pardon individuals who have been indicted, maybe it will go the state way. He is an author and columnist, on the program last night, great contributor on fox friends, one of our great guests. Why it is a big deal that the attorney general of new york has an interest in the investigation as a somatic and is providing documents . For start he is an exclusively political attorney general. Brian declared democrat. When i testified to ted cruz is committee and the senate a couple of years ago, i cited him for essentially doing an interim round around the First Amendment and using the security flaw to go on exxonmobil for not agreeing with the democrats on climate change, this is a sleazy guy who likes politically driven prosecution and investigations. And that is exactly what he did with exxonmobil, now what he is doing with trump. As you s