So which country is more important to U.S. national security interests, Taiwan or South Korea? The truth is they both are. The United States must be able to support the defense of both.
political correspondent simon young sign of perhaps a warmer meeting than last time but if we re looking at concrete results what was achieved in this meeting concrete results pretty thing i m afraid you know is more about the atmospherics and the optics you know improving the relationship and they seem to have done that they ve made it more normal looking than it has been of late with you know kisses on the cheek and demonstrative handshakes and warm words you know you had there we had a great relationship right from the start said trump and he talked about an amazing woman that s his way of speaking. to the medical for her part said you know the transatlantic relationship remains absolutely central for germany little bit more sort of conservative way of talking but she also praised donald trump for the movement that he s helped to create for instance on the korea question so a lot of interesting things there but in terms of concrete policy trade iran.
there is a government shutdown. he is expected to be at mar-a-lago this weekend. hallie jackson, with the debrief there. thanks as always. let me bring in josh borrow and dr. azar, kimberly atkins as well. why, at t at the beginning of the q&a, there was a question about the president s health. we period from his physician yesterday. i do feel like i probably know more about president trump s health than i do my own after that hour long presser yesterday. what can we glean from the president s weight, from his height? there has been a lot of talk about the president s heart condition. does he have one. so like many individuals his age, he has a lot of positive things about his cardiac health and couple of things that he
but as of now, that case was investigated before i came to the national security division. it s an important case. it goes to illegal retention of classified information so it s going to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. yesterday when the report was released, the white house put out a fact sheet that found approximately out 3 out of 4 convicted on charges are foreign born individuals who entered the united states through our immigration system. my understanding was that if those numbers that you cited to us included people who had been extradited to face trial. my question is is that correct and if so, how many of the three quarters were actually imgrants. the data that is included focuses on foreign born
and following up on halle, are you would you encourage steve bannon to tell all, like his camp is saying he will. as we have said regardless of who it is, we re going to be fully. cooperative with the special counsel and encourage everybody involved in the process to be fully cooperative. the first part of your question is are we prepared. i think we have been dealing with this hoax for the better part of a year. it we have to endure the ri d ridiculousness for anotheren month, we can handle it. do the american people deserve that, no, i u don t think they do. in the interest of clarity, you have spoken about being involved in this process. has the white house to this point asserted executive privilege or are you talking about potential? i m talking about the process. i can t go any further than that. you speak of how the president would like to see a short-term pass.