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Hes got a good staff. they got off to a great start. since afghanistan, especially with the turn that came in afghanistan, they just have been -- they havent been themselves. >> david, president biden campaigned on his experience, 36 years in the senate, as a master dealmaker. also on general competence, to contrast what the previous administration. you mentioned afghanistan, these quite difficult negotiations within their own party, i wonder is that image of biden as perhaps not that dealmaker,...

It will promising that it will impose its own set of tariffs now in some ways this is not surprising at all its long been part of donald trumps a philosophy that the united states is getting a bad end of the deal on all sorts of international agreements particularly related to trade and he sees himself as a master dealmaker that could be able to unpick these and negotiate something better than his predecessors have done so not a surprising move based on the way things have been going over the pa...

Think being able leave things for future meetings having a process start up is going to be good for everybody. some cotton needs his efforts with south korea japan and china but all timidly he relies on himself president says hes a master dealmaker and doesnt need much preparation and extremely unusual approach towards such difficult talks trumps offer sanctions relief and economic growth in return for that a new clear ization of north korea but is that enough weve try it before says bruce cling...

A failure would be would be too serious i think being a believe things for future beatings having a process start up is going to be good for everybody. trump coordinates his efforts with south korea japan and china but alternately he relies on himself president says hes a master dealmaker and doesnt need much preparation and extremely unusual approach toward such difficult talks trumps offer sanctions relief and economic growth in return for the nuclear is ation of north korea but is that enough...

His own party handed him his first major policy setback since taking office. the focus, some tense moments between the president and members of his own party in the house. now, republican sources tell cnn the president had a stinging lesson on how deal making works in washington. i want to bring in athena jones, cnns white house correspondent. athena, war you learning about this apparently contentious meeting? >> a couple of contentious meetings or at least contentious moments. this is, of cours...

Republican party. were not going to get a lot of democratic votes on something like repeal and replace and work out the differences. frankly, the president is very well suited to do that. hes a master dealmaker. now hell be able to put some of that skill to good use because its going to be very necessary to unite the party and move his legislative agenda. >> you can always say that behind closed doors to the president. why did you want to go to the pages of "the new york times" to lay out not wh...

Dwight d eisenhower was in the house. a seat held. he passed away. they gave tribute to his late father during the swearing-in ceremony back then. john dingell has a master dealmaker over the years and played a key role including medicare and obamacare. martha: after years on the run, and notorious narcotics drug lorlord is now behind bars. >> this is one of the most wanted drug lords in the world, killed thousands of people. martha: the argument is he should come back here for exhibition and to...

By signing on to them so trump sees him self as a master dealmaker and hes going hes fulfilling his campaign promise of going hard with his trade policy to try and get a what he sees as a more favorable circumstance for the united states and i suppose the question now really. is the strategy really working for him. well some global economist think or at least hope that this is part of a grander strategy that donald trump has in which hes hoping to really hit hard in order to have more negotiatin...

By signing on to them so trump sees him self as a master dealmaker and hes going hes fulfilling his campaign promise of going hard with his a trade policy to try and get a what he sees as a more favorable circumstance for the united states and i suppose the question now really. is the strategy actually working for him. well some global economist think or at least hope that this is part of a grander strategy that donald trump has in which hes hoping to really hit hard in order to have more negoti...