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Remember, the fake news at the heart of marks comment is the idea that refugees are costing the american people. the americas government own report shows refugees are paying $6 billion a year more in taxes, $63 billion often years than they are receiving in benefits. these people who know the cost of persecution are contributeors to the american dream. >> its worth pointing out you have a wonderful book called "rescue" and its about the refugee crisis and about the fact that you sound like an en...

In an interview thursday with the "wall street journal" president trump said, i probably have a very good relationship with kim jong-un. he refused to answer however whether he meant whether he actually spoken to the north korean leader. trump did say recently he would be willing to speak to kim. is a trump-kim conversation a good idea and what would they say. joining me now is robin wright. robin, you actually have been in north korea, talked to north korean officials. lets first start with why...

With kim jong-un. he refused to answer however whether he meant whether he actually spoken to the north korean leader. trump did say recently he would be willing to speak to kim. is a trump-kim conversation a good idea and what would they say. a long-time correspondent and a contributor for "new yorker." robin, you actually have been in north korea, talked to north korean officials. lets first start with why have they agreed to this, these talks with the south koreans? is that they really have a...

$6 billion a year more in taxes, $63 billion often years than they are receiving in benefits. these people who know the cost of persecution are contributeors to the american dream. >> its worth pointing out you have a wonderful book called "rescue" and its about the refugee crisis and about the fact that you sound like an englishman from central casting youre the son of refugees. >> thats right. mark, david, pleasure to have you on. next on gps, north korea. the president claimed in an intervi...

For the palestinian people. today hes waking up under pressure saying to the palestinian people, were staying part of the peace process, but theres nothing to show for their lives getting better. home demolitions happen. as a result, he now has to face the pressure from internally within the plo as we mentioned some of the senior members saying its time for a one-state solution. the peace process is dead, and from others who are saying that we now have to launch a third uprising. hes in a diffic...

Woodrow wilson international center for council. and back with us, richard haas. robin, your piece in the new yorker, the headline is "with jerusalem move, trump sabotages his own mideast peace process". why was this such a bad decision in your judgment? >> it plays out on many levels. first, when it comes to the peace process, there was a delicate process among the palestinians trying to reconcile between the plo and west bank and hamas and gaza. this would have involved hamas turning security ...

The art of the give away. president trump got nothing for playing one of the essential cards that the u.s. has in any peace process which is the future status of jerusalem and the u.s. embassy. got nothing for it. >> robin, weve seen that the president has thrown tillerson under the bus many times. now he has disagreed publicly, at least its been widely reported that mattis was very much against this decision. it seems like his first significant break with general mattis. i wonder how that gets ...

As chief of staff, general mcmaster, general mattis to be the voices of reason, explaining the world to the president have not had the kind of impact anyone anticipated, and this is a serious gap. now, everyone believes secretary of state tillerson is not long for that position. and that someone more akin to the presidents views, pompeo is likely to take that spot. the team does not speak with one voice and the divisions within are very destructive on some of the most inflammatory issues the pre...

In fact, i had a former u.s. ambassador to israel say to me that he hadnt in four years heard anyone mention it to him except when they were asked about it. i think this is something that the israelis accept jerusalem as their capital, where their government ministries are, parliament, the supreme court. and that taking this, making this step actually does put, addresses your first question and that is, does it change all that much given the fact we will not have an embassy for three or fo four ...

Therefore, i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. welcome back. that was president trump earlier today fulfilling a campaign promise declaring jerusalem the capital of israel and in turn beginning plans to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. a decision that upends nearly 70 years of u.s. policy, led to protests and harsh criticism from leaders around the region including important u.s. allies and members of president trumps t...