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Was confirmed 85-13. colin powell was confirmed unanimously. if you look at some of the question thats been brought up by the senate, no one doubts pompeos qualifications and his ability to do the job. i think not only is the white house but all of america should be calling on the senate to do their job, do what they are required and expected to do and that is to help government function and help the safety and security of our country. this is an incredibly important position, they should certai...

Country. lafayettes portrait is in congress with george washington. look when it came to syria, the president brought france in the u.k. together, great allies standing up for what was right against the tyranny of poisoning children. >> harris: i guess my big question would be whatever we choose to do going forward has to do with our own foreign policy. that is a sticking point and something this french president has said he wants to talk about. >> i would love france to be with us with whatever...

He said we accomplished what we wanted. is this him trying to be accepted by the globe as a nuclear power? or is this him saying, which i didnt read in the statement, that hes going to reverse what the north koreans have accomplished. i think theres too much optimism on this one. second question, if we believe that the north koreans are serious, i dont see anything that gets into things like, what the verification measures are. would they let inspectors on site? what would those inspectors do? t...

Goes on. but the civil lawsuit about karen mcdougal and, ami, it poofed tonight. why is that? why is that? second question, why now? why did this case get settled now when it is right in the middle of what we are just learning is an ongoing active criminal investigation being carried out by federal prosecutors serious as a heart attack. how does it affect the criminal case against the presidents lawyer? and indeed the presidents own legal jeopardy that may attend to that case. now that the civil...

Were being actively surveilled by federal agents. the "new york times" reports that among the materials seized by the fbi are e-mail communications, audio recordings and other documentation related to ami and karen mcdougals civil lawsuit. well, it appears -- i may be wrong, but it appears that that news may have had a salutary effect on ami. they appear to have changed legal course. they appear to have changed their mind about how hard theyre going to fight this civil lawsuit by karen mcdougal....

Russia and then at the very end of the press conference, we heard him talk about nobodys been tougher on russia than i have been. >> jim acosta asked that question. he shouted that question. hes joining us now. chief white house correspondent. finally, the president is insisting that no one has been tougher, no american leader has been tougher on russia than hes been. >> thats right. i think reagan and kennedy would probably disagree with that, but at the same time, we tried to ask the question ...

>> reporters are shouting questions. president ignoring those questions. well continue to monitor it. in fact, lets listen in. >> that is a question theres been nobody tougher on russia than president donald trump. between building up the military, between creating tremendous, vast amounts of oil, we raised billions and billions of dollars extra in nato. we had a very, very severe, we were talking about it a little while, fight in syria recently. a month ago. between our troops and russian troop...

North koreans in return for gestures like sending a potential future secretary of state to north korea? from the prime minister, you a moment ago alluded to new trade talks between your minister, are we to suggest youre open to negotiating a bilateral trade deal between the united states and japan. a second question. japan is the only major american ally not exempted from the steel tariffs. did you ask the president to exempt japan and how did he reply? >> thank you very much. the fact is they d...

Question about this and perhaps he can answer the question what is the u.s. policy toward russia. there appears to be division on many key steps within his own administration. sa sanctions, additional weapon or not. the reporting is he was upset to hear that and yet the administration carried it out. do they feel they have been tough enough. are they keeping an open door to better relations. really not clear and no clarity in the last 48, 72 hours. >> this issue so sensitive for the president. t...

Gentlemen and plenty of others. this gentlemen is a very tough negotiator and we have to focus on that. thank you very much. >> regarding the u.s. forces expenses, the u.s. forces in japan at the safety and security of japan and peace and stability of the far east is being maintained and for the forward stwag of the united states in the asia pacific in terms of presence in japan is meaningful and significant. across the world in terms of paying for the expenses japan accounts for the largest per...