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Bilateral. >> t.p.p. gave abe cover to open up long protected markets in japan. it was a strategic agreement. it didnt include china. it was a way to call countries of the asia pacific closer to the united states at an important point in time. president trumps issue on the bilateral deal seems to echo the deal where he uses the tariff as a lever to press japan to open up their markets. in south korea that resulted in so-called managed trade where they basically agreed to quotas, we buy x, you bu...

Saying. clearly he acknowledged himself he was lying to trudeau. >> our cnn colleague fareed zakaria wrote a post saying the president was not so much a liar but bs artist. when you listen to this recording, you see if you buy the idea that he is a bs artist, hes also proud to be a bs artist. the problem with trying to bs the canadian prime minister is twofold. it is not just the next door neighbor you try to renegotiate nafta with, this is a close security ally, country that went to afghanistan...

Facilities, which are run by the uae and yemeni forces and include an airport, military bases, ports, private villas, and a nightclub. the prisoners there routinely tortured with methods reportedly including, but not limited to heavy beating, and that includes the use of weapons being blind-folded for weeks, electric shocks, sexual abuses, foot cane and a method referred to as the grill where victims are tied to a spit and spun in a circle of fire. one former detainee tells the a.p., "i would di...

Norman eisen. i want to first just get your initial thoughts about what were hearing about this ballistic missile launch. >> well, ana, having had the privilege, but also, the responsibility of sitting in an embassy and trying to calculate the actions of foreign governments with respect to the united states, this is a test of donald trump. and its intended, of course, japan is our other major security ally with south korea and the region. and the north koreans are well aware of donald trumps rem...

Security trumps whatever their anti-immigrant views are. >> senator, some of your republican colleagues in the senate and house decided not to go and witness the prime minister of israels speech today. you are going to be there. why? >> i agree with many fellow democrats that the process and political timing of the prime ministers speech to congress you know are problematic, but i am going to go because in fact this is the elected representative of the people of israel, the one true democracy in...

There is the -- lets be clear -- humanitarian case of this man and his legal situation inside pakistan and whether diplomatic immunity has any teeth behind it. more broadly, of course, its another wrinkle in this very difficult situation that the u.s. finds itself with pakistan. vital security ally in the fight against terrorism, in the fight against al qaeda, very much, though, a question of how much the government in pakistan really has the authority to step up and make certain decisions in th...