tensions. they ve always been reluctant to increase pressure on north korea, including sanctions. they were nervous about the talk earlier this year about a potential u.s. preventative attack on the north. that would see this as a positive, a brink of war to negotiations. dana: the last question for you is, i m curious about when you studied korea and you were so involved as a deputy director of the korea desk at the cia, is there something you always wanted to know about the hermit kingdom that we have learned or are there some mysteries that you would like to know? there s many, many mysteries. when i shifted from the soviet union to work on north korea, i was amazed at how much less we knew about north korea compared to the soviet union. each of the intelligence sources have more difficulty with north korea than the soviet union or
democrats are looking at a speaker nancy pelosi which is republicans fair amount of ammunition. we will have to leave it there. the last question next time shir michael. good to see you. julie: a new complication for president trump s attorney with word of a plea deal linked to the case against michael cohen and why it could have profound legal significance. judge napolitano will be here live to explain it to us. a new danger from hawaii s erupting volcano. what is threatened now and the action taken as we hear the dramatic survival story from a lava bomb victim. i just wanted to live. i didn t care if they cut my leg off down there or not.
president is making great strides. speaking of china, as i stand here on the north lawn you have the vice premier of china here meeting with our trade team to try to hammer out new agreements. this president has made very clear when it comes to china, he wants fair and resipry call trade that benefits america and american workers. bill: the last question is on this planned parenthood move the banned on the federally funded facilities. what s the effect of that, do you think? why that policy now? respectfully i think it s the wrong way of describing it. what this is is taking money that is title x family planning money and recognizing that abortion is not family planning. family planning money. planned parenthood is the nation s largest abortion provider spends tens of millions on political activities. and there are about 20
i would have to ask him specifically. i know the president certainly would like to reduce the deficit and that is one of the reasons that his budget this time reduces the deficit by $3 trillion, this is one of the largest in history and he will continue to look for ways to do that. the speaker said the structure all deficit for mandatory spending, not the discretionary spending that was the driver. what does the president disagree with him? i know he said he doesn t agree with that approach. why does he not agree with that assessment? i d have to ask him the specifics are that he didn t agree on. dave, the last question. majority leader mcconnell said that the daca negotiations have to be done by the end of this week. did he give the white house a head up on that decision and does that reflect any view from the white house, democrats or not bargaining in good faith for example they blocked the vote on sanctuary cities today? it is up to congress to set the time line.
losing. if you guys know anything, you know that donald trump is a winner. and he is not going to do something for the purpose of coming out on top and not coming out as a winner. it is just that is one of the most ridiculous things i think the claim in the book. my other question is, tomorrow, can we expect a major personnel change? i particularly ask is gary cohn going to stay where he is? secretary sanders: i ve no reason to know of any personnel change whatsoever. gary has stated that he is committed to being here. we just have come off of a very successful win on the tax cuts and reform package which gary was one of the key leaders of data efforts, and we are moving full force of her head into 2018 to try to get that accomplished. i want to follow up on something you said yesterday, the last time that the president was early december that is one thing. if the secondly the president