Chief white house white house correspondent john roberts joins us now on the north lawn with details on all of this, the busy time over there. let s talk trade first. the president says he wants to renegotiate nafta. he did, at one time, call it a very bad deal for the u.s. and wanted to scrap it. is it a change of heart? just about every step of the way, the president said he wanted to renegotiate nafta. word began to break that the president was taking steps to pull out of the not free trade agreement. it looked like it was going to happen quickly. yesterday evening, i was in steve bannon s office, and up on one of the whiteboards was written the word nafta and the date april 29th. all of this prompted urgent phone calls from the leaders of mexico and canada. here is with the president said about those phone calls this morning. they called me, and they said, rather than terminating nafta, could you please renegotiate?
That support digestive health. the prebiotic fiber in benefiber® nourishes them. and what helps them, helps you. clear, taste-free, benefiber®. so in just 18 days president trump hits an historic milestone, of sorts, 100 days in office. and inside the white house, officials, we ve learned, have been holding very urgent meetings with their whiteboards and white piece s of paper, drafting down what the plan is going to be to message. joining us, david drucker, cnn correspondent for the washington examiner and selina azito with the washington
From politico sean. you were saying whiteboards? yes, and white house staff with big butcher block paper and broke out into three groups, and one went out for security issues and economic issues and trying to come up with a list of things to sell. you sound like awful corporate retreats? well, one white house official said it reminded them back to fifth grade, and they were not pleased with the exercise. but inside of the white house, there is so much pressure right now, because they know that donald trump is paying attention to the 100-day marker. it does not really matter, and it is not a legal deadline or the constitutional deadline, but it is a a media deadline, and trump is a creature of the media, and he is watching them, and he know that if it is portrayed like he has not accomplished much, there is backlash. there is talk of the staff shake-ups and if you don t make a good impression in the next 19
If it s not just the essential health benefits, you said there are other things you re still negotiating. is there a way to a yes vote for you, or are you saying you sound like you re saying, this isn t the right time. we have to start over? my recommendation i gist came out of the house freedom caucus 20 minutes ago. my recommendation is this is getting very heat. there s a lot of emotions. it s not right to make a decision on at a time when everybody s emotional back up, do a pause. let people calm down. let s be rational, bring people to the table, bring out whiteboards. finish this. a lot of work has already been done. we re close. we can make it over the finish line. i look forward to doing that for our leadership and for president trump to get a win, not just so much for our party but for america and the american people. so you re saying don t do it today? not if emotions are running high. i would recommend a pause. congressman tedoho of florida, i appreciate your
To be popular or constructive or polite to be allowed to say it. you have an absolute right to express your views. period. you re right. tucker: that would include whiteboards, no? it s kind of simple. the idea of freedom of speech is essential to our country that s our country is founded on. the idea that you could disagree with s point when standing up for it? there s a difference between you expressing a view and that you providing intimidation and harassment to another students. the truth is msu has a responsibility to keep their students safe. that s what it is. tucker: the telling the amount of time, i hope you ll come back because i want to get to the question of what statements. i appreciate it. coming up, sad news today. a special tribute to our friend a special tribute to our friend alan colmesi m dave nemeth. television talk-show host and, until recently,