Investigators criticizes a parallel Justice Department probe. Why dont you have your own damn files . What interviews will we see this week . Ill speak to adam schiff in moments. First, look whos talking . Two former tennessee governors on opposite sides of the aisle say theyre ready to bridge the gap. Thats ahead. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is watching International Crises build. One thing that was clear, as World Leaders garded, The Western World is fighting battles, on two fronts. With its forceful recap purse of its own land, and second against Global Economic peril, with inflation continuing to soar and recession looming, people Around The World struggling to keep up with Energy Prices and other costs. One leader facing a particularly stiff challenges is liz truss. She officially took on the role just days before the nations month narc,e 2k50id, after ten or 12 days of mourning, in trusss first major move as the nations leader, she announced massive tax cuts at a volume not seen since the 1970s, sending uk markets into a tailspin and crashing the pound to the lowest levels since 1985. Truss is facing perhaps the biggest set of challenges for any new uk Prime Minister since sir Winston Churchill. I had the rare opportunity to spend time with her at ten do you think downing street. Thank you for doing this. Great to be here. Reporter one of the Queen Elizabeths final acts was to invite you to become Prime Minister. You met with her just two days before she passed. What was that like . Well, i was hugely honored to be asked to form a government by her majesty, and it was a great experience. She gave me her wisdom which she had built up over the years. I was the 15th Prime Minister she had asked to form a government. To have that honor is immense. She has made such a contribution not just to life across britain, but across the world. Reporter before leaving Office Boris Johnson advised you to, quote, stay close to the americans, but you previously described the uk u. S. Relationship as special, but not exclusive. You didnt refer to the Special Relationship at all with your meeting with President Biden. Do you think the Special Relationship is not what it used to be . I think the u. S. Is an incredibly close partner of the uk. I do think our relationship is special. Its increasingly important at a time when were facing threats from russia, increased assertiveness from china. You know, we are both freedomloving democracies. We have such a strong connection. We also need to work with our other allies in the g7. We need to reach out to countries like india as well, baud we are facing increased threats from those autocratic regimes. Its very important. I had a great meeting with the president. We talk about many, many issues, but the core of it, the core of it is our belief in freedom, our belief in democracy, and thats what we need to continue to work on. We do face an increasingly insecure world. There are people in the Biden Administration who are concerned that you dont share the same belief of the Special Relationship that previous Prime Ministers have. It was Winston Churchill who came up with the term Special Relationship in 1946. First of all the, im penally a huge fan of the United States of america. Its a country where ive traveled often. Its a country we share many of the same values and core beliefs in. Im determined that we make the Special Relationship even more special over the coming year, and we work with our friends and allies Around The World. For too long after the cold war, the free world didnt do enough to take on the challenges of autocratic regimes. I believe we have now stepped up. I think or respur response to rs invasion on ukraine, and ive committed more Military Aid Put into ukraine. Of course, the Biden Administration has put huge amounts into ukraine. I really feel we are stepping up as an alliance to take on what is absolutely appalling war created by putin. So lets talk about that. At the u. N. , you called on western democracies to stay united against russias invasion of ukraine. Pewent is calling for 300,000 more reservists to come into ukraine and join the fight. He insists hes not bluffing when he talks about potentially using nuclear weapons. Some people believe hes threatening war with nato. Have you and President Biden discussed how the west would and should respond if putin escalates matters even further. First of all, the reason putin is doing this is because he isnt winning. He made a strategic mistake invading ukraine. I think he has outsmarted by the ukrainians. We have seen the ukrainians continue to push back against the russian offensive. I think he didnt anticipate the strength of reaction from the free world. We should not be listening to his Saber Rattles and his bogus threats. We need to continue to put pressure on russia and continue to support the ukrainians. If putin is allowed to succeed, this would send a terrible message to europe and, of course, huge threats to the ukrainian population themselves. It also would send a message to other authoritarian regimes Around The World that its somehow acceptable to invade a sovereign nation. This is why its so important that we continue to be resolute, we dont listen to the Sabre Rattling that were hearing from putin. Thats what im determined the United Kingdom will do. I know President Biden is absolutely committed from the u. S. Point of view. We work closely with our american allies, with the g7, and we will continue to do so until ukraine prevails. Lets talk about another authoritarian country, china. President biden said unequivocally, again, that the u. S. Would defend taiwan militarily if China Ininvestigates. Is the uk willing to make the same pledge . What we are very clear about and i was clear with President Biden is we support and work with our g7 allies, first, to reduce our strategic dependency on china, and also to make sure we are standing by our democratic allies Around The World. We are determined to work with our allies to make sure that taiwan is able to defend itself. When you say stand by, does that mean you would go as far as President Biden has gone, in saying that the u. S. Would defend taiwan militarily. Would the uk defend taiwan militarily, if China Ininvestigates . What i think about is that all of our allies need to make sure taiwan is able to defend itself. That is very, very important. We need to learn the lessons from ukraine. The fact is the free world didnt do enough to counter russian aggression early enough, and putin was emboldened to start this appalling war. We cant see that situation happen in other parts of the world. But the uk does work with its allies, whether its japan, another perfect ally with the United States, with canada to make sure we have a common response. Of course, i discussed that with President Biden. The Bank Of England just raised Interest Rates and said the uk may already be in a recession. Are they right . Thats a matter for the Bank Of England and for the gdp figures, the official figures. I think what is certainly true is the world is facing an economic shock. First of all, the aftermath of covid and secondly the russian invasion of ukraine, which has pushed up Energy Prices. What im determined to do as Prime Minister is make sure that we are doing all we can to grow our economy, all we can to attract business and investment into the uk, so that we have a Clear Pathway to becoming a higher great economy. Thats what im focused on. Your government revealed a new tax plan. You also proposed lifting the cap on bonuses for bank executives. In the u. S. , President Biden is taking a very different approach, and obviously he has a different view on economic measures such as the one you are proposing. He tweeted this week, quote im sick and tired of trick economic. Its never worked. Were building an economy from bottom up and middle out. So in essence, he thinks your plan didnt work. Well, i dont really accept the premise of the question at all. The u. S. Has one of the lowest levels of debt in the g7, but we have one of the highest level in taxes. Currently we have a 70year high in our tax breaks. What im determined to as Prime Minister and what the chancellor is determined to do is make sure we are incentivizing businesses to investment. Were also helping ordinary people with their taxes. Thats why they field its right to have National Insurance and Higher Corporation tax. That makes it harder for you to attract the investment we need. It will be harder to generate those news jobs, and i want the u. S. Economy to be successful as well. I want the european economy to be as successful as well. I want freedomloving democracies to succeed. One of the things were doing is moving forward on our infrastructure programs, road building, broadband, mobile telephones. I know that is what the administration in the u. S. Is doing as well, but of course we all need to decide what the tax rates in our own country, but my view is we absolutely need to be incentivizing growth. At war is a difficult time for the economy, and we have put in place a package of measures to support consumers with Energy Prices, to make sure nobody is having to pay 2,500 pouchbds on their bills, which is very impo important. Even at that price, there are still families struggling to get by. What we have done is made sure no family, no household is having to pay more than 2,500 pounds on those energy bills. Were also providing more help to the most vulnerable families. Were also, as well as dealing with the real shortterm issue we face this winter and next winter, making sure we invest in the uks energy supply. Thats one of the things were in discussing with the u. S. About, how to collaborate more closely on energy supply. We dont want the United Kingdom to be dependent on authoritarian governments. As well as building more of our domestic supply, more nuclear, more renewables, working in areas like hydrogen. We can never be in a position again to be so dependent, and surge regimes like russia. Stay right there. Well have more of my exclusive interview with liz truss. Does former President Trumps handling of Classified Information make her nervous at all . I asked her, and thats next. Li. Innovation electrified. With apple music seamlessly integrated. The allnew, allelectric eqs suv from mercedesbenz. All across the country, people are working hard to build a better future. 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The nationalist community in Northern Ireland, as well as the Unionist Community in Northern Ireland. What i want to do is find a way forward, and my preference is a negotiated solution with the eu that protects that north south relationship, with you also protects the east wii relationship. That is core to the bell pass good friday agreement. Its interesting, because im wondering what your reaction was when you saw the census figure that showed that cath lights catholics outnumber the prot protestants. That was one of the arguments for there being a Northern Ireland, at the time there were more protestants . The fundamental point here, and this is whats capsulated in the agreement, is that both communities in Northern Ireland need to be respected, both the Unionist Community and the nationalist community. Thats what i want to achieve through the changes we are making on the Northern Ireland protocol. Thats what we need to achieve into the long term. Are you concerned at all about all of the movements you New York City that Queen Elizabeth has passed, to remove countries that dont want to be part of the commonwealth anymore, countries in africa . There seems to be a possibility that youre going to preside over the lost of many in the commonwealth. What we have seen is a huge amount of love and affection for the her majesty, and we had a huge amount of State Leaders Cup for the state funeral. We also seen huge warmth toward king charles iii. Im very, very supportive of the commonwealth. I think its been a hugely important organization, the commonwealth believes in freedom and democracy, which are important principles that we were discussing earlier in this interview. Of course, its a decision for any country on how they decide to organize themselves. King charles has been very clear about that himself. He was clear about that at the Commonwealth Summit earlier this year, but i think the commonwealth is a force for good, its a belief in freedom and democracy, and we need more of that in a world where we are facing these authoritarian regimes who want to subvert those ideas. The uk regularly shares your most sensitive classified intelligence with the United States. I wonder what you make of the way that donald trump has handled that Classified Information, and also his recent declaration that a president can declassify anything he wants just by thinking about it, that its automatically declassified and he can do whatever he wants with the documents. We dont know whats in the documents, but it could be Sensitive Information that the uk provided, for all we know. We talked earlier about the Special Relationship and how important it is, and we do work closely together in areas like intelligence, in areas like defense, in areas like energy. I will not be getting involved in internal discussions of u. S. Politics. Certainly been would be concerned about any country with whom you share intelligence not treating it respectfully . As i said, this is a matter for the u. S. Authorities. Last month, when asked if french president macron was a Friend Otr Foe to the uk, you said the jury is out. Macron said the jury is not out for him. For us, theres no question, b brexit, not brexit, we are allies. Y you met this week. Friend ofoe . We have a good meeting this week. Again we are talked about the values we share. For example, tackli