Transcripts For CNNW At This Hour With Kate Bolduan 20170918

Striking a different tone than youve heard from him about the u. N. In the past. We encourage all Member States to look at ways to take bold stands at the United Nations with an eye toward changing business as usual, and not being beholden to ways of the past which were not working. The big focus of the week, north korea, of course, and its Rogue Nuclear ambitions the iran deal President Trump has spoken out forcefully against and the Climate Change agreement that President Trump withdrew from but now or may or may not be having second thoughts about it. He thinks the speech is a tremendous opportunity, obviously, to reach so many World Leaders at the same time and to emphasize really three themes. First is to protect the american people, the second is to promote american prosperity, and the third is really to help promote accountability and sovereignty. All right. So let us begin this hour at the United Nations with jeff zeleny. Jeff, the president has a very busy schedule this week in the next four days. What have you heard and whats ahead . Well, kate, good morning. The the president here is making his first step into the United Nations, even though he lives in new york city and is a product of new york city, being inside the United Nations headquarters for the first time and when he left just a few moments ago, he did tell cnn this about his ideas for u. N. Reform, he said this, the main message is to make the u. N. Great, not great again, but to make the United Nations great. Obviously, talking about reform there in his Campaign Type speech there, but as the day goes on, kate, he does have a significantly important meetings. At 1 00 he will be meeting with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, a couple hours later meeting with the french president emanuel macron. These are two of the World Leaders he has developed a bigger relationship with. But, of course, north korea is still front and center on the agenda here on the minds of people here at the United Nations. The Rising Nuclear threat. He did mention north korea briefly when he was going into the u. N. This morning. He said i think everyone knows how i feel about north korea. But, of course, again, options are limited for that, military options on the table, but this is a week of diplomacy here, kate, so the world is watching President Trump getting a better measure of him, if you will, but he wouldnt be President Trump if he didnt also throw in a bit of real estate talk there as you said. Very opening words he mentioned the fact that he has Trump World Tower just directly across United Nations plaza here from the u. N. And he said i saw Great Potential right across the street. So he built that tower. Kate. Mentioning that was such a success. Great to see you, jeff. Thank you so much. Much more to come in this regard. Lets discuss where his is headed. John alderman a Senior Vice President at the center for strategic and international studies, fred shafer a Senior Research fellow and tony is a Global Affairs stlanalyst and former deputy secretary of state under president obama. John, if you would, set the stage for this big moment on the world stage for President Trump. How does America First meet the Global Mission of the United Nations . Well, i think already, the president has seen that a lot of things he wants to do, whether its with iran or north korea, it is much easier if the u. N. Is with you. There are a lot of things that the president has seen in iraq and elsewhere where having the u. N. Out in front actually helps the United States and is cheaper for the United States. What ive seen and i think we got in the clip that you played, is a sense from the president that wochb when youre the president and you have to get things done you dont want to destroy the u. N. , you want to reform and make it better. That something he seems to have a partner in the new secretary jenle. Sitting next to each other on that front. Tony, mcmasters as we played in previewing the big speech tomorrow, that the focus would be for the president accountability and sovereignty. What does that mean . Well, first, kate, jon is right. The president is running into a wall but not a wall of his own making, but its reality and the reality is most of the issues we confront around the world are not susceptible to unilateral solutions and theres no wall high enough to protect us against them, whether an epidemic crossing the frontier, a hacker leaving a firewall, a terrorist forming a global network, a rogue state amassing an intercontinental arsenal or a rising planet thats warming. A u. N. Is the place where a lot gets done. What mcmasters is talking about and the president will presumably talk about tomorrow what is we mean about America First. In a way its silly because every president puts America First. What do you mean by that, how do you define it . To date the president has defined it as meaning a zero sum world view. We have to win and others have to lose. Thats in total contradiction to the Foreign Policy weve had for 70 years where we tried to have Win Win Solutions where the success and security of other countries benefited us. New markets for our products. New allies to deal with threats an aggression. New partners to deal with global challenges. If he can reaffirm that vision tomorrow, then i think hell find himself on solid footing at the u. N. He did make a good start today. I thought his remarks were appropriately tempered and right to push u. N. Reform. But this, as both jon and tony have been pointing to, brad, another instance where the president s words from the Campaign Come back to haunt him. What he here is what he said, to remind everyone on the campaign trail, about the United Nations. Listen to this. The United Nations is not a friend of democracy, its not a friend to freedom, its not a friend even to the United States of america where, as you know, it has its home. Where do you ever see the United Nations, the United Nations in new york, theyre wonderful do they ever settle anything . Its like a political game. The United Nations, we pay for a vast i mean the money we spend on the United Nations. Thats getting to the reforms the president is talking about but any expectation he will come out this week with that level of criticism and if he doesnt, what does that mean . Well, i dont think hes going to be coming to the General Assembly with the bomb bast that he would on the campaign trail. A different venue, a different audience and different purpose. Hes going to go there to advance the policies of the United States as he sees best. Hes going to raise issues like north korea, iran, international terrorism, hes going to talk about bias against israel i imagine, need to reform the hall of fame rights council. All i the human rights council. Previous administrations as well. Which gets back to the president s criticism which is that problems tend to fester in the United Nations, and hes impatient and they need to be solved because quite clearly were running out of time, particularly in the case of north korea. And in the case of north korea, tony, lets talk about this since brett brought it up, it has to be a huge focus. The president , i dont know, ticking off where hes going to head with conversations on north korea or not, with this tweet mocking north korea the north Korean Leader calling him rocket man. What can he accomplish this week that his administration hasnt been able to accomplish yet at the United Nations with regard to north korea . One of the ironies theyve actually done a good job at the United Nations in dealing with north korea. Two u. N. P Security Council resolutions. Thats been where the action has been. And thats where theres some real teeth if those resolutions are implemented in good faith by the chinese and russians. Continuing to ratchet that up, building comprehensive sustained pressure against north korea thats the way to go. The u. N. Is the vehicle for that. That creates the International Legitimacy for getting countries to take the actions we need them to take. Again, by definition, this is not a problem we can solve alone. So i hope the president continues on the course that theyve already set at the u. N. Theyve been doing good work at the u. N. On north korea. John, do you do you think the president needs to address his past remarks this week, the criticisms hes had for the United Nations, the criticisms hes had for the body, the criticisms for the marble, does he need to address this in any way . Are people expecting him to . I dont think he does. First of all whats gone is gone, as brett said, the campaign trail is one thing, governing is another. I think what the president understand and understand very well now is the United Nations is a tool and its a tool the United States is unusually well situated to use because the u. N. Really works with the Security Council, the Security Council is dominated by the United States and the u. S. Mission. This is a tool that he has at his disposal. I dont think he wants to destroy it. He wants to make it better. The interesting thing will be if he and the secretary general guterres can see eye to eye on the importance of reforms and how do it. Guterres can use the president to press other Member States, the other Member States can see we need to keep the u. S. In so were willing to do things. Actually, being a little bit skeptical is not necessarily the wrong way to start. It actually may in the end make the u. N. Stronger than it would otherwise be. Fascinating. Makes me more interested in what we will hear from the president tomorrow and whats going to happen this week. Brett, finish it out for me, what is the biggest task for President Trump in his debut appearance at the u. N. . I think he needs to press home the Foreign Policy priorities of this administration which are addressing preeminent threats like north korea, iran, international terrorism, dealing with some of the refugee issues, but also as the president was making clear in his u. N. Panel today, pressing the organization to be more effective, more efficient, more focused in its application of resources, to actually address the problems that are facing not only just the United States, but the combined Member States as well. Stand by for the tweets. Lets see if they jive if they go along with his speech. Great to see all of you. Thank you for coming. Thank you. Were keeping our eye on the United Nations but several big developments in the russia investigation including President Trumps lawyer overheard in public dishing on the russia investigation and some in fighting among the white house legal team. Details on that ahead. Breaking news, we have a new advisory for a new hurricane. Yes. If you can believe it, the National Hurricane center issuing an update on Hurricane Maria, getting stronger and heading towards the very same caribbean islands slammed by Hurricane Irma. Thats next. You dont let anything lkeep you sidelined. Come on thats why you drink ensure. 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