Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170501:10:40:00
Rodrigo duterte to the white house. the official readout says the two leaders had a very friendly phone conversation on saturday which doesn't appear to have touched on widespread accusations of human rights abuses against duterte's government. they did discuss north korean threat and duterte's drug crackdown. that crackdown which started after his rise to power last june has led to 1 million people being arrested and more than 7,000 reported deaths "the new york times" reports ste departnt and other officials were caught off-guard by the invitation. the president of the council on foreign rel...