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problematic. robert: the business community is revolting against this administration and gary cohen and so many other people within the administration couldn't convince the president. >> that's right and gary cohen was still holding out hope, even on wednesday staying this isn't over privately. these are the people he's been working with for a long time and he was told that lloyd bank fien, the first time helped ever tweeted was about this and gary cohen said this took him by surprise. it doesn't. robert: president vladimir putin conceded his country couch had a connection in the election. his alternative theory is that private citizens, so-called patriotic hackers, may have acted on their own. >> they fight against those who say bad things about russia. robert: he was dismissive of this ymed that russia has had a prominent role. how is this going to affect the ongoing probes? kelly: he also said that a child couch hacked the american election and he referred specifically to her daughter. it's akin to donald trump saying he didn't even knew that she had an underage daughter but it's aki

your thoughts on the decision today. we will take your phone calls and tweets as well. >> there is gary cohen and national security adviser h.r. mcmaster and the treasury secretary steve mnuchin. we are waiting like to hear from ,resident trump on his decision reported decision to withdraw the u.s. from the paris climate change accord. democrats on twitter. garamendi of california saying i strongly oppose the president's decision to withdraw from the paris or agreement. this provides vital protection for our health and environment. we look for your comments on twitter as well. we will follow-up with your phone calls. live coverage from the rose garden here on c-span. >> the most brilliant and one b in washington after a long-range spell. we are live in the rose garden as we wait to hear from president trump. the cnbc white house correspondent tweets i just spotted grover norquist walking into the rose garden. he flashed me a thumbs up and seems pleased with what we are about to hear. politico reporting on some of what we are about to hear. some talking points. some bullet points on the

gary cohen as his chief economic adviser in the white house. gary's name has been floated around really since inauguration. the guy having run goldman sachs, been there for 26 years. he knows how to run a large place. but he's a moderate guy. he's of the camp, the globalist, the hard-core trump fans might not be big fans of gary. the question is, who has president trump's ear? you saw gary and h.r. mcmaster on the international trip with president trump. speaking at the end of the g7, saying this was a listening trip for the president. he was learning, while at the same time, kind of apologizing for him. gary and h.r. wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal." saying, his america first message is not about america being alone. so they're kind of doing some clean-up. so it's somewhat unclear. >> what do you think the president wants and what do you think the president needs in terms of staff? >> well, i don't know what he wants, but i can tell you what he needs. fresh legs, more legs. a rejigger. you know. i don't know what's wrong. i don't know why all these leaks come out of the whit

reporting that gary cohen is in the initial phases of leading the search for the next fed chair. you heard what president trump said multiple times suggesting janet was a political arm of hillary clinton and barack obama and in the recent months, it appears that kind of made nice. the question was posed, what about your future, and do you expect to stay on. here was her response. >> what i've said about my own situation is that i fully intend to serve out my term as chair which ends in early february. i have not had conversations with the president about future plans. >> do you have a desire to stand >> i really don't have anything for you at this point. >> a bit of a path there. there was a little bit of a dig as it related to the trump administration and the fiscal policy that they are trying to achieve. she was asked about it and mentioned how forecasters are saying that tax reform might get pushed to the side. she talked about spending behavior and said i haven't seen much evidence thus far that the expectation of policy changes has driven substantial changes in consumer spending per s

joins me this morning. gary cohen on health care, jobs, and what's next for american energy. >>> we'll begin this morning with the countdown to president trump's travel ban finally going into effect and we are hours away from portions of the revised ban being implemented following the supreme court's decision that took place earlier this week. and we are covering every angle of this developing story. how it's going to affect you and people around the world. we have the best team of reporters and analysts on hand starting with nbc's peter alexander live at the white house. peter, as usual, i'm confused. who does the ban impact and what does it mean for travellers? >> good question. it hasn't formally been laid out by the administration but we are getting a better understanding where it stands. months after the president's initial then revised travel ban, now the enforcement begins about 8:00 p.m. today. that's with the implementation in effect. these are the countries affected. they include iran, sudan, libya, syria, somalia, and yemen. this 90 day, 120-day travel ban takes e

we'll start doing that. gary cohen is here, wilbur ross is here and that's a very important thing. wilbur, perhaps you would like to say a few things about trade right now and we can probably leave the media. perhaps you would say a few words about trade and what we're looking to do. >> yes, sir. trade imbalance with south korea has doubled since the treat qy a put into infect. the largest single component of that is automotive trade a absolute majority of -- about a nontariff trade barriers to the u.s. exports only 25,000 cars per big three manufacturer are allowed in based on u.s. engines. anything above that needs to be encore even standards. so that kind of rulemaking effects quite a few industries and really restricts the 5:00 stha access that u.s. companies have to the korean market we have a separate problem with other steel products there is no domestic market for tubular goods in korea so everything they make is for export and we've had recent trade cases demonstrating that a lot of that is dumped chinese steel coming as hot rolled coil and then coming back to the u.s.'s

your feeling about what trump's doing? i know you have obviously gary cohen in the administration. i would love to know what your relationship with him is, the treasury secretary and what the administration is fulfilling some of the things you thought could happen when trump was elected. >> yeah. you know, i can't say i'm on all fours in line with the administration across the board. but as far as the economy is going, as far as markets are going, they recommended stimulus in the form of lower taxes, spending on infrastructure, taking away maybe some of the layers and layers of redundant regulation that's certainly good for the market but generally i think good for the economy. i know that there's some people who believe, as do we all, that sensible regulation is good. but there was some redundancies and there's been a bit of a wax buildup as layers have gotten on it and impeded the economy and he represented trying to deal wit the devil, of course, is in the details and how you look at it depends on things. but it seems to have gotten bogged down in the issue i would say the market

economic adviser is gary cohen, chief economic adviser gary cohen who was the president of goldman sachs and a man who received a $285 million severance package. the treasury secretary and delighted that you're with us to day, secretary mnuchin, worked at goldman sachs for 17 years. mr. chairman, one of the great scandals of our time which is still impacting millions of americans today is greatest s scandal -- it caused massive unemployment in this country and people lost their homes and savings. we had financial institutions who sold mortgage bank securities that were worth less while they rip off low income and working families throughout the country. in fact, among virtually every other major finance institution as a result of their illegal activities, goldman sacks paid a fine to the federal government. instead of informing wall street which is what the president said he would do, instead of reinstating as he promised what he will do, president trump endorsed a house last week that would deregulate wall street increasing the odds of the taxpayer bail out bigger than 2008. now h

that he has faith in, that are competent and execute his ideas. i don't care what gary cohen's position is on policy. it'ser the president's policies that we all voted for. >> is the president aware of exactly who the people are who are leaking? they may in fact be his relatives. >> that's the key thing. the leaking is the problem. why are people leaking? and people leak for a reason. and what this administration, what we see in this administration is that you have leaking that has been weaponized. it is used as a way to further an agenda which is not wholly clear by anyone at this point. all we know is it's getting outside the administration and somebody's got to figure out how to stop that. i think the president can have a hand in that. >> that was a little grenade you dropped. what did you mean by that? >> i interviewed the former editor and chief of the washington observer and she had said to me jared kushner might not speak in public but for years he knows how to speak in private. president trump being someone who has a very close relationship with the man who owns the national inq

were making, gary cohen made it well. it was in response to whether or not he believes in climate change. he asked for remediation from global warming damage from golf courses. he wants it both ways. wolf blitzer asking gary cohen four times does the president believe. every time he says he believes in jobs. listen. >> does the president believe climate change is a hoax? >> this is not about whether climate change is occurring or not. >> does president trump still believe climate change is a hoax? >> what president trump believes is he was elected to grow the u.s. economy. >> with all due respect, gary, you are not answering the question. >> i'm answering what the president is committed to. you have to actually ask him. >> can you say the president believes human activity is contributing to the warming of the climate? >> i have not asked him. i can get back to. >> you haven't asked him if he believes in climate change? you have to ask him directly. isn't that what a white house spokesperson is all about? i think it is a big deal. i really do. the reluctance and ducking an obvious

bannon and 22 senate republicans pull for trump to pull out of the deal, and gary cohen, daughter, and son-in-law jared kushne saying to stay, and the pope, apple ceo, and tesla's head musk lobbying to say, musk threatening to retire from the counsel if trump backs out of the deal. the president is a very impulsive, reactive personality, so if we all liked paris agreement, he may decide to get out of it. >> reporter: it's a signature achievement for president obama's legacy to fight climate change and is now a political gamble for president trump who wants to increase miss sill fuel jut put to revive the coal industry. >> stay with us for continuing coverage on the paris climate agreement. abc news has a live special report at noon when the president announces his decision from the white house rose garden. >>> this midday, new details now on former fbi director james comey's plan to break silence about his meetings with president trump and set a date to testify before the senate intelligence committee thursday, a week from today. the senate inquiry focuses on the nature of the enc

become best friends. the wall street journal came up here today with a story that maybe gary cohen, the top economic advisor of donald trump, might be a candidate to fill in, but not right now. she will probably finish her term, then there is so much more time passing until february 2018, when he next chairman of the federal -- when the next chairman of the federal reserve will be nominated by the president. javier: it will sure to be one of his friends. thank you for the analysis. killing an elephant to get ivory does not sound like a sophisticated task. but the groups behind it are smarter than we may think. a study by interval -- interpol says smugglers are using the darknet as a platform for transactions, and it is paying off. trading with wildlife is the fourth most profitable illegal business after drugs, weapons, and people. reporter: four decades ago there was still an estimated 1.3 million l.a. -- elephants in africa. today that number is down to 350,000. poaching is to blame. elephant tusks fetch high prices despite the international ban on the ivory trade. authorities in keny

gary cohen later who said he was listening. only to rethoourn to the u.s. t hear that he is likely to withdraw. we shouldn't count on this until it escapes the president's lips tomorrow. let's remember nafta. there was all this reporting they were going to drop out. in the 11th hour push from candidate in mexico, stayed in. but this is a place where you're seeing other countries. you're seeing the leaders on the sound clip you just rolled suggesting america might be abandoning its place of leadership in the world and other countries, perhaps china, will be willing to step forward. >> white house aid and daughter ivanka said i need you to guarantee your children will not get lung cancer just walking to school but the president somehow, especially post europe, nes a win. needs to give a deliverable to the base. how would that happen? >> it's a good question. i think that we also -- because as much as he's getting pressure from ivanka trump to stay in, steve bannon and others are saying you need to get out. this is about economic nationalism. you said you would do this. bannon has a whit

former are employees played gary cohen was present in the ceremony. >> we have some live pictures coming from paris right now. you see the new president president mark macron saying france deeply regrets the decision to withdraw from the paris climate accord saying it's a mistake for u.s. interests. skrus saw a tweet from the prime minister of canada saying we are deeply disappointed the united states federal federal government has decided to withdraw. the phil mudd, the president is receiving a lot of blow back. including blowback from national security experts. why are so many in military and intelligence community so opposed to his decision to withdraw from this accord? >> wolf in the heat of the moment we need to -- we need a bit of perspective here. let's go back after world war ii. america has been in the leadership role in the fight against comism. terrorism let's fat fast forward the past 120 days for everybody in this country myself included who thinks america should continue with the lead with the europeans and others. number one we we had the president go to the nato, t

discussing that in great depth next week with gary cohen, steve mnuchin and mike pence and pass a massive tax cut which will be the biggest tax cut in the country's history. it'll be the biggest tax cut. it will stir business like never before. at the core of the agenda is focus of repealing and replacing the disaster i don't know as obamacare. average premiums have more than doubled from 2013 to 2017 including increase of 203% in alaska. wow. that's a new one. i always use arizona. at 116. i got stuck at 116. now we're at 203. that's pretty big, 123 in louisiana. these are the new numbers, folks. i think after a year, i'm talking about 116% in arizona you'll be happy to hear we have new numbers. and 176% in north carolina. insurance carriers flee, leaving many americans with just one insurer or no insurers to choose from. that's happening now in many states, and just this afternoon, we learned that the last statewide insurer in the great state of ohio is leaving. they don't have any insurers, meaning another 20 counties in the state of ohio have no health care plan. if congress does not

states and fair for south korea. gary cohen is here and ross is here. i think it's a very important thing. wilbur, perhaps you would like to say a few things about trade right now. we can probably leave the media. trade is important. things about trade and what we are looking to do. >> yes, sir. trade imbalance with south korea doubled since the treaty was put into effect. the largest single component as trade. that's an absolute majority. nontariff trade barriers to the u.s., only 25,000 cars per big three manufacturer are allowed in based on u.s. standards. anything above that needs to be on korean standards. that kind of rule making affects quite a few industries and restricts the access that u.s. companies have to the korean market. we have a separate problem with oil field tubular goods and other steel products. there is no domestic market for tubular goods in korea. everything they make is exported. we have recent trade cases demonstrating a lot of that is in chinese field coming as oil and coming to the u.s.'s autofield. the amount of specific problem and the way to address i

didn't mean that the german people were bad but interpreter by the way in the form of gary cohen works for the president but that seems to be a theme with this administration you have to have some of his people come up and sort of the proverbial cleanup crew behind the elephant trying to explain it that now yes it's a big job but the bottom line is is that i don't see it happening first of all you've got to be careful what you're asking for when you're criticizing germany i mean he was particularly talking about cars and putting a thirty five percent tariff on cars but guess what they produced four hundred fifty thousand b.m.w.'s they're really not in the part you are going to us well and not only that but he's it seems like he's turning away from that whole logo you know the concept of the german car absolutely here really like those cars coming in the same thing by the way with with v.w. i mean they produce in chattanooga one hundred fifty thousand of the pacific was being produced there there is two thousand workers there they're going to produce the new big s.u.v.s the largest s.u.

. >> that's exactly right. the president, the white house, i was listening to gary cohen a couple days ago, listening -- speaking to a number of energy officials and he was saying the white house wants to be able to focus on tax reform as soon as the middle of august, that's only a couple of months away and they can't get through health care. visit budget battle that is going through. it does seem these tweets are distracting from members of congress being able to get the agenda through and if they can't get the agenda through, they can't get the tax reform, they get get the infrastructure, and it will take longer for the president to get his agenda passed through congress. the tweets aren't helping, your hearing from republican members. david: after the fourth of july holiday i imagine you will be packing your bags for your trip to hamburg. we learned the president is going to be meeting with his russian counterpart. how large does that loom? >> i imagine it will be some of anymost scrutinized tape of president trump's meetings with foreign leaders, obviously the body language, t

commerce. we have gary cohen who is the present at goldman sachs. he's the president of goldman sachs. he paid over 200 billion taxes to pay -- to take the job. why argue wanting a rich person to be in charge of the economy? i said, no it's true. wilbur is a very rich person in charge of commerce. they said that's because that's the kind of thinking we want. really because they are representing the country. they don't want the money. they are representing the country and they had to give up a lot to take these jobs. they gave up a lot. you get the president, the president of goldman sachs, smart, having him represent us. he went from massive heydays to peanuts. i'm waiting for them to accuse him of wanting that little amount of money. but these are people that are great brilliant business minds and that's what we need. that's what we have to have so the world doesn't take advantage of us. we can have the world taking advantage of us anymore. [applause] and i love all people, rich or poor but in those particular positions i just don't want a poor person. does that make sense? if you insist

supports it. you hear this from people like gary cohen. it will make other products competitive. you heard scott pruitt did ministration same the only issue that the president considered is the paris feel good or bad for the united states does it put doesn't put it as an economic disadvantage. the ruling on that is a yes. the other issue is that congress comes back to washington next week and boy does it have a full plate. most important among some is raising the debt ceiling. the secretary of the treasury has said we had hit it actually. the extraordinary measures. he wants this race. the administration is willing to look whatever they can. to help them pass it. that is a conversation. that is the other stakeholder freedom caucus. bipartisan recognition. what it takes to get it done. today the questions were mostly about the paris accord and climate change and what the president intends to do. thother signers ofaccord to move forward. back to you. >> let's take a look at these markets you can take a look at the highs of the session. fifty-five points. this is on the heels of today's

about the president meeting with putin that's coming up and gary cohen and h.r. mcmaster and it definitive answer from you on whether the person will bring up election interference. if the president going to press putin on that? >> obviously i'm not going to get out of the president's conversation. as we typically do i would imagine we will have a readout after that conversation takes place. >> john. >> i'll come to you next. >> the president's tweet's today doesn't help his legislative agenda? does that help them win the votes of the nine senators who have come out against that senate bill senator colin senator murkowski for instance? what is your view on that? >> again i think were just looking for new ways to rephrase this question. the president was attacked and he responded. there's nothing more i have to add a nap. >> but as it relates to his legislative agenda and not asking about his tweeted self unmasking about whether or not this helps his legislative agenda. >> i think the president would love for us to focus on the legislative agenda awful lot more. if you look at th

definitively what happened and he would take action. gary cohen said that the sanctions are being held in place and the president said he was being tough on russia or any other country. i'm not trying to stib it. there is growing frustration by our president and he is frustrated that he can't get his agenda up to the hill, but he can get scandals incorporated in a nonstop manner. frankly the american people on both sides, democrats and republicans are frustrated with this and we would probably suggest to people let's subordinate this nonsense and focus on an agenda that is pro growth and good for the middle class families. >> you think the president should stop tweeting about the investigation? >> he is not going to listen to me on that and i don't think he will listen to you on that. >> i hear your frustration. >> i think the tweets are effective. >> every time he does it he brings it up. >> he spelled coverage wrong and it came out covfefe. the president is very entertaining. >> isn't that his issue. he is not compartmentalizing this. i look at it and it's the president that ins

commerce. you have steven mnuchin, gary cohen advising on the economy as well. these people have been very successful, because they've been able to figure out the economic puzzle and how to succeed in the country. president trump said i wanted to get the best and brightest out there. >> juan: can i interrupt? >> kimberly: yes. >> juan: he the richest. >> kimberly: i said when he ran for office. >> juan: last night he said the richest. >> kimberly: he saying it makes sense. >> juan: if he said what you said, i might buy back into it. >> kimberly: would you vote for me, juan? >> juan: i can't help myself. i would. >> greg: i don't want someone with poor upper body strength to help me lift my couch. he is talking about the people that we know in our lives who are poor, no matter what they do with their money. no matter how much money they make it, they are just not good with their finances. somebody who is great with their finances, in charge of our finances, you want a great accountant who is good with money. it's amazing how pathetic the critics are. they know what he meant but --

. i want to play and get your response. >> we have the legendary genius, wilbur ross. gary cohen, the president of goldman sachs. somebody said why did you appoint the rich person to be in charge of -- i said -- no, it's true. and wilbur's a very rich person in charge of commerce. i said because that's the kind of thinking we want. >> david, what's wrong with poor people? >> nothing's wrong with poor people, don. i will say this about the president's messaging here that i think democrats should think a little bit about. yes, there was a ton of talk about income and equality on both sides. president trump went out of his way to criticize goldman sachs types when campaigning for president but he understands something which is that american's fundamentally identify with wealthy people. i wrote a column before i was at the washington post where i said president obama should remind people that he's a millionaire. americans, for better or worse, like millionaires and it resonates with all of us this idea of people who have money understand something about money and economy. whether or not t

his plan to improve america's infrastructure. gary cohen is director of the national planning at the white house. good morning. >> good morning, charlie that how much is in effect including health care, tax reform, and infrastructure? >> look, charlie. we're here to implement the president's agenda. that's what we're doing. we're working every day to do that and we're just nowin plowi ahead with that. >> clearly that sounds like a can dancer. how are you going to get it through congress with so much attention and distraction going on. >> as you know, you said we're going to cincinnati today. we've got 12,000 miles of inland waterways. an enormous amount of freight moves through. we're huge with agricultural products through the world, the ohio river, the mississippi river. we talked on monday about air traffic control and the privatization of air traffic control. we're doing all these things to make american citizens like us better. we're trying to improve the quality of life of american citizens an we're committed to that. >> clearly, that isn't what they're talking about and focusi

european leaders would make a strong case trip abroad. perhaps they did not because gary cohen indicated the view was evolving on the subject, but as we know now, not to the point of him staying in the paris accord. >> yeah. >> perhaps a reason why they didn't feel there was more pressure from europe not to go in this direction. >> reporter: there was rhetoric in the administration on views on the foreign trip, but how far has he evolved, and you can imagine from the european leader's perspective, they would not have wanted to make the president feel boxed in in terms of his decision. they didn't want to have a dramatic staredown with the president under the assumption he would not respond well to that. the one person upgraded from the dramatic stare down with elan musk saying he'd remove himself from the ceo advisory counsels here on at the white house if the president pulled from the accord. if that's the case, if that announcement today, watch elon's twitter feed the rest of the afternoon to see what he does here. >> not only his, but apple ceo reportedly called the white house last n

the white house but you have a strong team when it comes to your home base, economics. gary cohen, wilbur ross, steven mnuchin, they seem to be on the same page. >> when i look at the white house, i think that gary cohen has hired a professional staff and has the capacity. i think that people in the media, friends i know, say they have never seen things like the fight at the top of the white house. the degree people get on the phone and off the record. they bash the other most powerful people in the white house, that kind of divide is not something i was dealing with when we had troubles in the clinton white house. we were a more united group and that made it easier to function. i think everybody knows that it is quite transparent, perhaps president bush encourages it, a power struggle at the top. that is tough when you are at the white house, mostly you have a chief of staff any chief strategist of us are that everybody rallies around, not having them at work with each other. >> how difficult is it to deal with the ambiguity of the timeline, senator manchin saying it is early, you are in

, no decisions have been made in regards to the fed chair. gary cohen and i will at some point make recommendations to the president but no decisions have been made on that. in regards to tax reform, i think as you've heard gary and i say, we are very committed to get tax reform done this year. it is one of the president's top priorities for economic growth. i think the people of america understand that, that we need economic growth and we're committed to doing that. i expect that health care, hopefully, will get done, but regardless, we are committed to getting tax reform done and you had so many questions, i forgot your first one. >> and then how much -- let me actually follow up with you on tax reform if you don't mind. paul ryan had said today that things are on track. why should the american public believe that things are actually on track when what we see what's going on with health care reform and it seems like the time line keeps getting pushed. >> why shouldn't the american public believe it? of course they should believe it. we've said that. speaker ryan has said that. cha

design, there is a lot of diverse opinions in there. gary cohen on the economic side is really a democrat. jared kushner really leans to the left. and of course you have the steve bannon nationalists ideology. you have generals who, you know, like general mattis who, you know, come from a perspective, from the military. so there is always butting heads, there is always conflict. of course at the end of the day it is trump, as president who will make this final decision and it is going to be up to him. >> how important is next week? the meeting between putin and trump? >> i think that-- i think that week is going to be crucial because this russia cyberthreat is real. not only in interfering in our elections but in hacking other aspects of the american infrastructure. there are threats of hacks on the banking system, on the electric grid. so that is a very real threat there. obviously there is a threat from russia on, after the invasion of crimea and further expansionary visions that the russians might have. it's also crucial too, as relations go with nato and with other european l

kushner, a bongo trump, gary cohen, all these names we hear every day have a limitation in what they can do -- ivanka trump. charlie: al, democrats can just sit and watch? al: some of them are crazy enough to start talking about impeachment which is so premature right now. but i think most of them are going to sit and watch and see what happens. and i think to go again, bob is the best. he knows trump. jared kushner, whatever influence he has has to have been diminished because he is in the crosshairs. thate's got, i think probably will affect the president as much as anything. i think from the democrats point of view they have to see what happens. the intelligence committees are going to have to defer to robert mueller. that will be hard but they will have to do that. robert: do you want to hear something about jared kushner real quick? the president brought reporters into the white house for a press gagle. gle. he said, jared kushner has become more famous than me. that is a classic trump way of putting someone down. in trump's orbit there is only trump. when steve bannon was

would include him, dan coates, the dni, nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., gary cohen, the president's economic advisor, right. that group, that group sees the world the way i do. which is the u.s. has to lead. and when the u.s. doesn't lead, that vacuum is filled by our adversaries and we pay a price, right? so that group believes in free trade, right. that group believes in -- in-- in climate change, in sticking to our commitments on climate change and on the risks posed by climate change. those are the two primary groups. and then there's two others. both of those others have only one person in it. the third one is jared kushner who has-- without has, you know, amazing influence with the president. and i think he comes at things not from an idea logical perspective, not from a perspective of what is in the best long-term interests of u.s. national security, but from a perspective of making sure my father in law doesn't make a mistake. making sure that his legacy is not tarred. and so i tul actually call him, interestingly i call him the barack obama of the trump administ

mnuchin, gary cohen advising on the economy as well. these people have been very successful, because they've been able to figure out the economic puzzle and how to succeed in the country. so, when president trump ran for office, he said, i want to get the best and the brightest available out there to help me with this challenge to make america great again. >> juan: can i interrupt? >> kimberly: yes. >> juan: he the richest. >> kimberly: i said when he ran for office. this is what he promised. >> juan: last night, he said the richest. >> kimberly: he said it makes sense to have someone who knows how to make money. >> juan: if he said what you said, i might buy into it. >> kimberly: would you vote for me, juan? >> juan: i can't help myself. i would. >> greg: he basically said, i don't want a clumsy person helping me move my couch. l there two types of poor people. there is a class designation where you work hard but you are never going to get rich. he is talking about the people that we know in our lives who are poor, no matter what they do withuc their money. no matter how much money

cabinet, people like gary cohen, people like reince who think they're there because they can achieve policy objectives for the republican party. y >> we'll be right back. the roundtable roundtable is sticking with us. up next, these three will tell me something i don't know. this is "hardball," where the action is. remember our special night? abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. you've tried over-the-counter treatments and lifestyle changes, but ibs-d can be really frustrating. talk to your doctor about viberzi,... ...a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medication you take every day that helps proactively manage... ...both abdominal pain and diarrhea at the same time. so you stay ahead of your symptoms. viberzi can cause new or worsening abdominal pain. do not take viberzi if you have no gallbladder, have pancreas or severe liver problems, problems with alcohol abuse, long-lasting or sev

gary cohen, the president's top economic adviser he was asked what is the position on sanctions and he said the president didn't have one. he had to clarify and said no, we do believe in keeping the sanctions in place until russia changes its behavior in ukraine. that is essentially the position that's been taken by the secretary of state rex tillerson. we do know by trying to confirm a "washington post" report mentions this as well there is a discussion about the russian comp pounds that were expelled from during the last days of the omar administration. that was in retaliation that the obama administration took for russia's actions in the u.s. election. so the question becomes well, is this something that the u.s. is preparing to do? i talked to a senior administration official earlier this week who said this still hinges on whether the russians change their behavior in ukraine, but it is something up for discussion. it's something they're talking about among many issues. it's been described as being on p a parallel track. some of those discussions are scheduled to take place this

home in an op-ed this week from national security adviser hr mcmaster and gary cohen from the national economic council, writing, quote, the president embarked on his first foreign trip with clear-eyed outlook is that the world is not a global community but an arena where nations, ngos, businesses compete for advantage. where we bring to this form unmatched military, political, economic, and moral strength. rather than deny this elemental nature of international affairs, we embrace it. the world described as an arena where everyone competes for an advantage. it would seem by those lights that the u.s. no longer relishes leading a free or interdependent world. general mcmaster in particular has played a key role on all of this. brought on as a well regarded national security adviser after mike flynn had to go. he has been forced lately to defend everything from trump's embrace of autocrats to jared kushner's supposed alleged attempt to have a secret back channel with russia. and that sense that this highly respected adult in the room is now towing the line for the trump administration l

confirmed by gary cohen and hr mcmaster and whether the president will bring up election interference. the fact that moscow mid-meddled in the election is the president going to press utsen oh that. >> obviously i'm get getting ahead of the conversation. i would imagine we'll have a read outafter the conversation take place. >> well back to "the 11th hour" that was the confirmation of something we mentioned earlier. the president will indeed meet with vladimir putin next week. kind of a side bar conversation as part of the larger g 20 summit in germany hosted by merkel of germany. there is also this tonight from the "wall street journal," quote gop operative sought clinton emails from hangers implied a connection to flynn. while joining us tonight politico seen year foreign affairs editor michael crowley published a piece on the worries about the trump putin meeting. more on that that. formerly department of justice prosecutor these days a georgetown law professor paul butt remember who we know has skaebd washington for thes confines of our studio in new york. welcomes to you back, ge

your nose to spite your face. last night when gary cohen was talking to wolf, wolf asked him about the country being left behind. what he used to defend that was silicon valley is somewhere where there's been a lot of people being led by the united states. you already have france saying come here, we're a better climate for you. that sort of thing could end up hurting country if some of these silicon valley companies decide to say you know what, you're right. >> we've mentioned it here a little bit, but it's important to remember the paris agreement does not determine how much carbon the u.s. will be emitting in the next ten years. when trump says we're going to create all these jobs and we're going to change the economy and all that, that hasn't happened. moving out of the paris agreement just means we are not going to abide by previous voluntary standard. now the discussion will begin with what we do want to do with fuel economy standards, what do we want to do with utilities and methane gas. those decisions, including ones made by states, will determine how much carbon is putting ou