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President Trump meets Canada's Justin Trudeau.

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With very different views on trade and immigration,

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the neighbours will have to find a way to get along.

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It's the President's first face-to-face meeting

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with the Liberal leader, who has already taken shots

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We'll be live at the White House for their joint news conference,

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White House intrigue - did the President's National

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Security Adviser discuss US sanctions with the

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And does he still have the backing of his boss?

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Also, building the wall - we'll meet the Mexicans

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who are already working to reinforce the US border.

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And, testing the President - how might the Trump administration

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respond to North Korea's latest missile launch?

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When it comes to immigration, climate change, free trade

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and perhaps a whole host of other important issues, Donald Trump and

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Yes, it is going to be a "delicate" afternoon

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He is in Washington for their first meeting.

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But a crucially important one given Donald Trump's threat to renegotiate

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the North American Free Trade Agreement,

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Trade between the two countries is currently

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Last year the US had a slight trading surplus

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in goods and services - around $12 billion.

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They share the world's longest international border

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and across it they do $2 billion of trade every day.

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But here is why this relationship is so crucially

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important to the Canadians - 75% of their exports go

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Which is why any new tariffs would have a huge knock-on effect.

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This is the scene at the White House. Everybody congregating and

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the various anchors going through their paces. We will take you live

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there Wendy two leaders appear. -- there when the two.

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He is a former foreign policy advisor to Justin Trudeau

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and now a professor of international affairs

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Do you think it is possible for the two to find common ground? Entirely

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possible. We will see what happens in the press conference but all of

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the indications are that the meeting has gone well. They issued a

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statement that emphasised building conditions for jobs and both

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countries, a priority for both leaders, and I think they were both

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determined to make this a positive meeting. Indeed they have

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differences, you mentioned a number of them in your introduction. It

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will be for Justin Trudeau and -- a matter of managing the differences

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and striking a balance over the coming years. It is one thing to

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have one positive meeting, it is another to develop effective

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mutually beneficial foreign policy between the two. You have already

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had Justin Trudeau when the immigration and was introduced,

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saying immigrants are welcome to Canada. It was not a subtle dig. One

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positive meeting is better than one bad meeting or a terrible phone

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call. True! I agree it will be a long-term challenge. The purpose of

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the meeting was for them to establish a relationship and move

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forward and that will be important the moving forward the positive

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agenda where they have common interests but also dealing with some

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of the differences. Canadians expect their Prime Minister both to strike

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a working effective relationship with the US president and to uphold

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Canadian values and stand up for Canadian interests. Justin Trudeau

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is demonstrating that he will be able to walk that line but a lot

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depends on what Donald Trump does in the next weeks, months and years,

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indeed the next few minutes. We have just shown our viewers why the

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relationship is potentially imbalanced. 70 cents -- 75% of

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American exports go to the US, so you can talk tough but at some point

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he will have to back off and accommodate the president. Not

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necessarily. It is an imbalanced relationship but there are 35 of the

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50 US states that have Canada as their principal export market. That

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relationship is responsible or supporting millions of jobs in the

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US. There is no indication that Donald Trump other people around him

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see Canada as a problem for them economically. Canada has not been

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singled out internationally even when Donald cup has been attacking

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Nafta. My reading of this is cautious optimism on the economic

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side. We are focused on Brexit here but I wonder for the Canadians how

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life has changed in recent months. You were negotiating a deal with the

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EU and the British government said, hey, what about Brexit, and then

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suddenly Donald Trump and picks Nafta. Has that shifted the focus in

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Canada over the past few months? Indeed it has. There is no question

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that the rate in ship with the US is always primordial for Canada. -- be

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relationship with. So many of the reasons you mentioned in the

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introduction. The government was planning for difference in a Rio 's

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-- scenarios but the government were as surprised as anybody. That

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Canadians are great pleased that the Canada- EU trade agreement moved

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forward and Canadians are committed to open trade and the government is

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seeking to expand trade relationships with Asia as well. We

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will come back to you because we still waiting for the press

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conference to take place. We will get your thoughts on it as and well

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it happens. Let's look at a relationship which

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is not going well currently fill the Americans, North Korea on the back

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of Iran testing a missile did the same.

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The president has been pretty restrained in his response but what

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will happen going forward? Looking at what Donald Trump did

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over the weekend after the North Koreans tested this missile and his

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response to it, what did you make of the president and how he faced his

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first real international test? I believe he made the correct

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response, basically saying that we stand behind the Japanese, without

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overreacting, was -- without talking about steps that the US and the

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Allies might take to this violation of a Security Council resolution. I

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give him good marks for being restrained, because now he has a lot

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of options on the table. Clearly North Korea was testing the new

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administration, they would like to get into these ideological and

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policy skirmishes, and I think the president kept his options open. The

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next test is, what do we do? There are not good options there. The

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first is go to the Security Council at the UN, which we are doing now,

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possibly more sanctions, at the very least a condemnation of this

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ballistic missile, which was intermediate, not a long one, not

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routine but a provocation nonetheless. Full disclosure, you

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are a Democrat and you don't hear many Democrat ever saying Donald

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Trump does the right thing at the moment, so I appreciate that. On the

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relationship with China in the context of North Korea, you think

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America hasn't got a particularly good deal from the Chinese over

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North Korea. What do you think the Trump administration could do

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differently with Beijing? Clearly Beijing has not helped us. I have

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never felt that they have wanted to because they want that instability

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in East Asia. What do we do? I think sending a ballistic missiles

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cooperative agreement with South Korea, with Japan, would get

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Beijing's attention. They do not want this kind of geopolitical move

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on our part and I think we have to proceed with that. Then it is

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careful negotiations between the US and China, which I do think

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President Trump has corrected a bit by forgetting about Taiwan, saying

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we have one China policy, but we haven't started out well with China,

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we have said we will impose all kinds of tariffs on them, kind of a

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competitive warlike atmosphere that we seem to have generated from the

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campaign. China will be key but I don't think China is the answer, I

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don't think they will help us on North Korea, I think we have to find

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new ways to deal with North Korea that are not on the table. I wonder

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if I could ask you about the National Security adviser, Michael

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Flynn. Of course he would have been in the president's here with regard

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to North Korea but he has faced his own headlines over the weekend. As a

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diplomat you would understand that he had to work the back channels

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with the Russians and he would have been talking about sanctions. Would

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that be a problem view? No. I think the national security adviser,

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obviously he has a lot of questions to answer. Yes, it is a problem if

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there were discussions while President Obama was still the

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president. He will have to answer that with the president, the vice

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president, other groups. The national security adviser is key on

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decisions on security issues like North Korea, Iran, Russia. He or she

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coordinates the State Department, defence Department, CIA, joint

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policy recommendations that go to the president. While I think General

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Flynn deserves a day in court, obviously, this issue on the Russian

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discussions needs to be cleared up and very soon. We have had our

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two-minute warning at the press conference so we will have to go to

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Washington to the press conference with Justin Trudeau.

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Let's take you straight to the East Room in the White House. You can see

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their raids moving around -- aides. You heard Roland Parris saying

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earlier that the Canadians are weaker economically but the Prime

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Minister will stand up for Canadian values, he has also made some

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criticism of Donald Trump and his immigration policy. They have to

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work together, they have this long powder and they are important to

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each other, but it will be interesting to watch the body

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language. That is very interesting, because I

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am not into body language or anything like that, but watching

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them at the photocall it didn't look like the easiest meeting, there was

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not the long handshake he gave to Shinzo Abe, it was a bit more

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strained, and they have things on which they will agree, and

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cross-border trade may be one, although they have different

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perspectives, climate issue is one area where they will clash, because

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Donald Trump has several climate sceptics in his inner circle and he

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seems the part -- determine to and do large parts of President Obama's

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legacy, but the keystone pipeline project which will carry oil from

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Canada to the Gold Coast refineries, that is something they will see eye

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to eye on very much. Justin Trudeau like that, the Canadian government

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acknowledged that it was the first executive order that the president

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signed, it was a gift to the Canadians. But I do think climate

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change will be a sticking point between them. These are two men with

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three different worldviews. I will try to find areas of agreement but

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one of them is pursuing a very conservative policy here in the US,

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socially, on climate change, economic 's comic immigration, and

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aides is known as the liberal leader of North America right now. --

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economics, immigration. He is the man who goes to meet the

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Syrian refugees, while President Trump is trying to keep them out.

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The relationship with Kanepi will the very different to the

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relationship with Mexico. -- with Canada.

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Yes, Americans feel they have a lot more in common with Canada than with

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Mexico. Mexico is an emerging economy, Canada is a fully first

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world economy, a place Americans might visit on holiday, Canadians

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come to America quite easily on their holidays, so there is a lot of

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cross-border traffic not just on trade but on tourism. One of the

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arguments on the wall has been a national security argument that the

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Republicans have raids, the argument about terrorists coming across. --

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have raised. The only terrorist to do so has come across the Canadian

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border, not the Mexican. They will talk about Nato as well, I

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would expect. Canada is very much an important Nato partner and doing a

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lot in Eastern Europe at the moment, as they always do, but they don't

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spend as much, they not up to the 2% barrier that Nato would like to see.

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They are in the doghouse when it comes to Nato spending, the

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president very keen for other Nato members to pick up the slack. Canada

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spending around 1% so I imagine he is putting pressure on him to up

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military spending. From the statement we have had and

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Roland Parris has been referring to that, the statement has been fairly

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positive. And here they are, here we go.

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The president and Prime Minister of Canada.

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Thank you. Prime Minister Trudeau, and a half of all Americans I think

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you are being with us today. -- on behalf. It is my honour to host such

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a great friend, neighbour and ally at the White House, a very special

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place. This year Canada celebrates the 150th year of Confederation. For

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Americans this is one of the many milestones in our friendships and we

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look forward very much to many more to come. Our two nations share much

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more than a border. We share the same values, we share the love, a

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truly great love of freedom, and we share a collective defence. American

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and Canadian troops have gone to battle together, fought wars

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together and forged the special bonds that come when two nations

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have shed their blood together, which we have. In these dangerous

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times it is more important than ever that we continue to strengthen our

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vital alliance. The US is deeply grateful to Canada's contribution to

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counter Isis. We continue to work in common and in common cause against

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terrorism and work in common cooperation towards reciprocal trade

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and shared growth. We understand that both of our countries are

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stronger when we join forces in matters of international, is one

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having more jobs and trade right here in North America is better for

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the United States and also much better for Canada. We should

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coordinate closely and we will coordinate closely. To protect jobs

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in our hemisphere and keep wealth on our continent and keep everyone

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safe. Prime Minister, I pledged to work with you in pursuit of our many

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shared interests, including a stronger shared trading relationship

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between the US and Canada, it includes safe efficient and

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responsible cross-border travel and migration and it includes close

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partnership on domestic and international security. America is

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deeply fortunate to have a neighbour like Canada. We have before us the

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opportunity to build even more bridges and ridges of cooperation

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and ridges of commerce. -- bridges of cooperation. Both of us are

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committed to bringing greater prosperity to our people. We have

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just had a productive meeting with women business leaders from the US

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and Canada where we discussed how to secure everything that we know the

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full power of women can do better than anybody else. We know that. I

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just want to say Mr Prime Minister, that I am focused and you are

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focused on the important role women play in our economies. We must work

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to address the barriers faced by women and women entrepreneurs,

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including access to capital, access to markets and very importantly

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access to networks. In our discussion today we will focus on

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improving the ways our governments together can benefits citizens of

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both the US and Canada and in so doing advance the greater peace and

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stability of the world. Mr Prime Minister, I look forward to working

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closely with you to build upon our very historic friendship. There are

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incredible possibilities for us to pursue, Canada and the US together.

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Again, thank you for joining us and I know our discussions will be very,

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very productive for the future of both countries, Mr Prime Minister.

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Thank you, Mr President. Thank you, everybody, for joining us. I would

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like to extend my sincere thanks to President Trump for inviting me to

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Washington. Any day I get to visit our southern neighbours is a good

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day, especially when it is so warm compared to back home. We are

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suffering from a harsh winter storm which is hitting our Atlantic

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promises. I hope everybody stays safe.

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HE SPEAKS FRENCH NEW LIKE ROPE We had the opportunity to talk about

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opportunities between our countries. No other neighbours in the entire

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world or is fundamentally linked as we are. We fought in conflict zones

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together, negotiated environmental treaties, including 1991's historic

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air quality agreement, and we have entered into ground-breaking

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economic contracts which have helped both peoples. We share a common

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history as well as people to people ties which make us completely

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integrated. Our workers are connected by trade, transportation

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and cross-border commerce. Our communities rely on each other for

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security, stability and economic prosperity. Our families have long

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lived and worked together. We know that more often than not our

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victories are shared and just as we celebrate together so, too, do we

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suffer loss and heartbreak together. Through it all the foundational

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pillar on which our relationship is built is one of mutual respect and

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that is a good thing, because as we know bullish on ships between

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neighbours are pretty complexity and we won't always agree on every

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thing. -- relationships are twain neighbours. Thanks to our respect to

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one another we can look negotiate those and remain the closest allies

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and friends. At the end of the day Canada and the US will always remain

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each other's most essential partner. Today's conversations have served to

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reinforce how important that is for Canadians and Americans. As we know,

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35 US states list Canada as their largest export market and our

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economies benefit from the over $2 billion in two-way trade that takes

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place every single day. Millions of good middle-class jobs on both sides

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of the border depend on this crucial partnership. Maintaining strong

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economic ties is vital to our mutual success and we will continue to work

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closely in coming years so that Canadian and American families can

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get ahead. He speaks French

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Our economies benefit from the over $2 billion that take place every

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day. Millions of good middle-class jobs on both sides of the border

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depend on this crucial partnership. Maintaining strong economic ties is

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vital to our economic success and we will continue to work closely in

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coming years so that Canadian and American families can get ahead.

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I would like to highlight a few specifics that President Trump and I

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discussed today. At the end of the day the president and I Sherrock,

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goal. We both want to make sure that hard-working folks can go to work at

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a good job, put food on the table and save up for a vacation every

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once in awhile. -- the president and I share a common goal. Today we

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reiterated that we are committed to collaborating on energy

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infrastructure jobs that will create jobs and respect the environment. As

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we know investing in infrastructure is a great way to create the kind of

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economic growth that our countries desperately need. In that vein, we

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know that ensuring equal opportunities for women in the

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workforce is essential for growing the economy and maintaining American

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and Canadian competitiveness on the world stage. As such, the president

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and I have agreed to the creation of the President and United States

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Council for the promotion of women entrepreneurs and business leaders.

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This is more about dollars and cents, this is about ensuring that

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women have access to the same opportunities as men...

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STUDIO: You are watching BBC News. If you want to continue watching

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this, for viewers of BBC Four, you can continue on the BBC News

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Channel. We have continued to fight together

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to fight the trade in opioids across our border. We will do everything we

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can to ensure the safety of Canadians and Americans. Ladies and

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gentlemen, President come, I know that if our countries continue to

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work together our people will greatly benefit from this

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cooperation. -- President Trump. In order to tackle pressing foreign

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and domestic issues we must work with our closest allies, learn from

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each other and stand in solidarity as a united voice. The level of

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economic and social integration that is and matched on the world stage

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and we will always be a model of how to be good neighbours. Winston

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Churchill once said, that long Canadian frontier from the Atlantic

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to the Pacific ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and

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honourable obligations, is an example to every country and a

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pattern for the future of the world. That, my friends, is the very

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essence of the Canada-US relationship. I look forward to

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working with President Trump income coming years to nurture and build on

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this relationship. Merci beaucoup. We will take a couple of questions.

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Report are -- REPORTER:. You spoke about the need to build

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bridges, or though you have philosophical differences. How do

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you see this relationship playing out and are there any specific areas

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on which you decided to perhaps altar and amend your stances on

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issues like terrorism and administration? Prime Minister

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Trudeau, how do you see this relationship compared to that under

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the Obama administration? We just began discussions, we are going to

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have a great relationship with Canada, we have some great ideas on

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immigration, strong and tough ideas on the tremendous problem we have

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with terrorism, and when we put them together we have a group of very

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talented people and we will see obvious results. We are also doing

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some cross-border things that will make it a lot easier to trade and a

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lot faster for trade. Through technology we have some really great

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ideas and they will be implemented fairly quickly. One of the things we

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spoke about was the fact that security and immigration need to

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work well together and certainly Canada has emphasised security, as

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we look towards improving our immigration system and remaining

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true to our values, and we had a strong and fruitful discussion on

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exactly that. There is plenty we can draw from each other on in terms of

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how to move towards a common goal, to create free and open societies

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that keep our citizens safe, and that is something we have a lot in

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common on. REPORTER: Mr President, Mr Prime

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Minister, and Mr Prime Minister can you answer in English and French?

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Bit of a follow on from my American colleague's question will stop

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President Trump, you seemed to suggest that Syrian refugees were a

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kind of Trojan horse. Can you confirm that the northern border is

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secure? Through the incredible efforts

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already I see it happening of secretary Kelly. We have really done

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a great job. We are actually taking people that are criminals, hardened

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criminals in some cases, with a tremendous track record of abuse and

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problems, and we are getting them out. That's what I said we would do.

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I'm just doing what I said we would do when we won by a large electoral

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college vote. I knew that was going college vote. I knew that was going

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to happen, I knew this is what people were wanting. That wasn't the

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anything but we did so well, that anything but we did so well, that

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was something that was very important. I said we would get the

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criminals out, the drug lords, the gang members. General Kelly is doing

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a fantastic job. I said at the beginning we are going to get the

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bad ones. The really bad ones. We are getting them out and that's

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exactly what we are doing. I think in the end everyone will be

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extremely happy, and I will tell you right now. A lot of people are very,

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very happy right now. Canada has always understood that keeping

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Canadians safe is one of the fundamental responsibilities of any

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government, that is certainly something we are focused on. At the

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same time we continue to pursue our policies of openness towards

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immigration and refugees, without compromising security. Part of the

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reason we have been successful in doing that over the past year,

:32:16.:32:21.

welcoming close to 40,000 Syrian refugees, is because we have been

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coordinating with our allies, the United States and around the world,

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to demonstrate that security comes very seriously to us. That's

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with. TRANSLATION: It is clear that with. TRANSLATION: It is clear that

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if you want to have a healthy and safe society, you have to make sure

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that you maintain, that you focus on security. And we have welcome to

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refugees from Syria, we have been successful and always taken our

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responsibility towards security very seriously. And our allies, including

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the United States, understand this focus very well and they have done

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so since the beginning. President Trump, now you been in office and

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received intelligence briefings spend nearly one month, what do you

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see as the most important national security matters facing us. Prime

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Minister Trudeau, you made clear that Canada has an open door policy

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for Syrian refugees. Do you believe President Trump's moratoria on

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immigration has merit on national security grounds? Many problems.

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When I was campaigning, I said it's When I was campaigning, I said it's

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not a good situation. Now that I see it, including with our intelligence

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briefings, we have problems, a lot of people have no idea how serious

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they are. Not only internationally, but when you come right here.

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Obviously North Korea is a big, big problem and we will deal with that

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very strongly. We have problems all over the Middle East, we have

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problems just about every corner of the globe, no matter where you look.

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I had a great meeting this weekend with Prime Minister Abe of Japan. We

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got to know each other very well. An extended weekend. We were with each

:34:26.:34:33.

other for long periods of time. On the home front, we have to create

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borders, we have to let people that can love our country in. I want to

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do that. We want to have a big, beautiful open door, we want people

:34:44.:34:47.

to come into our country. But we cannot let the wrong people in. I

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will not allow that to happen during this administration. Citizens of our

:34:52.:34:58.

country want that, and that's their attitude, I will tell you. We are

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getting such praise for our stance, and its stance of common sense.

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Maybe a certain toughness but it's more than toughness, it's a stance

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of common sense. We are going to it vigorously, and we don't want to

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have our country have the kinds of problems that you are witnessing

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taking place not only here but all over the world. We won't stand for

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it, we won't put up with it. We aren't going to let it happen. We

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are going to give ourselves every bit of chance,

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so that things go well for the United States. Canada and the United

:35:39.:35:46.

time. Canadians and Americans have time. Canadians and Americans have

:35:47.:35:51.

stood together, worked together at home and around the world. We fought

:35:52.:35:57.

and died together on battlefields in World War I and World War II, in

:35:58.:36:03.

Korea, in Afghanistan. But there have been times where we have

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differed in our approaches. That's always been done firmly and

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Canadians expect is for me to come Canadians expect is for me to come

:36:14.:36:21.

down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern

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themselves. My role, my responsibility is to continue to

:36:30.:36:34.

govern in such a way that reflects Canadians' approach and be a

:36:35.:36:35.

positive example in the world. Mr President, I will ask my question

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in French first and then for you a la skit again in English. -- I'll

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ask it again in England. TRANSLATION: Mr Prime Minister, you

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said Canadian workers are concerned for their businesses and for their

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work and jobs, concerning the renegotiation of Nafta. So, what

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government that we will keep our government that we will keep our

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jobs and businesses in the jobs and businesses in the

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renegotiation of Nafta? In the last three months you have denounced

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Nafta. You have talked over and over about the Mexican portion of the

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agreement, very little about the Canadian one. My question is is

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Canada a fair Trader? And when you talk about changes to Nafta,

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concerning Canada, are you talking about big changes or small changes?

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Thank you. TRANSLATION: Thank you. It is a real concern for many

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Canadians, because we know that our economy is very dependent on our

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relationship with the United States. Goods and services to cross the

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border each way. Every single day. And this means a lot, millions of

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jobs or Canadians, and good jobs for Canadians. So we are always focusing

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on these jobs, but there are also good jobs, millions of jobs in the

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United States that depend on those relationships between our two

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countries. So when we sit down, as we did today, and as our teams will

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be doing in the weeks and months to come, we will be talking about how

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we can continue to create good jobs for our citizens on both sides of

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the border. And doing this exercise, we continue to understand that we

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have to allow this free flow of goods and services, and we have to

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be aware of the integration of our countries, which is extremely

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positive for both our countries. This is the focus we will have in

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the coming weeks and months to come. the coming weeks and months to come.

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We are aware of the fact that much of our economy depends on good

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working relationships with the United States, good integration with

:39:29.:39:33.

the American economy, and the fact is, millions of good jobs on both

:39:34.:39:40.

sides of the border depend on the smooth and easy flow of goods and

:39:41.:39:43.

services and people, back and forth across our border. And both

:39:44.:39:49.

commitments to support the middle commitments to support the middle

:39:50.:39:54.

class, to work hard for people who need a real shot at success. We know

:39:55.:40:02.

that by working together, by ensuring the continued effective

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integration of our two economies, we are going to be creating greater

:40:07.:40:09.

opportunities for middle-class Canadians and Americans, now and

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well into the future. I agree with that 100%. We have a very

:40:17.:40:19.

outstanding trade relationship with Canada. Will be tweaking it, we'll

:40:20.:40:24.

be doing certain things that will benefit both of our countries. It's

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a much less severe situation that is taken place on the southern border.

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For many years the transaction wasn't fair to the United States. It

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is an extremely unfair transaction. We are going to work with Mexico and

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make it a fair deal for both parties. I think we are going to get

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along very well with Mexico. They understand and we understand, you

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probably noticed Ford is making billions of dollars of new

:40:54.:40:56.

investments in this country. You saw Intel announce that because of what

:40:57.:41:02.

I'm doing in terms of regulation, lowering taxes, they are coming in

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with billions and billions of dollars of investment and thousands

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and thousands of John -- of jobs. We have so many people that want to

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come into the United States, it's very exciting. I think it's going to

:41:23.:41:26.

be a very exciting period of time for the United States, and for the

:41:27.:41:29.

workers of the United States. Because they had been the forgotten

:41:30.:41:34.

men and women. They aren't going to be forgotten any more, believe me. I

:41:35.:41:38.

relationship with Canada is outstanding and we are going to work

:41:39.:41:43.

together to make it even better. As far as the southern border is

:41:44.:41:49.

concerned, we are going to get that worked out. We are going to make it

:41:50.:41:53.

so that everybody is happy. It's very important to me. Thank you

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ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. President Donald Trump and

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holding their press conference,

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speaking for almost half an hour, making statements of commitment,

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very warm statements of how their two countries have fought together

:42:13.:42:17.

in the past. Donald Trump said the US is deeply grateful to Canada's

:42:18.:42:26.

counterterror efforts, they talked about jobs, security, Justin Trudeau

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saying they might not always agree but they will do so respectfully and

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referred to America as Canada's most essential partner. I'm not sure

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Brits would like that particularly but I think the Canadians were very

:42:40.:42:44.

happy with that. We are speaking to a former adviser to Justin Trudeau.

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While they spoke warmly about each other, as you suggested, and they

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talked about the need to get along, you could also see the difference

:42:54.:42:58.

between these two men. There is Justin Trudeau talking about

:42:59.:43:02.

openness and integration, both on and economic front and allowing

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refugees. Talking about Canadian values of openness and Donald Trump

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taking the occasion to talk about how he is getting rid of people who

:43:10.:43:14.

are in the country illegally, and stressing the need to secure

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American borders and keep people out to. Yes. The narratives were quite

:43:18.:43:21.

different. I thought it was fascinating. To me what was just as

:43:22.:43:25.

interesting was how both men managed interesting was how both men managed

:43:26.:43:29.

that difference. They were both invited several times to criticise

:43:30.:43:33.

each other's approach, they both declined. I think that the people

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around, Justin Trudeau and most Canadians will be very pleased with

:43:39.:43:43.

his response, which was a very pragmatic one. Essentially saying,

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listen, we have a different approach, I'm not here to lecture

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you but we are going to continue our approach. It is an approach of

:43:52.:43:55.

openness. As you said this reflects the way they want Canadians to

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proceed. It couldn't have been a more interesting exchange. Justin

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Trudeau hinted he was concerned about the renegotiation of Nafta but

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the President made it clear that for him the situation on the southern

:44:10.:44:13.

border was different to what we've already described in the programme,

:44:14.:44:16.

the situation across the northern border. This confirms what the

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indications have been now for quite awhile. Donald Trump's concerns with

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Nafta are primarily Mexico. He did mention there needed to be tweaks in

:44:30.:44:34.

the Canada- US economic relationship. It'll be interesting

:44:35.:44:38.

to find out more about what that means. Overall the message was

:44:39.:44:44.

extremely positive Canada. He talked about increasing our commercial

:44:45.:44:47.

relationship, doing things that would benefit both Canadian and

:44:48.:44:51.

American citizens, which is an interesting variant from the America

:44:52.:44:57.

first narratives. I also think if I may add, this is actually good news

:44:58.:45:01.

for all of America's allies. What we've seen our two positive,

:45:02.:45:06.

responsible constructive meetings, back to back with Prime Minister Abe

:45:07.:45:12.

and Prime Minister Trudeau, having seen very different kinds of

:45:13.:45:15.

interactions between the President and the Prime Minister of Australia

:45:16.:45:24.

and the President of Mexico. To good meetings may be a pattern, I think

:45:25.:45:30.

we can hope that. -- good meetings. It shows there is a very different

:45:31.:45:35.

attitude in government are what we heard on the campaign trail. Thank

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you for being with us. Let's talk about that southern border because

:45:43.:45:45.

among a number of executive orders the President has signed that our

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two that relate to the US-Mexico border. One gives the green light to

:45:50.:45:53.

begin work on the wall, the other increases the size of the border

:45:54.:45:58.

patrol force, as well as the number of immigration enforcement officers

:45:59.:46:02.

who carry out the deportations. The third of the frontier already has

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some sort of barrier and the nearly a decade people who live in the

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towns that straddle the Mexican-American border have had to

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adapt to that. We report from the border town of El Paso which lies on

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the American side, and Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side. 2:30am. This

:46:25.:46:29.

man is about to cross into the United States. For many on the

:46:30.:46:33.

border it's a way of life. We are protecting his identity because the

:46:34.:46:36.

American company he works for doesn't allow him to speak. This is

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the kind of journey many people in Ciudad Juarez make to go and work in

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El Paso. He's Mexican, he is building the wall, the wall that is

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already there. For my job it's just to make of all this time. His family

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and friends do not see it as a problem either. They joke with me

:47:05.:47:12.

and say leave it open for them to cross.

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This is where Luis is working on a two kilometre

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He believes the US needs people like him.

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Standing so close to it, it's obviously a very imposing structure.

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They used to be a small offence here but it is now being replaced

:47:46.:47:48.

The closer you get to the fence the more you wonder how the wall

:47:49.:47:54.

president Trump wants to build will serve its purposes and how it

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will affect the lives and businesses of people in border towns.

:47:57.:48:02.

This man is from Ciudad Juarez and owns a small restaurant in El Paso.

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Since Trump was arrested the Mexican currency,

:48:08.:48:15.

the peso, has tumbled, and his business has suffered.

:48:16.:48:23.

There's been a fence here for almost a decade,

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and while Ciudad Juarez became one of the most violent places

:48:40.:48:42.

in the world El Paso is amongst the safest cities in the US.

:48:43.:48:46.

The barrier runs through this woman's backyard.

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We have less cargo, as we say, Crossing over.

:48:54.:49:00.

Despite her Mexican heritage she supports

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I believe that he is trying to protect the US.

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All along the border there are reminders like this that

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for some the impulse to cross this fence or a future wall

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This is the photo we were showing you last week as Trump was signing

:49:31.:50:00.

one of the executive orders. The top men in the closed Circle. Steve

:50:01.:50:03.

Bannon standing just on right shoulder. Obviously a very prominent

:50:04.:50:12.

position within the administration. Very young but very influential. He

:50:13.:50:17.

is said to have the error of the President. He relies on him

:50:18.:50:20.

policy -- the ear of the President. policy -- the ear of the President.

:50:21.:50:25.

He relies on him for immigration particularly. He did and get great

:50:26.:50:29.

reviews from his TV performances but it seems Donald Trump really likes

:50:30.:50:34.

him. He tweeted this, congratulations Stephen Miller on

:50:35.:50:38.

representing me this weekend on various Sunday morning shows. Great

:50:39.:50:42.

job. We know Donald Trump has confidence in Stephen Miller but

:50:43.:50:46.

does he still have trust in MIchael Flynn? The general is under mounting

:50:47.:50:50.

pressure, speculation that in the week before he took office he was

:50:51.:50:54.

talking privately to the Russian ambassador about relaxing sanctions

:50:55.:50:58.

on Russia. Throughout the weekend both Stephen Miller and the

:50:59.:51:01.

President ducked questions about his future. What do you think about

:51:02.:51:10.

reports that General Glenn had conversations with the Russians? I

:51:11.:51:13.

haven't seen it. What report is that? There is a report to talk to

:51:14.:51:21.

the Ambassador of Russia before you were inaugurated. I haven't seen

:51:22.:51:26.

that. I'll look at that. How can he continue to serve as national

:51:27.:51:30.

security adviser after misleading the President? I don't accept that

:51:31.:51:35.

question as accurate. I don't have any information to add anything to

:51:36.:51:38.

this conversation. I understand it's a sensitive and important matter.

:51:39.:51:45.

I'm sure you'll have an opportunity to interview someone from the Vice

:51:46.:51:48.

President's office... I'm sure you're well aware of the 1799 Logan

:51:49.:51:56.

act, a well-known statute. That's not the problem though, forget about

:51:57.:52:00.

the Logan act. The problem is the vice President went out on national

:52:01.:52:05.

TV and said that Flynn never discussed those sanctions with the

:52:06.:52:09.

Russian ambassador. Very bad position for the vice President to

:52:10.:52:12.

be in. Not great for general Flynn to be in. I'll be back for Facebook

:52:13.:52:18.

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