02/03/2017 100 Days

Another senior member of the Trump administration is under scrutiny

There are growing calls for the Attorney General to resign

after he misled Congress about meetings with

Under oath, Jeff Sessions said he did not meet the ambassador

But the country's top law official is defiant.

I have not met with any Russians, at any time, to discuss any

political campaign and those remarks are unbelievable to me.

Senior Republicans ask Sessions to withdraw

from investigations into Russian links with the Trump campaign.

Better for the country if he resigns, but let's get a real

In France, two of the three frontrunners in the

Are now the subject of criminal investigations.

The new favourite, Emmanuel Macron, says he has a plan to clean

The new US Interior Secretary arrives for the first

day at the office - on his horse!

I'm Katty Kay in Washington, Christian Fraser is in London.

Allegations of inappropriate links between the Trump campaign

Today, President Trump's Attorney General, Jeff Sessions,

has been accused of lying under oath after he failed to disclose

to the Senate that he'd had two meetings with the Russian ambassador

A growing number of senior Republicans are demanding

Jeff Sessions withdraw himself from overseeing any investigation

into the administration's links with Russia, while Democrats

are calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor and even

Mr Sessions joined the Trump campaign last February.

In July, he attended a Heritage Foundation

event on the sidelines of the Republican National

Convention where he spoke to a number of Ambassadors,

Then, in September the Senator held a meeting

After winning the election, Donald Trump nominated Sessions

At his Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing

in January, Sessions was asked by Senator Franken about contact

between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.

I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a

surrogate at a time or two in that campaign. I did not have

communications with the Russians. I'm unable to comment.

This morning, Mr Sessions again denied any wrongdoing.

He says the meetings with the Russian ambassador had nothing

I have not met with any Russians at any time to discuss any political

Spain and those remarks are unbelievable

I don't have anything else to say about that.

REPORTER: What about the calls to recuse yourself from

Well, I've said that whenever it's appropriate,

A few hours ago, the Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer,

The bottom line is, we have an obligation

We must evaluate the scope of Russia's interference

in our election and assess if agents of their government have

penetrated to the highest level of our government.

Nothing less than the sanctity of our dear democratic process,

the primacy of rule of law and the integrity of our executive

We now know the only way that this will happen

is if an independent, impartial, special prosecutor

who has no attachment to this administration

President Trump has said he has total confidence in Jeff Sessions.

Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, is here.

The President may have confidence, eight senior Republicans say he

recuse himself from any recuse himself from any

investigation into the ties with Russia. He's unlikely to go, isn't

he, Jon? Yes. A long way between recuse and resign? A long, long way.

Where we are, it seems to me, broadly there are three

administrations. We will tough it out, carry on in the job, he can

oversee any investigation that is going on. I think that will pile up

bad head leans. The other option is that he announces this kind of word,

the word of the day, recuse himself. He withdraws from overseeing any

investigation into the links between Russia and their involvement in the

last US presidential election. The most dramatic option, of course, is

that is fired. That is not going to. Ha. I don't see unless there is new

evidenced that he has been - about his conduct. What there is a kind of

curious lack of candour there. Is nothing wrong with him having

meetings with the Russian ambassador just as there was nothing wrong with

Michael Flynn having meetings with the Russian ambassador. That is what

you do. You can't then not say what those can tacts were. That cost

Flynn his job. It is leading to a lot of pressure. It raises questions

about what they were talking about? What is there to hide? Whether the

Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to interfere in the

American election, we still have no evidence that that is the case? We

have absolutely not a sin till la of evidence they concluded and there

was stuff going backwards and forwards. That is the big issue

here. The administration is is making life more complicated for

itself. When Jeff Sessions was having the hearings it was clear

that Russia was a big issue. Why didn't he say I met the Russian am

was bass dosh ties in connection with the Armed Services Committee,

that is it. There is conle text. Because 20 of the 27 members of the

K armed Services Committee did not meet with the ambassador, that is

including the Chair of the Senate committee. He had time to clarify in

oral and written questions. He didn't take that option? After you

have a record you are sent what you have said. You can correct the

record if you think that is ambiguous. Maybe I should clarify

that. He chose not to. He was happy to leave it that he said he had no

contact with the Russians. The legal answer is is giving - did you have

contact with the Russians about the campaign. No, he said, didn't have

any contacts. He did have contacts. It was about something different.

Maybe for the sake of clarpty and with perfect hindsight he would

think more candour would have helped me a long way. Jon, thank you. We

will talk to a lawyer in a few will talk to a lawyer in a few

minutes and ask him whether he will stand by Jeff Sessions's dens if of

all of this. Before we came on air, I spoke

to Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, who sits on the Judiciary Committee

which held that confirmation Senator Klobuchar, when Jeff

Sessions told your committee, in the Senate, that he hadn't had

contact with the Russians during the Well, you must believe someone

when they're under oath. So this is, at its least,

misleading and I believe he must come before the committee

and we must get to the bottom of the Because if he lied,

then he must resign. There are many things,

even beyond Jeff Sessions, that I Did someone from the

campaign tell him to meet Did he report back to

the campaign afterwards? What was the substance

of those discussions? Because I think that takes this

beyond just the realm of the Attorney General

of the United States, to a much bigger picture

because we see that Flynn actually contacted the Russian ambassador,

right when President Obama put those Guess what, this meeting

with Sessions, it took place only three days

after President Obama, at the G20, had met with Vladimir Putin,

had told him he wasn't rolling back

the sanctions and had said the same thing

at a Three days later, Senator

Sessions, who by his own acclaim is chair of

the campaign, is someone who's been a surrogate

for Donald Trump, then meets

with the Russian ambassador. We have not seen a series

of meetings going on that I believe we need to get

to the bottom of that and the only way is by him coming

back immediately before the So to be clear, in terms of,

kind of, priorities, you're biggest concerns, are they that he may have

misled the committee or are they the content of those meetings

with the Russian ambassador? Of course, I want to know if he lied

to the committee and then But I also want to know,

and I don't want to lose this opportunity to find out, what were

his communications with the rest of the Trump, now administration,

and then campaign about these Manafort had to step down,

Flynn had to step down. I want to get to the bottom

of the communications and the way you do that is under oath

before the committee. It is the job of other

ambassadors to Washington to meet with Senators such as yourself

and such as Jeff Sessions, it The British Ambassador

does, it the French Ambassador does it, even

the Russian ambassador does it. Are the Democrats

at risk here making a mountain out of a mole hill,

this is what Senators do, they meet Senators do meet with ambassadors,

but for two reasons, Number one, did he lie

to the committee? And then, number two, the pattern

of this, where you see him meeting with him three

days after the President of the United States has announced

that there's going to be no roll back of the

sanctions against Russia. Why three days later

was Jeff Sessions, who is one of the chairs of the Trump campaign,

meeting with the Russian ambassador Maybe the Russian ambassador

met with a number of people boy that, it

sure hasn't come out yet and those are one

of the many questions we

want to get answered. To be clear, there has been a lot

of speck speculation between links between the Trump

campaign and the Russians. So far there is no

evidence that anything was done, that the Trump

campaign was trying their interference

in the US election? Well, first of all,

we have the varying fact that 17 US intelligence agencies have

undeniably established that Russia was trying to influence

our election. Not that the Trump campaign

was dealing with them? Well, that we are

trying to find out. That is why we need

an independent commission. That is why we need

to have the Intelligence There are a lot of what

we say looks like more access Hollywood video came out, two

hours later the emails are leaked. There are a lot of things that seem

to coincide with actions with the Trump administration or campaign

and then things that happen that I don't have that

evidence right now. But that is very clear

with Mark Warner, who head up the Intelligence Committee

in the Senate, who say they will investigate the links between

the campaign and the Russians. With me now is Ron Christie,

Republican strategist and former White House adviser to George W

Bush. President Trump, we are getting

report from Reuter's agency, has said he does not think that Jeff

Sessions should recuse himself from Russian investigations. Do you think

the Attorney General has compromised himself, either because of the

meetings, or because of what he told the Senate he can be trusted toover

see an investigation into links with Russia, between Russia and the Trump

administration? These are two distinct questions. A political and

legal question. From a legal question, has the Attorney General

done anything that would trigger the independent counsel statute? The

independent council came in to look at White Water, it there evidence

that would indicate that he has broken the law or that there is

evidence that will be forth coming that will show elicit conduct? At

this point, no. From a little standpoint, however, the Trump

administration is in hot water. There are calls, we heard them

today, we heard it from the Senate Minority Leader that Jeff Sessions

should resign he has compromised himself on the content he gave to

the Senate during his hearings. That is the bigger problem. How does he

reconcile the fact he said there was no contact but he met with the

Russian ambassador twice when he was under consideration to be Attorney

General. His defence is, I didn't have contact and talk about the

election campaign. You're a prosecutor. Would you accept that as

a defence? I would. He can come out and say, I was under oath, I

testified under oath, under perjury I could be imprisoned on I had no

conversations with the Russians as it related to the campaign. This

will play out in the long-term. No-one goes into a confirmation

hearing poorly briefed and prepared. He would be briefed that rush ya was

coming out. It was a big store ahead of his hearing. He knew it was going

to come up. Why did he not answer truthfully that he had met the

ambassador back in September? He He could have spelt that out, couldn't

he He could have. It's the lawyer in me that would come back to you and

say, good afternoon first and foremost, his response would be - as

a member of the United States Senate, as a member of the Senate

Armed Services Committee I have legitimate contacts with the Russian

ambassador and other entities involved I should have been more

transparent here I did not do anything untoe ward or anything that

would have risen to breaking a legal standard, but honestly, you have

touched on something here. Why wouldn't he have done that? If I was

going to be the certificate pa, if you will, of bringing this Cabinet

nominee through the United States Senate that would have been the

second question I would have said - have you spoken to any Russians

about anything, if so, let's get it out there. In a way, he is

compromised. Chuck spelt out what the Department of Justice guidelines

are. There must be a special prosecutor when a standard

investigation would present a conflict of interest and it would be

in the public interest to appoint a special counsel? I respond to Senate

who might have forgotten a thing or two from law school. After the

Attorney General of the United States the next person is the Deputy

US Attorney General, there are 92 US attorneys here in the United States.

This notion we should immediately jump to a special counsel, a special

prosecutor, there are many more hurdles legally here in the United

States that have not yet been existed. The big picture is the

questions still lingering about Donald Trump's relationship with

Russia. What could the White House do to clear this up once and for

all? I would have done this much earlier. President Obama looked at

this last December and said the Russian government has had no

influence on the outcome of votes that were cast in ballots counted in

the United States. The notion that the Russians influenced our election

is false. I would have put President Obama's statement out to deflect

what is going on with President Trump. Thank you for joining us

there. While we are chatting about this. I want to talk more about it.

If we dive into pictures. This is from Tide Water in Virgina. The

President due to turn up, Newport News. Many of those are shipbuilding

areas. He is pushing his campaign to rebuild the military. A lot of the

money they targeted at the defence budget, $54 billion will go towards

repair and maintenance. They will see more work in the years. We will

see what reception he gets. We should talk about the story on the

New York Times today. They said in the last days of the Obama

administration they tried to leave a very clear trail of intelligence.

They sent documents and paperwork to members of Congress trying to create

this paper trail? I thought that was a fascinating story. The idea that

the Obama administration wanted to make sure that future investigators

would be able to connect the dots, if it was to be to do so, between

what happened during the course of the election campaign, Russia and

then look at this question of any contact with the Trump campaign. The

critical thing is what we talked about with Ron and Jon. There are so

far no indications, there is no evidence, that the Trump campaign

colluded with the Russians. There is evidence, according to US

intelligence, that the Russians interfered. They may not have

influenced the outcome but they did interfere in the American election.

That is a serious accusation against the Russians. What the Obama

campaign was doing, in their final day, the image of them running

around these agencies hiding this evidence to make sure it was sprayed

around, to make sure that story got told. Ron talked about if he was the

sherpa he would have prepared Jeff Sessions for what he was going to be

asked. The Russian ambassador saw him because he was in the Trump

campaign, it was very clear. He didn't see John McCain, the Chair.

Mr Sessions would be nigh e not to understand why the Russian

ambassador came to see him. The feeling was that he didn't fell

spell out in that hearing, I met him but in a previous setting. He was

asked in writing, did you have contact with Russian officials. He

said in writing one word. No. There is written evidence of his testimony

as well. The feeling here in Washington seems to be that he does

have to recuse himself from any investigations but he probably won't

have to resign. The Democrats are going to make political hay out of

this. They have nothing to lose by pushing this as hard as they can.

It's a political point they are making, not necessarily a legal one.

OK. No sign of Mr Tufrp at the moment. We will go back to that as

and when he appears. If you think there's

a certain amount of chaos in Washington these days,

it's mild compared to the French election where the far-right

presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, has lost immunity

from prosecution for tweeting graphic images of atrocities carried

out by the so-called She had immunity originally

because she is a European But EU lawmakers voted to remove her

legal protection in the case, which was opened by French

prosecutors in 2015. In response, Marine le Pen

has criticised the move as part of the system

to derail her presidential bid. She is predicted to win

the election's first round in April, Well, her rival - the centrist

candidate, Emmanuel Macron - has set out his political

and economic programme. That involves major

reforms of the pension Addressing a news conference

in Paris, Mr Macron said his project would also seek to address

the changing nature of employment. TRANSLATION: We, in our

project, have chosen The transformation of the world

of work, the transformation of our productive model,

the digital transition - these are risk, but they are also

brilliant opportunities. And so, at the heart of this

project, there is the refusal I will not say, in this project,

that we have already lost the battle No, work is going to change

and we will be part of that change. We will go with it and we will

transform the balance of forces. I'm right in saying he is at the

moment the only candidate in the French presidential election that is

not under some kind of official investigation, is that right? Of the

front runners, yes. The front three. Remarkable. He is the only one that

is not facing charges. While he was there, they have been

raiding his house this evening, as part of this investigation into the

false jobs allegations. Also his campaign is in all sorts of trouble.

There was high-level defections yesterday. One of his senior

advisers walked away. People are walking off the job in his campaign

office. The people who book trains and arrange meetings. He will have a

real job I think persuading the Republicans that he can carry on.

Tell me more about the political impact on Marine Le Pen of this

investigation into her. Is it the kind of thing that some of her

voters might be alarmed by? How much support is she managing to get from

the more left-wing candidates, for example? Well, I think the first

thing to say, this is an election for the outsiders. They have got rid

of two Presidents in Hollande and Sarkozy. They have got rid of two,

three Prime Ministers. Whoever wins it looks like it could be an

outsider. As far as the allegations against Marine Le Pen will not have

any affect on her base. Her base will see it as an establishment

rouse to undermine her. The interesting thing is what happens in

the second round of this vote. What Marine Le Pen has been effective at

doing is harnessing the dissatisfaction among blue collar

worksers and rural areas. She has had good work there and won towns

because of the disaffected youth. It's quite a strange thing, in this

country, in Britain, you have older people who are eurosceptic and are

voting against the euro, the European Union. In France, it's the

young people conversely who have a problem. She is doing pretty well

among blue collar workers. It will be interesting to see what they do

in the second round of the vote. Which is of course what Donald Trump

did in some of those states in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, he did it -

we didn't expect him in Michigan, for example, to win people who voted

Democrat all their lives, blue collar, solid left-wing voters for

their working lives and decided to switch parties and vote for Donald

Trump. We can go to Newport in Virgina and look at the picture on

board this aircraft carrier. Donald Trump is about to be introduced. One

of the issues he has, you talked about him wanting to expand the

military. He has the cost of some of these big ticket projects and

particularly aircraft carriers like this one. He wants to try and get

the manufacturers of these, the defence contractors, to bring down

the costs. He's been proud of himself during the course of the

last couple of the weeks of bringing down the cost of aeroplanes he wants

to bring down the cost of these ships as well. He came here to boost

the military, be the Commander-in-Chief and do the deal

and say - by the way, this shouldn't cost us much? He is looking the

party. He he is on the Gerald Ford. It has been down there for a refit.

It was well behind schedule and over cost. Apparently, that's been one of

the problems with naval spending. It's something that Mr Trump talked

about, procurement and waste within the Pentagon. He will talk about

that. Many of the naval commanders said that the real priority is

refitting some of these ships before they start rebuilding or building

new ones. We will see what he has to say. Particularly, of course with

regards to those allegations facing Jeff Sessions.

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100 Days on BBC News. We are just watching President Trump, who is in

Virgina on board the Gerard Ford, an aircraft carrier. He is about to

speak to some of the troops and the shipbuilders down there as well.

Let's just listen in for a second. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Whether her mission is one of defence, diplomacy or humanity, this

aircraft carrier will command all admiration from some, caution from

others and respect from all. So, ladies and gentlemen, to those who

threaten our home land or our liberties, let the word go forth -

very soon 100,000 tonnes of the most powerful warship ever known will

report for duty to her Commander-in-Chief. Congratulations

crew members and God speed. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, as

the ship sponsor of the USS Gerald R Ford and behalf of the President of

the United States it's a high honour to introduce and welcome to Dad's

name sake aircraft carrier the 45th President of the United States,

Donald J Trump. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you, thank you very much. What an honour. They just gave me this

beautiful jacket. They said, "here, Mr President, please take this

home." I said, "let me wear it." Then they gave me the beautiful had

hat. You know I said, "maybe I'll do that. ." We have a "make America

great hat." I I have no idea how it looks. This is a great looking hat.

This is great looking ship. I'm privileged to stand here today with

the incredible men and women of the United States Navy. American sailors

are the best war fighting sailors anywhere in the world and it's not

even close. Sueson, I'm so glad you could be with us. I know how hard

you work. 17 visits and she wanted things done right. I will tell you.

They told me, she wanted this one done right in honour of both of her

parents who were great, great people. We wanted to introduce this

beautiful vessel to the American people and I wanted to be here. I

wanted to be with you. So Susan, and to your family, unbelievable job.

Unbelievable. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The soon to be

commission Gerald R Ford, USS, what a place. It really feels like a

place. You stand on that deck and you feel like you are standing on a

very big piece of land. This is better than land. It not only be a

great symbol of American strength but a great legacy for your father

and our former President, President Ford was a navy man. By the way, he

was also a great athlete, for those of who you didn't know.

He saw action in the South Pacific during World War II. He served this

country with honour, in the nil Congress and the White House. It's a

fitting tribute to Gerald Ford, the man and the President.

Congratulations to all of the men and women who helped build it. This

is American craftsman ship and its biggest, at its best, at its finest.

American workers are the greatest anywhere in the world. This warship

and all who serve on it should be a source of shared pride for our

nation. You'd better believe it, right?

APPLAUSE CHEERING

And by the way we are soon going to have more coming. We've got more

coming. CHEERING CHEERING

We are joined today by general Mattis, now secretary Mattis. Where

is he? Who will be charged with overseeing this great rebuilding of

our military might. We will give the men and women of America's armed

services, the re-sources that you need to keep us safe. We will have

the finest equipment in the world. Planes, ships, and everything else.

We are going to have very soon the finest equipment in the world.

CHEERING APPLAUSE

We will give our military the tools that you need to prevent war and if

required, to fight war and only do one thing, do you know what that is?

Win! Win! CHEERING We're going to start winning again.

Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval operations, is with us today

as well. Great gentleman. Admiral were going to make sure that our

Navy has the resources, training and equipment, the kind of equipment

that you need. So congratulations. A lot more is coming. Let me

congratulate captain, Richard McCormac. Commanding officer, this

ship will make an extraordinary addition to the fleet. Like no

other. Anywhere in the world, there is nothing like this. It represents

the future of naval aviation. I have no greater privilege than to serve

as your commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief of the men and

women of the United States military. Great people, great, great people. I

salute you, and I salute our sailors, I will always support you,

and your mission. I will never, ever let you down. And I also have two

recognise, the president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls industries along

with the president of Newport News shipbuilding. They won't let you

down, either. They're not going to let you down either. To those who

serve our nation in uniform, and to those who build the instruments of

our defence, I thank you won the half of our nation. -- on behalf.

LAUGHTER I agree! Power carriers are the

centrepiece of American military might over sees, we are standing

today on four and a half acres of combat power and sovereign US

territory, the likes of which there is nothing to compete. There is no

competition. To this ship. It is a monument to American might that will

provide the strength necessary, to ensure peace. This ship will carry

4500 personnel, and 70 aircraft, and will be a vital component of our

defence. This carrier and the new ships in the Ford class, will expand

the ability of our nation to carry out vital missions on the oceans, to

project American power in distant lands. Hopefully it is power that we

don't have to use. But if we do, they are in big, big trouble.

This great aircraft carrier provides essential capabilities to keep us

safe from terrorism. And take the fight to the enemy for many years in

the future. The great Admiral limits, who commanded the US Pacific

Fleet through the Second World War. One said, it is the function of the

Navy to carry the war to the Navy, so that it will not be fought on US

soil. True. And it was under Admiral Nimitz commands 75 years ago this

June, that the Navy did just that. At the Battle of Midway, you all

know about the Battle of Midway. Where the sailors of the US Navy

fought with a bravery, that will be remembered throughout the ages.

Storeyed bravery. The backbone of the fleet at Midway was three

beautiful aircraft carriers, the Yorktown, the enterprise and the

Hornet. All three were built with American hands, right here, at the

Newport News shipyard. At Midway, America was greatly

outnumbered, by I mean a lot. And its fleet badly damaged, but the

heroic deeds changed the course of history. Many brave Americans died

that day, and through their sacrifice, they turned the tide of

the Pacific War. It was a tough tide, it was a big side, it was a

vicious tide and they turned it. Countless other Americans in that

war, some of them parents and grandparents to people in this room

today, came home thanks to their very heroic deeds. The sailors at

Midway, are part of a long line of American heroes, Annan broken chain

of patriots from each generation to the next, who rose to defend our

flag, and our freedom. That legacy continues today as American warriors

protect our people, from the threat of terrorism. On Tuesday, in my

address, to a joint session of Congress, I asked Congress to

diminished the defence sequester and to support my request to a great

rebuilding of the United States military and the United States Navy.

After years of endless budget cuts, that have been impairing out

offences, I am calling for one of the largest defence spending

increases in history. And by eliminating the sequester, and the

uncertainty it creates, we will make it easier for the Navy to plan for

the future and thus, to control costs, and get the best deals for

the taxpayer, which of course, is very important. Right? You have got

to get a good deal. If we don't make a good deal we are not doing our

job. The same boat for less money, the same ship for less money. The

same aeroplane for less money. That is what we are doing. That is what

we are doing. It means we'll go to get more of them that we can use

them. How military require sustained stable funding, to meet the growing

needs placed on defence. Right now the ageing front line strike and

strike fighters, many aircraft, are often more likely to be down for

maintenance, than they are to be up in the sky, the Navy is now the

smallest it has been, since believe it or not World War I. Don't worry.

It will soon be the largest it has been. Don't worry. Think of that. In

these troubled times and Navy is the smallest it has been since World War

I. That's a long time ago. In fact I just spoke with Navy and industry

leaders and I have discussed my plans to undertake a major expansion

of our entire Navy fleet. Including having the 12 carrier Navy that we

need. CHEERING We also need more aircraft, to

modernise capabilities and greater force levels. Additionally, we must

lastly improve our cyber capabilities. This great rebuilding

effort, will create many jobs in Virginia. And all across America,

and it will also spur new technology, and new innovation.

America has always been, the country, that boldly leads the world

into the future. And my budget will ensure that we do so and continue to

do exactly that. American ships will sail the seas, American planes will

soar the skies. American workers will build our fleets, and America's

military will ensure that even though the darkest nights and

throughout, a bright and glowing sun will always shine, on our nation.

And on our people. Our Navy is great. The Navy is great. Our people

are great. Great. How republic will meet any

challenge, defeat any danger, face any threat, and always seek, true

and lasting peace. May God bless our military, may God bless our Navy,

may God bless the wonderful Gerald Ford family. And may God continue to

bless the United States of America. Thank you very much. CHEERING

MUSIC STUDIO: Donald Ford, speaking aboard

the US aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, promising to grow the military

saying that the Navy is at its smallest since World War I and that

can't stand, he said, it is going to be the largest in the world. He also

talked about the need to get a good deal. Cutting the prices of the

aircraft carriers, and planes. He said, if we're not getting a good

deal, we're not doing our job. That problem sums up Donald Trump. He

came into office as a deal-maker, to get a better deal for the American

public. In the White helmets are the shipbuilders, whose companies are

presumably going to go through the roof, a lot of money is going to be

spent down there. 25% of ships built United States are built down there

in Virginia. You can see day mingling among the crowds. Quite a

ship, the Gerald Ford, it is one of the new super carriers. That by the

way is Marine one, the helicopter, it is only called Marine one when

the president is on it, he will fly back up to Washington where he has

to come back and deal with politics. As we spoke about it, the political

fallout of his Attorney General and whether he told the truth. To

Congress. Which the president has been addressing while he has been