Just hours before the temporary exemptions from the U.S. steel and aluminum import tariffs
were set to expire, the White House announced exemption extension for key allies.
Washington also confirmed Seoul is granted a permanent exemption from steel tariffs.
Kim Hyesung gets us up to speed with the developments.
South Korea has been granted permanent steel tariff exemptions from the U.S.
This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump authorized modifications to the U.S. steel
and aluminum tariff measures.
In a statement Monday local time, the White House said it has reached a final agreement
with South Korea on steel exports, the outlines of which were previously announced by the
two countries' trade ministers.
Seoul secured its permanent exemption by agreeing to quotas that will cut its steel exports
by about 30 percent, based on its average annual shipments to the U.S. between 2015
and 2017.
The exception does not apply to aluminum tariffs.
The White House also said it has reached agreements in principle with Argentina, Australia and
Brazil concerning the tariffs, the details of which will be announced shortly.
The U.S. is extending negotiations with the European Union, Canada, and Mexico for 30
days, postponing the temporary exemption deadline to June 1st.
"As of now, it looks like President Trump has got what he had wanted.
A one month extension signals negotiations with the EU, Canada and Mexico are also well
underway.
Just like South Korea secured its steel tariff exemption while renegotiating the bilateral
trade deal, the U.S. is using the same strategy to win concessions from other countries like
quotas and preventing steel transshipment from China."
In March, President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff
on aluminum, calling it a measure to limit imports and protect its national security
but it granted temporary exemptions to some of its key allies.
The prolonged exemptions for Canada and Mexico come as the U.S. is working to renegotiate
NAFTA, the free trade agreement between the three countries.
Kim Hyesung, Arirang News.
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Here's Why Canada is Now Begging U.S. to Enforce Our Immigration Laws - Duration: 3:24.
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Blue House welcomes Trump's consideration of Panmunjom as possible venue for U.S.-Pyongyang summit - Duration: 0:54.
The Blue House says that... if Panmunjom were chosen as the venue for the Washington-Pyongyang
summit,... it would serve as a meaningful site to mark a "new milestone of peace."
The comments by South Korea's top office on Tuesday came in response to a recent tweet
by U.S. President Donald Trump, which hinted at the border village as a possible venue
for his meeting with Kim Jong-un in May or early June.
Meanwhile, a Blue House official said Monday that President Moon Jae-in prepared and handed
over some materials related to his vision for economic cooperation between the two Koreas
to his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un, during their summit.
Apparently, President Moon said he gave Kim a booklet and a thumb drive containing a presentational
video about the so-called "New Economic Map Initiative of the Korean Peninsula," which
promotes economic cooperation between Seoul and Pyongyang
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Border agents react to migrants demanding entry into the US - Duration: 5:29.
message for customs and border protection rejecting asylum seekers who
tried to present themselves at the port of entry you know what you're doing you
know you turn people away you complain that they are breaking the law by
answering you legally you are breaking the law and you are forcing them to
break the law that's why we have Caravan all right that's assuming that everyone
in this caravan hundred strong that they're all seeking asylum and they were
all abused elsewhere others cynically look at this and say well wait a minute
that can't be Mexico just let you waltz right through to the border and that's
where we are right now Hector Garza is vice president of the
National Border Patrol Council she more or less put the onus on guys like you
that you're the ones screwing up not paying attention to the law not those
trying to whatever reason of forcing your way in this country to be above it
yeah that's correct Nino as ages we're out there doing our job as best as we
can and we're out there to enforce the laws that Congress passed electing these
people are going through the port of entry and asking for these asylum claims
and they're gonna have to wait while their claims get adjudicated by the
judges I think what's important now is that now our government has to send
these judges to the border so these claims can be educated quickly and these
people can either be given asylum or that they be deported back to their
countries that's what we're gonna have to do Hector it might be a guess on your
part but you deal with this and have dealt in the past with this sort of
thing how many of these do you think are legitimate asylum cases the vast
majority don't even come from Mexico many from Honduras they're seeking a
refuge from that country after the election I guess that's the argument
that they want protection and security so how many would fit that bill needing
and deserving of asylum well what we do is ages is that we process is ages
aliens when we catch them in the on the border when they're crossing illegally
and what we find is that many times the claims that they're making are not
legitimate claims one of the claims that they're making is that they're looking
for better jobs to make better money there's also times that they talk about
that there's a lot of gangs in their country but
same thing could be said about the United States law gangs in the United
States as well and many times these these aliens go to these areas that are
where they are victimized not something you have to keep in mind you is that the
the economic conditions in these countries in Central America have not
changed but what does change is the number of people that come from these
are countries and it all depends on the rhetoric and it depends on
catch-and-release and it depends on what happened what's happening on the US
border so that's where you see the kind of difference of the people that are
coming here into the United States you see these sort of waves that come
depending on what's happening in the United States well you know Jeff
Sessions the Attorney General says this is a deliberate attempt to undermine our
laws and overwhelm our system that that we just don't have the manpower to deal
with wave after wave of this and you know you set a court date you you you
make an agreement for someone to return to court to deal with these issues there
in the country now we're saying that Mexico should be keeping a good many of
these until it is resolved how likely is that well it's gonna be up to other
United States government on what they're gonna want to do as of right now the US
government is doing the right thing they're only allowing enough people as
our resources can take up so but like we said in the past neil these are
organized efforts by different people that are bringing these people into the
into the united states they want to overwhelm our resources as you can see
right now our CBP officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry are being
overwhelmed what you're going to see next is that they're going to be
overwhelming our Border Patrol agents as well so it's just an organized effort by
these different groups and like I've said in the past drug cartels are
involved in these type of are organized smuggling activities but what I don't
understand your CBP you're talking about custom and Border Patrol but we have
suggested to the Mexicans that a lot of these folks are gonna have to wait in
Mexico because we're a little bit overwhelmed ourselves with the existing
groups that are already here but Mexico's not responded to this request
Mexico in fact we're told from from when these first this first Caravan was 1400
strong we're told back in March coming here to the point now that they're here
that they've been green-lighted through and cynically that has a lot of people
saying wait a minute you know Mexico is pretty tough at its
own order but but it's green-lighted so many
of these people in to our border what's going on well it's very simple neo the
governor of Mexico is actually eating and abetting these people to come into
the to be smuggling to our country Mexico can very well allow these people
to stay in their country under asylum claims but instead they're facilitating
their travels through Mexico so that they can reach the US border now the
Mexico could do a lot more on this on their southern borders to stop these
illegal immigration they did it a few years back when the United States sent a
whole bunch of money to Mexico and surprisingly they stopped it all of a
sudden now we have President chomping they don't want to help out so that kind
of shows you how for them to govern New Mexico feels about our laws and the way
they they allow these people are coming to our country all right well what's a
closing Hector thank you for taking the time good seeing you again
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Dr. Richard J. Joseph, United States Air Force Chief Scientist - Duration: 2:50.
- [Brian] You're a scientist.
You must know what it's like
to fail at something.
- Oh, yes.
- [Brian] So,
- I'm an expert at that.
- [Brian] You're an expert, (chuckles)
I am too. (laughing)
So,
what have those failures given you?
What,
- You're never a failure unless you quit.
That's the big thing.
Curiosity.
It's the desire to know
why something works.
One of your questions said,
"What are your favorite research programs?"
I don't have any favorites,
but I look for characteristics.
And one of them is this being
pursued with curiosity?
The desire to know what we don't know.
Can we look back and see that the
fundamental science that this
technology, for instance,
has come from,
and can we look ahead to see where
it is we want it to go.
So it's looking in both directions.
Back in time and forward in time.
We need people who wanna do something,
not people who want something to do.
I had met a young Air Force captain,
who had a PhD in engineering,
and he said,
"My first assignment after the PhD
"was as a contract monitor."
And he said,
"I kept wondering why did you send me
to school if this is what you want me to do?"
And I said this is still going on.
It was going on 30 years ago.
It's still going on,
how can this be?
- [Brian] Is that frustrating?
Yeah.
- Is is frustrating?
Well yeah, of course it is,
but it's more frustrating for the
people who are going through it.
Especially at a time when we really
need these people.
Right now,
the system from the Congress through
The White House,
through the Department of Defense,
and into the Air Force,
is fully behind innovation and taking risks.
But if we don't produce,
if we don't make some real gains
that may go away.
In technology,
the coin of the realm is a great idea.
Really good ideas can change the
way we do things.
It doesn't matter whether the person is,
is brand new or whether they've been
here for 25 years.
The young person with great ideas,
who infects the rest of the corps
with those ideas,
can make a profound change.
I still believe that.
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Trump suggests Panmunjom as possible venue for U.S.-North Korea Summit - Duration: 2:02.
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested the truce village of Panmunjom as a possible
venue for his landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the coming weeks.
Kim Hyo-sun tells us more.
The truce village of Panmunjom,... where the leaders of the two Koreas renewed their commitment
to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula,... is being considered as a possible venue for
the U.S.-North Korea Summit scheduled for late May or early June.
After meeting with his Nigerian counterpart at the White House on Monday,...
President Trump said the inter-Korean border would be an excellent venue for the summit.
"We're looking at various countries including Singapore, and we are also talking about the
possibility of the DMZ - Peace House, Freedom House.
And there's something that I thought was intriguing...
There's something that I like about it, because you are there.
You're actually there, where if things work out, there's a great celebration to be had,
on the site, not in a third party country."
He also tweeted on Monday that the Peace House or the Freedom House on the inter-Korean border
could be a more representative, important and lasting site than a third party country.
Until late last week,... Trump had said potential summit locations had been whittled down to
two countries,... including Singapore.
But it looks like President Trump discussed the idea of holding the summit at Panmunjom
during his phone talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in following last week's inter-Korean
summit.
After their conversation,... which Trump hailed as long and good,... he also added that things
are going well and the time and location of the meeting is being set.
If Panmunjom is finalized as the venue for the first-ever meeting between the sitting
leaders of the U.S. and North Korea,... the inter-Korean border, which has long been a
symbol of division would likely become a true symbol of peace.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.
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Trump suggests Panmunjom as possible venue for U.S.-North Korea Summit - Duration: 2:13.
Let's start with the latest developments on North Korea.
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested the truce village of Panmunjom as a possible
venue for his landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the coming weeks.
Trump said the venue on the inter-Korean border would be a representative, important and lasting
site.
Kim Hyo-sun tells us more.
The truce village of Panmunjom,... where the leaders of the two Koreas renewed their commitment
to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula,... is being considered as a possible venue for
the U.S.-North Korea Summit scheduled for late May or early June.
After meeting with his Nigerian counterpart at the White House on Monday,...
President Trump said the inter-Korean border would be an excellent venue for the summit.
"We're looking at various countries including Singapore, and we are also talking about the
possibility of the DMZ - Peace House, Freedom House.
And there's something that I thought was intriguing...
There's something that I like about it, because you are there.
You're actually there, where if things work out, there's a great celebration to be had,
on the site, not in a third party country."
He also tweeted on Monday that the Peace House or the Freedom House on the inter-Korean border
could be a more representative, important and lasting site than a third party country.
Until late last week,... Trump had said potential summit locations had been whittled down to
two countries,... including Singapore.
But it looks like President Trump discussed the idea of holding the summit at Panmunjom
during his phone talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in following last week's inter-Korean
summit.
After their conversation,... which Trump hailed as long and good,... he also added that things
are going well and the time and location of the meeting is being set.
If Panmunjom is finalized as the venue for the first-ever meeting between the sitting
leaders of the U.S. and North Korea,... the inter-Korean border, which has long been a
symbol of division would likely become a true symbol of peace.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.
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Migrants Blocked from Entering at US-Mexico Border - Duration: 0:56.
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Days After Macron Leaves US, Trump Notices What's 'Missing' From White House - Duration: 4:08.
Days After Macron Leaves US, Trump Notices What's 'Missing' From White House.
Last Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrived in Washington
D.C. for a three-day state visit with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania.
Now that the Macrons are safely back in France, however, people have noticed that an item
has gone "missing" from the White House.
Shortly after French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington on April 23, he and
President Trump were filmed planting a tree together on the South Lawn of the White House.
However, by April 27, the tree had disappeared and was replaced by a discolored patch of
grass.
The sapling planted by the two world leaders was deeply symbolic.
According to The Blaze, the tree was a gift from the people of France.
It initially grew at the site of World War I's Battle of Belleau Wood, in which nearly
2,000 American soldiers were killed.
The Battle of Belleau Wood took place to the north-east of Paris in 1918, towards the end
of the Great War.
The U.S. Marine Corps took heavy casualties there, and Macron gave the sapling from the
site as "a reminder at the White House of these ties that bind us."
Of course, when the media noticed that the tree that Trump and Macron had ceremoniously
planted was missing, they had a field day.
The Associated Press tweeted that a "mystery was brewing at the White House."
Meanwhile, ABC News called the disappearance "something of a mystery."
"Something of a mystery has taken root at the White House — an oak tree sapling, planted
by President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, has gone missing," reported
ABC News.
"The sapling was a gift from the French president during last week's ballyhooed
state visit.
Washington media flocked to the South Lawn Monday to snap photos and shout questions
as the two heads of state ceremoniously shoveled soil on the budding tree.
But now, less than a week later, recent photos show an off-color, pale patch of turf where
the sapling once stood."
My goodness!
Was last week's state visit so successful that THIS is the news that the mainstream
media has conjured up in a shameless attempt to smear Trump?
As it turns out, there's really no mystery at all.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection guidelines, the tree needed to be quarantined
before it could be permanently planted.
This is a standard practice for any imports of non-native species to the United States,
but it is especially important in this instance, as some trees in northern France have been
affected by a species of moth that has not yet made it to the United States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection rules state that, when someone brings plants into the
country with the intention of planting them, special restrictions may include "post-entry
quarantine."
This measure is generally intended to mitigate the risk of spreading pests.
Many sessile oak trees in northern France are afflicted with a pest called the oak processionary
moth, the habitat of which has been spreading north from Southern Europe in recent years,
most likely due to climate change.
The moth has reportedly not yet made it to the U.S., although it is becoming a problem
in the South-East of England, thanks to someone importing live oaks that had eggs in them.
[Source: Fortune] The French ambassador to the United States
also clarified that the roots of the tree had initially been wrapped in plastic so that
it would not contaminate the ground during the ceremonial planting.
Once again, we see that the mainstream media has made a giant deal out of a big ol' nothing
burger.
It's almost as if they were trying to find something — anything — to prove that the
state visit last week wasn't really a resounding success.
These so-called "journalists" are unbelievable.
They will literally do anything to try to smear President Donald Trump.
Spread the truth.
What do you think about this?
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Bill Gates Warns Millions Could Die If US Doesn't Prepare For Coming Pandemic - Duration: 7:37.
Bill Gates Warns Millions Could Die If US Doesn't Prepare For Coming Pandemic
by Tyler Durden
Should a deadly pandemic comparable to the 1918 influenza outbreak reach the US in the
relatively near future, the US government would be powerless to stop it.
And in all likelihood, hundreds of thousands - if not, millions - of Americans will die.
That's the message from a Washington Post interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates,
which touched on many of the same subjects from a talk he gave Friday before the Massachusetts
Medical Society.
Bill Gates says the U.S. government is falling short in preparing the nation and the world
for the "significant probability of a large and lethal modern-day pandemic occurring in
our lifetimes."
Gates discussed his efforts to convince the Trump administration to set aside more funding
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to prioritize the creation of a national
response plan that would govern how resources are deployed during a pandemic or biological
weapons attack.
During the interview, the billionaire who appears to have gotten such a touch eccentric
in his gray years, confirmed that he had raised the issue of pandemic preparedness with President
Trump, and that he tried to convince the president that he has a chance to lead on the issue
of global health security.
According to Gates, Trump told him to raise these issues with officials at the Health
and Human Services Department, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug
Administration.
Gates said he also met with HR McMaster, who was ousted as National Security Advisor last
month, and he hopes to meet with McMaster's successor John Bolton.
He is probably the only one.
That said, Gates may have a point: Even this winter's flu season - the worst in years - overwhelmed
hospitals, some of which were forced to pitch tents outside the facilities and deploy other
emergency accommodations.
Gates, whose Gates Foundation focuses on public health initiative, has shifted his focus in
recent years to international pandemic awareness and preparation.
To be sure, he's not the only one who believes the developed world is dangerously ill-prepared
to beat back such a threat.
Gates and his wife, Melinda, have repeatedly warned that a pandemic is the greatest immediate
threat to humanity.
Experts say the risk is high, because new pathogens are constantly emerging and the
world is so interconnected.
Many experts agree that the United States remains underprepared for a pandemic or a
bioterrorism threat.
The government�s sprawling bureaucracy, they say, is not nimble enough to deal with
mutations that suddenly turn an influenza virus into a particularly virulent strain,
as the 1918 influenza did in killing an estimated 50 million to 100 million people worldwide.
Even this winter�s harsh seasonal flu was enough to overwhelm some hospitals, forcing
them to pitch tents outside emergency rooms to cope with the crush of patients.
If a highly contagious and lethal airborne pathogen like the 1918 influenza were to take
hold today, nearly 33 million people worldwide would die in just six months, Gates noted
in his prepared remarks, citing a simulation done by the Institute for Disease Modeling,
a research organization in Bellevue, Wash.
So what should the US do according to Gates: the nation needs to prioritize the development
of better vaccines - including a "universal" flu vaccine - and other treatments as well
as new diagnostic capabilities to help doctors detect and identify a pandemic before it has
the opportunity to spread, according to the Microsoft founder.
In those remarks, Gates highlighted scientific and technical advances in the development
of better vaccines, drugs and diagnostics that he said could revolutionize how we prepare
for and treat infectious diseases moving forward.
He praised last year�s formation of a new global coalition, known as CEPI, to create
new vaccines for emerging infectious diseases.
He also announced a $12 million Grand Challenge in partnership with the family of Google Inc.
co-founder Larry Page to accelerate the development of a universal flu vaccine.
But vaccines, he noted, take time to research, deploy and generate protective immunity.
"So we need to invest in other approaches, like antiviral drugs and antibody therapies
that can be stockpiled or rapidly manufactured to stop the spread of pandemic diseases or
treat people who have been exposed," he said in his speech.
Among the advances in these areas are a new influenza antiviral recently approved in Japan
that Gates said "stops the virus in its tracks" by inhibiting an enzyme it needs to multiply;
research on antibodies that could protect against a pandemic strain of a virus; and
a diagnostic test that harnesses the powerful genetic-engineering technology known as CRISPR
and has the field-use potential to check a patient�s blood, saliva or urine for evidence
of multiple pathogens.
That test could, for example, identify whether someone is infected with Zika or dengue virus,
which have similar symptoms.
But even the most cutting-edge remedies are useless without a plan to deploy them, something
Gates says the Trump administration recognizes.
Trump and senior administration officials have affirmed the importance of controlling
infectious disease outbreaks.
But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is facing a loss of emergency funding provided
in the wake of the 2014 Ebola epidemic and has begun to dramatically downsize its epidemic-prevention
activities in 39 out of 49 countries where disease risks are greatest.
Congress provided additional funding in last month�s spending bill.
But it also directed the administration to come up with a comprehensive plan to strengthen
global health security at home and abroad.
"This could be an important first step if the White House and Congress use the opportunity
to articulate and embrace a leadership role for the U.S.," Gates said in the speech.
No other country, he noted, has the depth of scientific or technical expertise that
the United States possesses, drawing on the resources of institutions such as NIH, CDC
and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, as well as the Defense Department's
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
While Gates's sense of urgency is admirable, other experts on the likelihood of a global
pandemic emerging in the relatively near future make Gates look like a Walt Disney-level optimist.
"We know that it is coming, but we have no way of stopping it," said WHO infectious disease
specialist Dr. Sylvie Brand.
If you haven't already, now would probably be as good a time as any to invest in some
surgical masks.
Unless of course Elon Musk is correct with his own doomsday prediction, and sentient,
AI-capable killer robots have already bought out the entire inventory.
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Five: VP PENCE VISIT U.S-MEXICO BORDER-The Five 04/30/18 Fox News Alert - Duration: 6:14.
the caravan of asylum seeking migrants is at America's southern border and as
you can see our current wall in San Diego isn't doing much to stop them from
entering many of the illegal immigrants are now camping out in Mexico after
being turned away by the Trump administration the president is reacting
to this latest development by calling for funding for his big beautiful border
wall we are a nation of laws we have to have borders we're not borders we don't
have a country and I've been watching for weeks as the caravan came up we have
to have changes in Congress and we have to have it quickly we need a wall
number-one and you see that right now you know where they are even though it's
not a particularly good wall and even though a small percentage can climb to
the top they have to be an extremely good shape but a small percentage can
climb that particular wall we have a wall that's much more difficult vice
president pence was on the ground today in California checking out the new
border wall construction Greg you've said this a few times the caravan was
almost designed to help President Trump politically what do you think it's a
terrible visual image for amnesty and an amazing image for people who prefer
process and enforce borders but the most obvious question if this is an asylum
claim why not just stop in Mexico if you were truly desperate right you should be
overjoyed to get out of your horrible country and get to Mexico but no you're
saying no Mexico's not enough for me I need to get to the United States that's
insulting New Mexico and it's kind of pushy it's a bit you're cutting in line
I don't know Americans don't like it when you cut in line and when you look
at the groups there's a lot of young able-bodied men showing up and you think
these are not refugees this is a this is a symbolic political gesture that is
backfiring when you see that it's backfiring of all it does is prove that
we need law and order we keep process look at that visual right there I mean
you're right this is made to order anybody that sees this in this country
sees how easy it is to breach our southern border Kimberly look at that
and the minute they step foot on American soil they're entitled to a
process where then they can go in front of a judge and claim that they're scared
to return to Honduras yeah that's a problem you know so
everybody but when people are desperate and they're trying to flee their
countries they'll juice about anything for
themselves and for their family when you have that kind of sense of desperation
how where will I work tomorrow how will I feed my children so that's why you
have mothers pregnant mothers even going coming over here and they or they listen
if I I hear that if I come over and I can give birth in the United States then
my child can stay there and hopefully then the rest of the family can come
that is their business plan that is the business plan and of course the this is
a country founded on immigrants wonderful people from all over the world
so we want to have open arms and be welcoming but we want to do it with an
eye towards public safety and national security and securing the border because
it makes for a safer situation for everyone and for a lawful process that
should be followed and abided by so I mean the president's fulfilling his
campaign promises we understand his reasoning and then it's also important
if you're gonna try to work on it to make it more of a you know a cooperative
understanding what's going on here they've got to come in to the laws to
enjoy the benefit of being in this country but follow the law first before
you get it right so you want to be compassionate but also fair right and
tough one so people yeah right he wants a merit-based immigration - and that's
important when you see these images well this isn't there's not about merit-based
exactly not this is about asylum and remember Greg that in fact this caravan
which is an annual event I think for the last five years or so
most of the people did stop in Mexico you have about 50 people who are trying
to get in here and what they want to do is to force the United States to give
them an asylum right hearing and they believe that based on the evidence of
not only political instability but actual violence oftentimes perpetrated
by gangs and the like that they have a case to be made and that's why you have
American lawyers on the other side of the fence giving them counseling about
what to say how to handle the asylum situation but I agree with you guys I
think this is tailor-made for President Trump and people who are anti-immigrant
to say hey you know the borders I illegal and no no because remember Trump
a proposal was to cut legal immigration to the United States
once merit-based no not the lottery excuse me he didn't it didn't matter
merit or nightmare he wanted to cut legal immigration as a result of merit
no no no he just wants to cut every evil he even wants to cut people who are
qualified for legal merit-based immigration so the president also says
he wants to get more funding for the wall next time in the fall wants to shut
the government down if he doesn't get it yeah so September 28th that's all
setting up for a really big midterm election campaign issue I think that
this video is an in-kind contribution to Trump and his you might have to check
out what those contribution limits are down there I do think that the president
could be in a position now whence these people will not all get in they'll have
to go back but one thing that he could do he's on like a foreign policy role
right now and he's had some really good meetings with world leaders and these
people in El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica etc that have these problems just
like we've been saying about Syria if you help solve the problem at its source
and if the issue is law and order if the president can figure out a way to help
them with their law and order problem people won't want to leave home yeah we
definitely need to focus on Central America a little bit more all right I
had America round of excuses from MSNBC host joy read her pals in the liberal
media of course rushing to her defense the hypocrisy up next
made deep long-lasting pain relief
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Highlights from President Emmanuel Macron's U.S. state visit - Duration: 1:30.
[TEXT: SHAREAMERICA]
[President Emmanuel Macron, France] This is a great honor, and I think a very important state visit,
given the moments of our current environments.
[President Donald Trump, United States] The wonderful friendship we have developed over the last year
is a testament to the enduring friendship that binds our two nations.
The beautiful friendship between the United States and France, forged in revolution,
has changed the course of history.
[President Macron, translated] Over the last centuries, we have weaved our histories through our common struggles.
Our friendship has constantly grown more solid, dipping in the ink of the challenges we have yet to overcome.
[President Trump] Let the United States and France stand forever in solidarity for the noble cause of liberty and peace.
May our friendship grow even deeper. May our kinship grow even stronger.
I like him a lot.
… and may our sacred liberty never die.
God bless you, God bless France, God bless our alliance, and God bless America.
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North Korea-U.S. Summit: One-on-one with former U.S. ambassador Kathleen Stephens - Duration: 4:19.
With the inter-Korean summit now over, focus turns to the North Korea-U.S. summit.
But with reports saying the summit was agreed to by President Trump against his advisors'
wishes... some have expressed concern over its outcome.
Our Kwon Jang-ho spoke to the former U.S. ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens
who shared her thoughts on the situation.
Ambassador Stephens, thank you for having us at your lovely home.
Thank you.
What has been your reaction to the developments of the last few months that led to these summits?
There is some argument that say Trump's attitude towards North Korea have helped these developments
happen.
Well I think certainly this new and very unconventional - to put it mildly - American president has
been part of the mix over the past year.
I don't think anyone can say with certainty what has driven Kim Jong un to make some of
the decisions he's made over the last few months.
But what we do know obviously is that he made a decision to open up a path, which Seoul
then embraced and has moved forward with...
And now of course President Trump making this rather surprising and quick decision to say,
'All right, let's start at the top and see where we get from there.'
What kinds of concerns do you have towards a Trump-Kim summit?
Well I have that conventional concern that this is a summit that is happening without
if you like the traditional preparations.
You know I've been involved in many summits in different places over my career and you
know generally the notion has always been when your two leaders get together, usually
you don't want too many surprises.
You know you've worked out the deal pretty much…
This is very different.
And when you have two leaders meet without things kind of set it's going to be a fairly
broad framework and then you've got to implement and you've got… and that's going to take
time.
Whether it's shutting down nuclear programs and getting inspectors and whether it's getting
to work on resuming some economic and energy cooperation…
And I worry about I guess shortcuts.
You know what if there's a deal that maybe satisfies some core issues of 'America first'
but is not taking into account the security concerns in Seoul or Tokyo.
Currently there is no U.S. ambassador in South Korea.
Especially as an ex-ambassador, how much of a concern is it for you?
Well not only as an ex ambassador but as a former American diplomat.
I am very concerned about the weakening and frankly just the lack of staffing in diplomatic
positions in general.
…and we feel that I think particularly keenly when we're looking at an issue like Korea
where something unprecedented is about to happen, a sitting American president has said
that he's going to meet with the leader of the DPRK.
So you kind of want to have not only you're A-team in place, you want to have a sense
of continuity and that's the other thing that you hope that over time you know your senior
officials and diplomats provide.
How important is South Korea's role in this current situation?
One of the things that I actually find most significant and hopefully encouraging about
what's going on now is that the Republic of Korea has played such an important role as
a catalyst and as a shaper.
But with that comes a lot some risk and some responsibility too.
And I think it makes it all the more important that Seoul and Washington have the best possible…
communication, frankness, coordination of their efforts because we do have to be mindful
that it's a very common strategy in negotiation to try to wedge drive, to try to split...
And we do have somewhat different perspectives but we have to make sure that we stay together
because I also think that's another kind of fundamental principle of making some progress
on these longstanding issues of reconciliation and peace on the Korean peninsula is that
it has to be very Seoul centered and it has to be very-centered on the alliance.
Thank you again for your time and your insights and let's do hope for the best for the summits.
The world is watching, yes let's hope for the best.
Thank you.
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U.S. extends tariff exemptions for EU, other allies - Duration: 2:14.
Just hours before the temporary exemptions from America's steel and aluminum import duties
were set to expire, the White House announced an extension for key allies.
Washington also confirmed Seoul is granted a permanent exemption from steel tariffs.
Kim Hyesung gets us up to speed with the developments.
South Korea has been granted permanent steel tariff exemptions from the U.S.
This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump authorized modifications to the U.S. steel
and aluminum tariff measures.
In a statement Monday local time, the White House said it has reached a final agreement
with South Korea on steel exports, the outlines of which were previously announced by the
two countries' trade ministers.
Seoul secured its permanent exemption by agreeing to quotas that will cut its steel exports
by about 30 percent, based on its average annual shipments to the U.S. between 2015
and 2017.
The exception does not apply to aluminum tariffs.
The White House also said it has reached agreements in principle with Argentina, Australia and
Brazil concerning the tariffs, the details of which will be announced shortly.
The U.S. is extending negotiations with the European Union, Canada, and Mexico for 30
days, postponing the temporary exemption deadline to June 1st.
"As of now, it looks like President Trump has got what he had wanted.
A one month extension signals negotiations with the EU, Canada and Mexico are also well
underway.
Just like South Korea secured its steel tariff exemption while renegotiating the bilateral
trade deal, the U.S. is using the same strategy to win concessions from other countries like
quotas and preventing steel transshipment from China."
In March, President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff
on aluminum, calling it a measure to limit imports and protect its national security
but it granted temporary exemptions to some of its key allies.
The prolonged exemptions for Canada and Mexico come as the U.S. is working to renegotiate
NAFTA, the free trade agreement between the three countries.
Kim Hyesung, Arirang News.
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Iran v US: Supreme leader blasts Trump for provoking Saudi Arabia - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 2:51.
Iran v US: Supreme leader blasts Trump for provoking Saudi Arabia
IRAN's supreme leader has blasted Donald Trump for worsening "regional crisis"
by provoking its ally Saudi Arabia to confront Tehran, a day after the US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo met the Saudi King Salman in Riyadh.
During his visit, Mr Pompeo made remarks that President Trump could walk away from the Iran
nuclear deal despite European allies saying it would keep Tehran nuke-free.
On state television, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded the US leaves the Middle East and
said they would not be able to challenge Iran.
He said: "One of the ways to confront Iran is to provoke inexperienced rulers of the
region.
"Americans are trying to provoke Saudi Arabia against Tehran.
Their aim is to create more regional crisis to push Muslims to fight against Muslims.
"If these governments gain more wisdom, they will not confront Iran.
If they confront Iran, they will be defeated."
When Pompeo visited Iran on Sunday, he said that the US was concerned by Iran's "destabilising
and malign activities" in the Middle East.
Khamanei also said: "Americans are the ones who should leave.
"The Middle East, the west of Asia and the Persian Gulf is our home."
President Trump has backed Saudi Arabia in its bid to counter Iran's influence.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said: ""The cooperation between
America and Saudi Arabia will further destabilise the Middle East and will lead to more crisis
in the region.
"Pompeo's remarks about Iran are baseless and repetitive.
"As long as the legitimate governments of the regional countries need our help, Iran
will remain in those countries."
Mr Pompeo was trying to get support for an international response to what the US sees
as a growing threat from Iran.
President Trump, who has called the agreement the "worst deal ever," has until May 12
to decide whether to continue waiving sanctions on Iran.
He said: "Iran destabilises the entire region.
"It is indeed the greatest sponsor of terrorism in the world, and we are determined to make
sure it never possesses a nuclear weapon."
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US Ends Temporary Protected Status for 9,000 Nepalese Immigrants - Duration: 1:02.
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Expert's take on Trump's consideration of Panmunjom for North Korea-U.S. summit location - Duration: 4:58.
Just asking he said,...
President Trump seems to be liking the idea of holding his upcoming summit with North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom,... thrusting
the tiny village into the global spotlight once more.
We want to get an expert's opinion on all the latest developments.
Doctor Mark P. Barry is the Associate Editor of the International Journal on World Peace
and an adjunct professor of management at several schools,... and he's joining us from
New York.
He's also a North Korea expert with personal experiences with North Korea's Kim family,...
having met with the regime's founder Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il in the past.
Dr. Barry, thanks for joining us.
In your mind, how likely is it that the North Korea-U.S. summit will take place at the same
location as the inter-Korean summit?
Is it a viable option or
just a throwaway tweet from President Trump?
Speculation on the potential summit location has been building for weeks... and it's reaching
fever pitch now.
In your opinion, how big of an impact will the venue have on the outcome of the talks
between Trump and Kim?
President Trump
said Monday that if the U.S. pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal, it will send the right
message to North Korea.
Trump has until May 12th to make up his mind on that, but increasingly it looks like he
wants it scrapped.
If he pulls out by that date,... would this have a positive or adverse impact
on the upcoming Pyongyang-Washington summit?
Thank
you for your insights today, I hope to speak to you again.
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U.S. extends tariff exemptions for EU, other allies - Duration: 1:48.
America recently granted exemptions to its new tariffs on steel and aluminum to key allies
Those were due to expire on Monday.
But just hours before the deadline, the White House announced that the exemptions would
be extended.
It also confirmed that, for steel, South Korea is getting a permanent exemption.
Kim Hyesung reports.
South Korea has been granted permanent steel tariff exemptions from the U.S.
This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump authorized modifications to the U.S. steel
and aluminum tariff measures.
In a statement Monday local time, the White House said it has reached a final agreement
with South Korea on steel exports, which were part of the amendment to the South Korea-U.S.
free trade deal.
Seoul earned its permanent exemption by agreeing to quotas that will cut its steel exports
by about 30 percent, based on its average annual shipments to the U.S. between 2015
and 2017.
The exception does not apply to aluminum tariffs.
The White House also said it has reached agreements in principle with Argentina, Australia and
Brazil concerning the tariffs, the details of which will be finalized shortly.
The U.S. is extending negotiations with the European Union, Canada, and Mexico for 30
days, postponing the temporary exemption deadline to June 1st.
The EU has said if it loses its exemption it will retaliate with its own tariffs on
U.S. goods imported to Europe.
In March, President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff
on aluminum, but granted temporary exemptions to some of its key allies.
The prolonged exemptions for Canada and Mexico come as the U.S. is working to renegotiate
NAFTA, the free trade agreement between the three countries.
Kim Hyesung, Arirang News.
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