high-stakes trip. president trump arrives in asia amid rising fears of potential war with north korea. >> we have a problem called north korea. and if we don't solve it, it's not going to be very pleasant for them. >> will kim jong-un test trump by testing another missile? plus, investigation intensifies. a former trump campaign adviser now admits he met with a top russian official as the president says he doesn't remember being pitched on a sitdown with putin. >> i don't remember much about that meeting.

it was a very unimportant meeting. >> we'll talk about the latest in the russia investigations exclusively with senator dianne feinstein. and tax overhaul. house republicans unveil their tax plan, and president trump gives his stamp of approval. >> it will be the biggest cut in the history of our country. >> but democrats are crying foul. >> it's really making suckers of the american people. >> democratic leader, nancy pelosi, joins me for an exclusive interview, live, next. hello, i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is looking east. this morning president trump is in tokyo, wrapping up his first full day abroad on a nearly two-week trip to the asia pacific. clearly on the president's mind, north korea. speaking at a joint u.s. japanese u.s. military base, the president sent a clear message to the rogue nation. >> warriors are prepared to

defend our nation, using the full range of our unmatched capabilities. no one, no dictator, no regime and no nation, should underestimate ever american resolve. >> president trump also spent time exploring some familiar territory, the golf course. he played a round with japanese prime minister shinzo abe, and enjoyed traditional japanese cuisine. hamburgers. the two leaders had dinner at a tokyo restaurant with their wives. since the russia investigation, president trump told reporters he does expect to meet with russian president, vladimir putin, later in his trip, and said he will seek to enlist putin's help on north korea. here to talk about this and much, much more is house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. leader pelosi, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. the president in the militanddl this 13-day tour, and there is concern that the conflict with north korea will escalate into

war. i want you to listen to what the national security adviser had to say this week. >> north korea is a threat to the entire world. so all nations of the world must do more to counter that threat. that is happening. but the president recognizes that we're running out of time and will ask all nations to do more. >> a letter from the pentagon to members of congress says that the only way to take out north korea's nuclear program with, quote, complete certainty would be a ground invasion. is that something that you could support? >> well, i think we have to exhaust every other remedy. north korea's behavior has to be contained, stopped, reversed. they cannot have a nuclear weapon that they -- my view, my concern about north korea, is not only what they're doing, but what they're advertising. that they may want to sell some of this technology. i was in pyongyang a number of years ago in an intelligence trip. the capital of north korea. and we were talking to them about stopping production of all

of these missiles, the missile technology. they said, we only make them to sell them. do you want to buy them? so i'm afraid whether it's the technology, whether it's the scientific know-how or whether it's the launch capacity, what they're doing is advertising. so it's not only that they would have it, but that it could sell it, and that proliferation would be a danger -- is a danger to the whole world. and they must be stopped. i would like to think we would exhaust every diplomatic remedy, because we're dealing -- we're sticking -- poking a stick in the eye of mad dog, some of what we're saying. >> so presumably, every possible democratic opportunity would include president trump sitting down with vladimir putin at the apex summit in vietnam to talk about this as the president says he wants to do. >> well, i hope that that would be a priority, because the russians have not made it a priority to stop some of the activities of north korea. many of the countries in the region helped them get some of the north koreans get some of the technology they have. the russians do not necessarily

want to see a unified korea -- well, and they certainly shouldn't want one that is nuclear. so, in other words, they have a mixed agenda. i hope that this -- the president goes into the meeting really informed. he says he's the only one that counts. he doesn't need people at the state department. no, his judgment has to be informed by the facts, by the history, by the prospects. and so i hope with all the exuberance that he brings, that he brings some humility in dealing with the issue in terms of knowing what he's talking about. >> let's turn to taxes. i know you're eager to talk about that. in recent weeks, two senators, sherrod brown, democrat from ohio and angus king, an independent who caucuses with democrats from maine, said democrats should work with president trump on taxes. you have made deals with president trump, or tried to, at least. is that possible? >> well, what we have said is, if you're going to do a whole revision of the tax code, it should be done in a bipartisan

way. that's the only way it will be fair, simplified and sustainable. >> did they not do it that way? >> no, you see they try to use -- to bill bradley and dick gephardt, taken your name in vain. they had 30 years, interviewed -- had testimony from over 400 people, from all sides of the issue to develop something that would be sustainable. it took a couple of years. they worked with president raken on this. instead, this is, as my colleague, congressman rascon has said, in the speed of light, in the dark of night, they're trying to move this in a matter of days from when we have seen it to when they will vote on it. >> there seem to be provisions you would support. a tax cut for middle class americans, as well as for wealthier americans. the plan doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for individuals, $24,000 for couples. is it not true that some lower and middle class families will do better under the plan? >> no, they won't. >> they won't. >> here's the thing. they give with one hand and take away with the other.

first of all, this -- let me just give it a macro and then the micro. because the micro is very important, what it means in people's lives. but the fact row is that this thing will explode the deficit, the national debt. >> $1.5 trillion. >> and one of the reasons is they're giving $1.5 trillion cut to corporate america. and in their budget, they call for a $1.5 trillion cut to medicare, half a trillion medicaid, $1 trillion. i mean, that's not really a statement -- at the same time, they're saying to corporate america, if you want to create jobs overseas, you have a tax advantage over creating jobs in the u.s. i don't think the president ever said in his campaign that he was going to make it easier from a tax standpoint for corporations to get jobs, make jobs grow overseas. and then the third part of it is, you know, they have this deduction for state -- local taxes, s.a.l.t. they rub salt in the wound on it

by saying to an individual, you can't deduct it, but corporations can. so this is really a gift to corporate america. and then saying, these people will pass it on to their workers. they never have. >> you don't buy that argument. what about the -- deductions that -- >> so then the deductions. and thank you for bringing that up. what they do is, it's a slight of hand, a ponzi scheme. they spread out this banquet for the wealthiest americans, and throw a few crumbs to the middle class, and then they -- then they take them away by this. do you think it would be a statement of values for a tax plan in a budget to say to families trying to pay off student loans, $2500 deduction, we removed that. to teachers who take supplies to school, you know, because their schools don't have the arts and crafts and some of the things they need, teachers had been able to deduct what they paid for that. they take that away.

medical deduction for extraordinary medical costs, been there since 1944, they take that away. the list is a long one of all of the things they pull away from the middle class. so really, the net gain is not there. but the huge gain is there for the super rich and corporate america. this is a moment of truth for america. are we going to go deeply into debt, deeply into debt to give tax cuts the high end at the expense of working families in america, as we give advantages to corporations to send jobs overseas, while pulling away school supplies from children. it's -- there's so much in it that -- but you have to look macro. and one more point. while they take us deeply into debt to the tune of almost $3 trillion added to the deficit, very hard to come back from that. the next ten years, and we have to always account for 20 years,

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welcome back to "state of the union." i'm jake tapper. we're here with nancy pelosi. leader pelosi, let's turn to robert mueller's investigation. the president says there's absolutely nothing in the indictments or anywhere that directly connected him to any collusion with russia. take a listen. >> all i can tell you is this. there was no collusion. there was no nothing. it's a disgrace, frankly, that they continue. >> what's your response? >> ever it's really stunning to hear what the president has to say. the fact is that we have to follow the facts. i think that mueller is doing a very good job at what he does. and that's inside the justice department. i think that our intelligence committees are doing a good job, the judiciary committee, as

well, at what they do inside the congress. i still think we should have an outside commission that is not to conflict with what either of them are doing, but to give us a real picture of what happens so that it doesn't happen again. this is about our electric travel system, an assault that was made on it, and we have to know the facts as we go forward. you would think the president of the united states, who takes the oath to defend the constitution, would be the first one to say, whatever it was, we have to protect our electoral system, but he hasn't done that. >> one of the things president trump has been hitting hillary clinton for is an excerpt in donna brazile, former dnc chair, in her book. says she believes the clinton campaign exerted undue influence over the democratic national committee throughout the 2016 campaign before she had the nomination. i want you to take a listen to something senator elizabeth warren told me on thursday when i asked her about donna brazile's allegations. >> this is a real problem. but what we've got to do as

democrats now is we've got to hold this party accountable. >> very quickly, senator. do you agree with the notion that it was rigged? >> yes. >> do you agree with the notion that the democratic national committee, not the primary process, but the dnc, was rigged in favor of hillary clinton over bernie sanders? >> well, everyone goes back to relitigate elections when you lose. it is -- everybody has a version, and maybe all of it has an element of truth. what i think we have to do is go forward. i for 30 years have been against super delegates. doesn't make me popular in my caucus or among the dnc members. but i don't think -- i think that that really says to people, whatever you do out there in the election, we will have the final say. so i think that one of the things as we go forward is to really more -- give more power to the grass roots in all of this. i've always believed it. for 30 years, since they started these super delegates. issues like that i think will restore confidence. and that's where we have to go, rather than looking back. >> are you at all troubled by

what donna brazile is alleging? >> i haven't read her book. i have great respect for her and for hillary clinton and everyone concerned. but i -- again, not knowing the facts of what it is, i would hope that there's another side to the story. but, again, that's neither here nor there. it's almost a waste of time. except for people to put their view of it on the record. >> okay. >> but from our standpoint, as the democrats, we have to go forward. i don't get involved in presidentials. my role is to elect democrats to the house, the presidential is a different thing. the dnc has always been dedicated to that. hopefully now it will be dedicated to electing democrats up and down the ballot, and i think that's what tom perez intends to do. >> let's talk about that. bus because tom steyer launched a $10 million ad campaign calling for the impeachment of president trump. lindsey graham says if you and the democrats take the house back in 2018, the first thing

you will do is impeach president trump. is that true? >> no. i believe that whatever we do, we have a responsibility, first and foremost, to unify the nation. second of all, you can't go down any path without the facts, and the law. if that's there, perhaps it will come out in these investigations. the left of our party is still annoyed with me for not impeaching president bush for going into iraq. what could be worse than that? but the fact is that we've got to really be saying what this election means to people in their lives. somebody has some facts that come forth about president trump, let the chips fall where they may. but it's not some place i think we should go. >> not a priority for you. >> no. >> okay. >> and, again, i don't want to -- dampen anybody's enthusiasm for what they believe. because a lot of people in our country think that the president should be impeached. but that's not a decision. that isn't what our election is about. our election is about meeting the needs of the american

people, stopping this tax bill right now, which is an insult to the intelligence of the american people, an assault on their financial security. that's what we should be talking about. >> briefly, the associated press spoke with three current and former female members of congress. democrats and republicans. who detailed years of sexual harassment allegations, by fellow lawmakers, including at least two members who are still serving in congress. they were not named. you're the highest-ranking woman in the u.s. government. what do you intend to do about this? >> well, my colleague, jackie spear, has a bill mandating harassment training. and that -- we just couldn't take that up. he's referring it to committee. hopefully we can move quickly on that. but the -- some of the things that go beyond what jackie -- congresswoman spears is doing in her bill have to be done by the full congress. and that is where we need to go. getting rid of these nondisclosure clauses and the rest -- most of -- i didn't know

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welcome back to "state of the union," i'm jake tapper. after a week of major developments in the russia investigation, cnn is now learning of a new meeting between a trump campaign adviser and top russian official. carter page confirmed he met with the russian deputy prime minister while in moscow in july of last year and told cnn that that was the case. after his trip to russia, he sent an e-mail describing insights he learned from his conversations, according to the "new york times." in an interview on friday, i asked page about that trip. >> what did you tell people in the trump team about your trip? >> i just mentioned that there was, in general, from people on the street and the things you would hear in the media, enthusiasm for the possibility of a little bit of a warming in u.s./russia relations. >> here to discuss is the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee, dianne feinstein, also a member of the senate intelligence committee. senator, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> so we learned that former trump foreign policy adviser,

george papadopoulos, traveled to london in march 2016. and in april met with a professor who promised dirt on hillary clinton from the russians. have you seen any evidence that this dirt, these e-mails, were ever given to the trump campaign? >> not so far. >> not so far. have you ever seen -- have you seen any communications that suggested that the trump campaign wanted them to release them through a different means? because obviously they were ultimately released by wikileaks. >> no, i have not. >> okay. former trump campaign adviser, jd gordon, told cnn in a march 2016 meeting with then candidate trump, the candidate listened to papadopoulos when he presented the idea of arranging a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. but take a listen to what president trump had to say about this on friday. >> i don't remember much about that meeting. it was a very unimportant meeting. took place a long time -- don't remember much about it. >> he says he doesn't remember much about it. do you believe him? >> well, we saw the photograph

of the table with president trump at one head, sessions at another, and papadopoulos in the middle on the left. and that was reportedly to discuss russia. i think we've got committees looking, both intelligence and judiciary, and these things are hard to ferret out exactly what went on, and people often don't give you the straight scoop in terms of their testimony. so we will see how that turns out. >> speaking of people not giving you the straight scoop, former trump foreign policy adviser, carter page, told me friday he told then senator now attorney general sessions that he was traveling to russia in the summer of 2016. but take a listen to what sessions had to tell your committee, the judiciary committee, about this last month. >> you don't believe that surrogates from the trump campaign had communications with the russians? is that what you're saying? >> i did not, and i'm not aware of anyone else that did.

and i don't believe it happened. >> do you think that attorney general sessions lied to the committee under oath? >> well, i'm not going to say whether it was a lie or not. but it seems to me that senator franken has been very good in outlining the various instances, where there was more than one contact on behalf of sessions. now, whether he remembers it or not does not mean that it didn't happen. and i think some of that needs to be developed further. >> do you think that -- you're the ranking democrat on judiciary. are you and chairman grassley going to ask the attorney general to come back and clarify this? >> well, i think that the request has been made by sessions, and -- excuse me, by franken. and i think he should come back and clarify it. i have not discussed this with the chairman. i will discuss it. >> there are a lot of people out there who might be watching this unfold and think, boy, the attorney general sure gets to --

gets a lot of leeway when it comes to telling your committee things that turn out not to be true. >> well, i don't know what you mean by that. but -- >> well -- >> we certainly don't want to tell things that aren't true. >> right. >> and maybe he has a faulty memory. so there are a lot of excuses one can make. but at this stage, he's got to narrow his recollections. when he comes before the committee again, he has to be precise, and it has to be accurate. >> one of the things that's been going on the last couple days has been president trump seems to be telling the justice department and the fbi that he wants them to investigate and prosecute hillary clinton. there's this one tweet he wrote, quote, everybody is asking why the justice department and fbi isn't looking into all the dishonesty going on with crooked hillary and the democrats. what's your response? >> hillary has had a big fbi investigation. that's what the october surprise was. and so i think she's been

investigated in and out by the best investigators in our country. and if you look at mueller's operation, you see how good his operation is. when conducted by the fbi. as opposed to congressional investigations, where the authorities to investigate are much more constricted, and much less. >> your colleague, senator bob corker, issued a statement friday saying he was troubled by how much the president seems to be directing the justice department and the fbi to investigate his political opponents. does it trouble you? >> yes, it troubles me very much. this has been this president's response to virtually everything. he hits back at hillary clinton. well, hillary clinton was defeated in the election. i think the time has come to forget about it and go on to other things. this president has a very -- excuse me -- big hill to climb on this trip, on legislation, on

getting daca done. if there is going to be a tax bill, play a role in that tax bill. certainly in health care reforms that are needed under the obamacare bill, which is where i think we are. that there need to be amendments to that bill. and we can make them and perhaps even do them on a bipartisan basis. >> let's talk about that trip president trump currently on a 13-day trip in asia where the main focus seems to be how to handle he isca lating tensions with north korea. >> the pentagon said the only way to locate and secure all of north korea's nuclear weapons is, quote, with complete certainty is an invasion with u.s. ground forces. and any invasion source would be subject to chemical weapons attack. this is a pretty bleak assessment. are you worried that we're headed for war with north korea? >> it is the most bleak assessment. i've spent a lot of time reading the intelligence. i've had an opportunity to discuss the situation with secretary mattis. i believe that an outbreak of

war would kill hundreds of thousands of people. and i'm very pleased that secretary tillerson is with the president. i think if he will stay the course and use diplomacy the way diplomacy can be used, that it might be possible to work something out. the worst alternative is a war which could become nuclear. >> you're up for re-election next year. and this week allison hartson, a 37-year-old bernie sanders supporter, announced she is going to enter the race. already facing a challenge from state senate president kevin de leon. their argument is you haven't held president trump accountable and you're part of the problem in washington. how do you respond? >> well, i respond there's a certain agree of unfairness in that. i'm well aware of the president's deficits. i'm also well aware of the fact of what i said. and what i said was in a commonwealth speech, and parts

of it were excised from the speech. but what i said, i hope in these months he can learn, and end up being a good president. i don't think -- and that was catastrophic for some people in my state. everybody sees what the flaws in this president are. there's no question about it. and that's why this trip right now going on i think is worthy so much attention. can he actually stay on script? i watched his remarks in japan with respect to the military that were receiving him. and i thought he did a good job. he stayed on script. it's when he goes off script. it's when he tweets. it's where he has to attack everybody. if he feels even slightly aggrieved. and his comment that the only one that matters is me. he isn't the only one that matters. he's the one that's there to solve problems on behalf of the united states. and that's what this trip is

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i don't remember much about that meeting. it was a very unimportant meeting. took place a long time -- don't remember much about it. >> that's president trump talking about the meeting in march 2016 between himself and his foreign policy advisers. george papadopoulos pitched the idea of him meeting with vladimir putin, according to bowen. he heard him out. let's talk about it with the

panel. congresswoman barbara lee, sticking with the theme of northern california democratic women on the show today. what do you -- where do you think this investigation goes? we've had two indictments and a guilty plea. >> well, first, i think it's getting very close to the white house. if you ask me. and the family of donald trump. and what is disturbing, though, is every time there's an indictment or someone comes and talks about something that someone had already perjured himself on, we began to wonder what's going on in terms of obstruction of justice, in terms of alleged financial crimes. in terms of the emoluments clause. the president, of course, is getting money from foreign governments. >> through his hotels, you're saying. his corporation. >> through his hotels, yeah. and so there are a lot of issues that the president seems to want to make -- he's put forth a distraction on all fronts, trying to make us look at other

issues, rather than really where mueller is going. so we have to support this investigation, and hopefully mueller will go where the facts lead. >> michael, i know you called george papadopoulos a coffee boy. he worked on the campaign. he was senior enough to be named by president trump as one of his senior foreign policy advisers, and he did get his e-mails returned. he wasn't that low. >> well, he's about as low as you can get on that campaign. and if he was such an important person, why isn't he at the state department right now. what papadopoulos was, he was apparently the zelig of the trump campaign. his face keeps popping up here and there. nobody knew who he was. and the allegations that he somehow is going to be a connection to donald trump or anyone in his family, that's fantasy. and unfortunately, he did some really stupid things, he's being punished for it. he should be. and he shouldn't have been anywhere near that campaign. >> congresman, what do you think of the developments this week? how should republicans in congress be responding? >> well, with the indictments and plea agreement, papadopoulos, it seems to me there are more questions than

answers right now. i think that this is a very serious. there has been some connection, obviously, between members of the campaign, donald jr., papadopoulos and russian officials. i'm not saying the president has in any improper contacts. we don't know that yet. but frankly, more questions than answers at this point. and i think we should just let this investigation play itself out and see where it goes. but the campaign certainly exercised poor judgment in bringing these two guys in the campaign. carter page and papadopoulos. i mean, it's almost an embarrassment. >> you worked on the obama in twain in 2018 and 2012. you also worked in the state department. this is a factual matter. how unusual is it to have conversations or contacts with people that are with foreign governments? >> there are some that take place. president obama went on a foreign trip when he ran for office in 20108. what is unique here, russia has been seem for some time as an adversary, and a country that has an adversarial relationship in many ways with the united

states. they were looking for you will have nernlvulnerabilities withi united states, they found them. so papadopoulos is significant this week, because he admitted to lying to the fbi. in a mob movie, he may be mobster number four, somebody who is going to be sharing information with mueller and others about the mob boss and people around him. so this is a unique situation, and certainly not one that i can compare it to from the obama campaign. >> so there's a big debate right now at the white house about how the president should be responding to the mueller investigation. obviously, stephen bannon from outside the white house is suggesting he take on mueller, hit back. trying to get members of congress to threaten to take away funding. so as to narrow the scope of the mueller investigation. how do you think the president should handle it? >> well, i think if this investigation goes outside the scope of russian collusion, it should probably be shut down. >> the whole thing. >> well, i'm not -- i can't tell you. we have a congressional investigation in the house and in the senate on this.

i've had to testify in front of the house myself on it. there are questions that need to be answered. i think it's very clear, and i've said this since july of 2016, that the russians were trying to get into both campaigns, and certainly we know for a fact they were going after papadopoulos, and donald jr. and we need to have answers to those questions. but if we start looking into, you know, financial improprieties in 2004 by the trump organization, it's time to shut it down. >> congresswoman? >> yeah. the president says that this is a witch hunt. and he also doesn't seem to understand the separation of powers. the justice department, the special prosecutor, has a job to do. and he keeps trying to interfere with this. and that is very scary, because, you know, the president has -- his own powers as the president of the united states, the commander-in-chief. the justice department, the attorney general, the special prosecutor, should be allowed to conduct their job. and the president seems to -- he appears to be obstructing or trying to obstruct, every effort

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former interim chairman of the dnc, donna brazile, the democratic national committee was wired and rigged for hillary clinton, that she shares her assessment. let's talk with our panel. congresswoman lee, you were a hillary clinton supporter. you're also from an area of the country that has strong support for grass roots democrats and bernie sanders. are you concerned? do you think the dnc was rigged? >> first, let me clarify this. i did not support either bernie sanders, nor hillary clinton in the primary. i wanted to be on the drafting committee for the platform so that we could work on a platform that would bring unity to the party. and that is what i think we did in terms of the platform being one of the best and most progressive platforms we've ever had. donna has a right to tell her story. and whenever -- let me tell you, whenever it appears that any -- that there's unfairness in a primary that is tilted in one direction or the other, you know, the party needs to look at what is being said and what people think, regardless of what you believe or what side you're

on. what's important also is that we institute, and i think that the new leadership of the party is instituting some reforms to address grass roots participation, transparency in terms of money -- fund-raising.d we have to make sure that we elect democrats because i think the public really understands that this trump agenda is fundamentally wrong. look at their tax package, look at what they're doing to low income, middle income individuals. we have to move forward. clearly we are in the process of bringing people together, unifying. we have a unity commission coming up with recommendations and we have to really look at the systemic and institutional reforms that are necessary in the party. >> can republicans take advantage of these divisions in the democrat party to win on tuesday and beyond? >> as a republican i must say i'm thoroughly enjoying this

whole kerfuffle. county committees and even national committees from time to time put their thumb or in this case their fist on the scale. this is not a crime. they committed an act of po politi politics. the role of the parties is to put forward the best candidate. that's their job. the job of the political party is not to be switzerland. this is always fun to watch. i don't think it amounts to a whole lot. the democrats are going to have to sort this all on their own. but i do think political parties should weigh in from time to time. >> what might be the prevailing view of the scandal from wise men and women in washington d.c. who look at the situation in washington d.c. >> diminishing. >> but it's probably not a compelling argument to progressive grassroots democrats, especially bernie supporters, who feel like, wow,

our guy got screwed. >> the reality is that when you have senator elizabeth warren go out and say this is rigged, we should remember she's going to remember for president in 2020. she wants bernie sanders supporters. there's political motivation there too. my priority as a democrat is that we need to talk about what we're going to do moving forward. right now no one's focusing on the division in the party because they're focused on the circus on the other side, donald trump and the divisions in the republican party. on the democratic side we're doing things that are problematic. we raised half as much money as the rnc did. tom perez should get credit for that. however, we also can't kill ourselves through litmus tests by saying you can't be a part of the party unless you do x, y. z. that is not a winning strategy. yes, there's bias, we know about it, but what we need to address

are these existing issues hurting our party right now. >> donna brazile writes in the book she thought about convening the dnc to replace with a different ticket in joe biden and cory booker. >> i get it. donna brazile, i've always admired her from across the aisle, thought of her as a person of candor. i never expected her to roll a grenade into the tent but i think this is the beginning of the problems for the democratic party. i think when the russia investigation is proven to be absolute bogus and nothing comes of it and nothing touches donald trump, i think you're going to find a lot of people arguing in that party because some of the democrats we heard, some of the sane and relevant comments from senator feinstein today. from my perspective, i live in buffalo, new york. in erie county right now we have really important county

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a big international trip for the president and making sure he likes what's on his plate. >> one bite and you'll know exactly what i'm talking about. >> the president's team has made it clear only foods he recognizes, no whole fish with the head still on, nothing spicy. >> where are the intersectistea? >> surely his hosts will aim to please, as in saudi arabia where the president was served steak his way, well done with a side of ketchup. >> the best tasting most flavorful beef you've ever had and believe me, i understand steaks. it's my favorite dessert. >> i'm never going to eat an oreo again. we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen, and president xi was enjoying it. >> one note of caution to anyone dining with president trump. mind your manners.

he's watching. >> he's sitting there eating, piling pancakes into his mouth. i never saw anything like that. i have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion. >> if the food is not up to par, the president can always send his staff out for something more american. >> the big macs are great, the quarter pounder with cheese. >> after all, america first. >> please pull up to the second window. >> thanks for spending your sunday morning with us. "fareed zakaria gps" starts right now. this is gps, the global. square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria, coming to you live from new york. oh, my god! >> we'll start today's show with terror in downtown manhattan aga again. what does this attack tell