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W. GOVERNMENT, THEY SPEND MORE, TAX. MORE. CHERYL: MEANWHILE, THE WAR WITH. IRAN HAS EXPANDED WITH THE. IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHIS HAVING. CAPTURED A VITAL PORT CITY ALONG. YEMEN'S RED SEA, HOME TO ONE OF. THE WORLD'S MOST VITAL SHIPPING. LANES. ALEX HOGAN IS TRAVELING WITH THE. PRESIDENT AND IS HAS MORE FROM. DUBLIN. ALEX. >> Reporter: HI, CHERYL. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HERE IN. IRELAND FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS IS A TRIP THAT IS A MIXTURE. OF DIPLOMACY AND GOLF. THE PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY.

SPENDING THE DAY AT HIS OWN. PROPERTY, THE DOONBEG RESORT, FOR THE IRISH OPEN. YESTERDAY HE WAS HERE IN DUBLIN. MEETING WITH IRISH OFFICIALS. TALKING TRADE AND ECONOMIC TIES. BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. AND DURING SOME OF THOSE. MEETINGS, THERE WERE ALSO. CONVERSATIONS AROUND ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE AMID THE GROWING. REGULATIONS THIS WEEKEND TRUMP. TOOK QUESTIONS ON A.I. TODAY. SAYING THIS --. >> WELL, I SAY THIS, LOOK, WE'RE. LEADING CHINA IN A.I. WE'RE THE MOST SOPHISTICATED.

COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND, FRANKLY, I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT. WAY BECAUSE WHOEVER WINS A.I. WINS. AND WE CAN PUT GUARDRAILS, WE. CAN DO THIS AND THAT, BUT I. THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEGATIVE. VOICES THAT ARE BRINGING IT UP. THAT SHOULDN'T BE BRINGING IT. UP. AND THEY BRING IT UP --. >> Reporter: IT COMES AMID A. GROWING CONVERSATION OVER THE. DANGERS OF A.I. CEO OF ANTHROPIC DARIO AMODEI. SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE. DELIBERATE APPROACH IN BUILDING. POWERFUL A.I. SYSTEMS AND.

CARRYING AHEAD AS FAST AS. POSSIBLE CARRIES RISKS SOCIETY. MAY NOT BE PREPARED TO MANAGE. SAM AT -- SAM ALTMAN AND ELON. MUSK PUBLICLY AGREED, BUT SOME. CRITICS ARGUE THIS IS FEAR. MONGERING OR A TACTIC TO SLOW. DOWN COMPETITION. DAVID SACKS FIRING BACK AT THE. TECH GIANTS TELLING THEM TO STOP. PRETENDING THEY NEED ANYONE. ELSE'S PERMISSION TO SLOW DOWN. WRITING, QUOTE OR, MOST OF ALL, STOP PRETENDING THE MOTIVATION. TO SLOW DOWN IS TRULY.

ALTRUISTIC. YOU FACE MASSIVE EXPOSURE IF. YOUR PRODUCTS ALLOW A MASSIVE. CYBER ATTACK. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE BELIEVES. THAT THE TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE. U.S. AND CANADA WILL SOON COME. TO AN END, AND HE SAID THAT. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON IRAN. THAT COMES AMID NEW ESCALATION. IN THE MIDDLE EAST. MARITIME TRACKERS RECEIVING. REPORTS TODAY Y OF AN ATTACK ONA. SHIP IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS. TODAY THAT HE SAID THAT THERE. COULD BE A DEAL THAT IS CLOSE. AGAIN, THAT COMES DESPITE THE.

NEW ESCALATION THAT WE ARE. WATCHING UNFOLD IN THE MIDDLE. EAST TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO. STAY AT THAT DOONBEG RESULT. UNTIL LATER TODAY WHEN HE WILL. TRAVEL BACK TO WASHINGTON D.C. CHERYL? CHERYL: ALEX HOGAN TRAVELING. WITH THE PRESIDENT IN IRELAND, THANK YOU. WE WELCOME IN THE CHAIRMAN OF. THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE. COMMITTEE, ARKANSAS CONGRESSMAN. RICK CRAWFORD. YOU KNOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, IRAN'S. PRESIDENT IS VOWING THEY, QUOTE,

WILL NOT SURRENDER. BUT THEN THE REGIME SIGNED A. JOINT STATEMENT WITH RUSSIA AND. CHINA WHICH URGES A HALT TO THE. ESCALATION. DO YOU TAKE THIS ATTEMPT AT. DIPLOMACY AT FACE VALUE. >> I DON'T TAKE ANYTHING THE. IRGC SAYS AT FACE VALUE, AND I. DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD. I THINK THEY ARE DUPLICITOUS ON. A GOOD DAY. AND SO TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S. WORTH. THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH RUSSIA AND. CHINA, AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE. MAKING STATEMENTS TO US THAT. REALLY DON'T COMPORT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S VERY.

DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THEM. DIPLOMATICALLY. CHERYL: CERTAINLY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT, WE. HEARD FROM HIM IN THE LAST HOUR. FROM IRELAND. HE HAS SAID HE'S OPTIMISTIC. ABOUT WRAPPING UP THE WAR, AND. HE ALSO SAID HE MAY NOT HAVE. THAT DONE BEFORE THE MIDTERMS. WE CONTINUE TO SEE ATTEMPTED. ATTACKS ON OUR U.S. INSTALLATIONS, OUR ALLIES IN THE. REGION AND ENERGY STRUCTURE IN. THAT REGION. WE SAW BRENT GO ABOVE $100 A. THIS WEEK. DO YOU THINK THAT THE CONFLICT. IS GOING TO BE OVER BY THE. MIDTERMS?

THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT. THAT IN IRELAND JUST IN THE LAST. HOUR. YOUR THOUGHTS. >> WELL, WE'RE EIGHT WEEKS OUT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY SIGNS OF THEM. SLOWING DOWN. IN FACT, I WOULD POINT TO THE. FACT THAT THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY. OPENED UP A SECOND FRONT BY NOW. ENGAGING WITH THE HOUTHIS NOT. JUST MATERIALLY OR FINANCIALLY, BUT PHYSICALLY PLACING IRGC ON. THE GROUND WHICH WOULD IMPLY, TO. ME, THAT THERE IS SOME COMMAND. AND CONTROL THERE. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW DYNAMIC IN. THIS ENGAGEMENT. SO THIS MAY BE AN EFFORT FOR. THEM TO SORT OF CREATE A. DIFFERENT FRONT, SPLIT OUR.

ATTENTION, DIVERT OUR ATTENTION. AWAY FROM THEIR CONTINUED. DEVELOPMENT OF BALLISTIC. MISSILES AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN. TERMS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF. NUCLEAR. BECAUSE THEY'RE DEVELOPING. BALLISTIC MISSILES SO THAT THEY. CAN DEVELOP THEIR NUCLEAR. CAPABILITY. THAT PROVIDES THE NECESSARY. PROTECTION IF FOR THEM. AND SO I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS. ABOUT THAT. I THINK THE DYNAMICS HAVE. CHANGED D A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T THINK IT'S UNMANAGEABLE. BY ANY STRETCH OF THE. IMAGINATION, BUT I DO THINK IT'S. INTERESTING THAT THEY'RE TAKING.

A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT. STRATEGIC TACK. CHERYL: HAVE YOU HAD. CONVERSATIONS WITH REGARD TO OUR. RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR ALLIES IN. THE REGION? >> I HAVEN'T ENGAGED WITH THEM. DIRECTLY, HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE. ADMINISTRATION HAS, AND, YOU. KNOW, I THINK ABOUT, OF COURSE, THE UAE PRIMARILY AND SAUDI. ARABIA THAT ARE PROBABLY. POSITIONED GEOGRAPHICALLY MORE. EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO. DEAL WITH THE THREAT THAT THE. HOUTHIS PRESENT. BUT THERE ARE OTHER ALLIES IN.

THE REGION AS WELL THAT SHOULD. BE JOINING THE FIGHT, AS IT. WERE. SO I'M SURE THAT THE. ADMINISTRATION IS TALKING WITH. OUR GULF STATE ALLIES. CHERYL: WITH YOUR WORK ON. INTELLIGENCE, IT'S VERY. IMPORTANT WE GET YOUR. PERSPECTIVE THIS MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO PIVOT NOW TO THE NEW. WARNINGS ABOUT A.I. SPECIFICALLY. THESE A.I. MODELS ARE POSING A. DANGER TO HUMANS WITH THESE BOTS. BREAKING OUT OF THEIR CONTROLLED. ENVIRONMENTS, REPLICATING. THEMSELVES. IS THERE A CONCERN AMONG MEMBERS. OF HOUSE INTELLIGENCE THAT THESE. BOTS COULD INTERFERE WITH.

MILITARY OPERATIONS? >> WELL, THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT. THE ROLE THAT A.I. PLAYS IN THE. INTELLIGENCE-BASE, CERTAINLY, AND WHAT APPLICATIONS THAT THEY. MIGHT BE I WON'T COMMENT ON. I WILL SAY THAT I THINK BOTH SAM. ALTMAN AND DARIO AMODEI ARE THE. KEYS TO THIS. THEY, THEY CAN ADDRESS THE PACE. OF THIS THEMSELVES. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED. CONGRESS TO JUMP IN AND SAY SAY. DO X, Y ANDZ. HOWEVER, I DO THINK CONGRESS.

SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO. ADDRESS A.I., AND I THINK IF WE. DON'T SET THE GUARDRAILS. OURSELVES, WE'RE BASICALLY. TURNING THIS OVER TO POTENTIAL. ADVERSARIES. BUT I THINK THIS IS A. COMBINATION, IT'S A JOINT EFFORT. BETWEEN LEGISLATORS AND THESE. TWO INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE, QUITE. FRANKLY -- AND DAVID SACKS. MENTIONED THIS IN HIS. COMMENTS -- ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS. A DUOPOLY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO. INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THEIR. HANDS TOGETHER ON THE THROTTLE. THEY CAN THROTTLE FORWARD OR. BACK AT THEIR DISCRETION.

AND SO I THINK WHAT THEY HAVE. RECOGNIZED IS THE NEED TO. THROTTLE BACK AND WHAT THAT. IMPLIES FROM A REGULATORY. STANDPOINT. BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY'RE IN. THE DRIVER'S SEAT, AND WE'RE. GOING TO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM. SO THAT WE CAN BUILD A FRAMEWORK. THAT UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR US. TO LEAN ON A.I. WITHOUT. NECESSARILY LETTING IT GO AT ITS. OWN PACE. CHERYL: BUT DON'T YOU WORRY. ABOUT THE ISSUE OF. OVERREGULATION? AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WITH THE. MIDTERMS COMING, WHAT IF CONTROL. OF THE HOUSE DOES GO TO THE.

DEMOCRATS? YOU'VE HAD BERNIE SANDERS WHO'S. BEEN VERY CLEAR HE WANTS TO STOP. A.I. DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THE. INDUSTRY WOULD TELL YOU IS A. DANGEROUS IDEA BECAUSE THEN THE. CHINESE GET AHEAD OF US. >> WELL, THIS IS A NATIONAL. SECURITY IMPERATIVE, AND IT. WOULD EXPECT BERNIE SANDERS TO. SAY, YES, LET'S STOP EVERYTHING. AND TURN IT OVER TO THE. COMMUNISTS. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. AND I'M NOT SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, WITH HYPERBOLE HERE. I THINK IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THEY. WOULD BE PERFECTLY CONTENT TO. TURN THIS OAF TO OUR ADVERSARIER.

ADVERSARIES. WE NEED TO LEAD. WE HAVEN'T TURNED OVER NUCLEAR. TECHNOLOGY TO OUR ADVERSARIES. WE'VE BEEN THE LEADER IN THAT. FOR YEARS, AND WE HAVE THE. ABILITY TO SORT OF SHAPE NUCLEAR. POLICY. WE NEED TO BE IN THAT SAME. POSITION AS IT APPLIES TO A.I., AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY BERNIE. SANDERS WOULD MAKE SUCH A. RIDICULOUS STATEMENT THAT WE. NEED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AS IF. CHINA'S GOING TO FOLLOW SUIT. CHERYL: HOUSE INTELLIGENCE. COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN CONGRESSMAN. RICK CRAWFORD. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.