NEW YORK.

WE'RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH

BREAKING NEWS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP

IS ABOUT TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL

ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

THE SPEECH WILL BE CLOSELY

WATCHED IN THE WAKE OF THE

PRESIDENT'S CONTROVERSIAL MOVES

ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT SINCE

HIS LAST U.N. APPEARANCE A YEAR

AGO ON TRADE, IMMIGRATION,

CLIMATE CHANGE, NORTH KOREA, THE

IRAN DEAL MOVES OFTEN

INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE.

IT'S A BUSY WEEK FOR THE

PRESIDENT BOTH HERE IN NEW YORK

WHERE HE HAS FOUR DAYS OF EVENTS

AT THE U.N. AS WELL AS WHAT'S

GOING ON IN WASHINGTON WHERE HIS

SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT

KAVANAUGH FACES SEXUAL

MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS, A BIG

HEARING ON THURSDAY.

AND NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

FUTURE OF DEPUTY ATTORNEY

GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN WHO

OVERSEES THE MUELLER

INVESTIGATION.

ALL THIS PLAYING OUT UNDER THE

SHADOW OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS

JUST SIX WEEKS FROM NOW.

THE PRESIDENT RUNNING QUITE LATE

FOR HIS SPEECH AT THE U.N.

TODAY.

HIS MOTORCADE LEFT ONLY A SHORT

TIME AGO, THE TRUMP TOWER HERE

IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.

THE PRESIDENT STOPPED AS HE

ENTERED THE U.N., MADE COMMENTS

TO REPORTERS ABOUT IRAN.

SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT EXPECT

TO MEET WITH IRANIAN LEADER

ROUHANI.

HE SAYS THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT

RIGHT.

LET'S GO TO CHIEF FOREIGN

AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT ANDREA

MITCHELL HERE IN OUR NEW YORK

STUDIOS.

>> HE MISSED HIS SLOT.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK SECOND

AT THE U.N. TODAY.

HE WAS DEPARTING LATE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KEPT HIM AT

TRUMP TOWER.

THEN HE STOPPED TO TALK TO

REPORTERS AS YOU JUST POINTED

OUT.

HE WAS ASKED IF HE WAS GOING TO

MEET WITH PRESIDENT ROUHANI AS

YOU REMEMBER VERY WELL,

PRESIDENT ROUHANI TOLD YOU

EXCLUSIVELY YESTERDAY THAT HE

DOES NOT WANT TO MEET WITH

PRESIDENT TRUMP, SEES NO REASON

TO BECAUSE OF THE THREATS AND

THE OTHER DECISIONS MADE BY THE

U.S.

OBVIOUSLY THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE

IRAN DEAL.

WE'RE PLAYING TAPE.

YOU HEAR THE SHOUTING QUESTIONS.

HE SAID IRAN HAS TO CHANGE ITS

TUNE BEFORE HE WOULD MEET WITH

THEM.

HE TWEETED HE WAS NOT GOING TO

BE MEETING WITH ROUHANI BUT HE

SAID HE'S SURE SOME TIME IN THE

FUTURE.

HE SAID HE PROBABLY IS A LOVELY

MAN INEXPLICABLY.

THE OTHER BIG ISSUE IS NORTH

KOREA THAT HE WAS ALSO ASKED

ABOUT TODAY, LESTER.

HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN BIG

CHANGES THERE.

AND PROJECTED THAT THERE ARE

POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT

NORTH KOREA AS YOU WELL REMEMBER

ONLY A YEAR AGO, HE WAS CALLING

KIM JONG-UN ROCKETMAN FROM THIS

PODIUM.

AND THEY WERE HAVING A BACK AND

FORTH OF TAKING ACTION AGAINST

NORTH KOREA.

YOU CAN HEAR THE INTRODUCTION

NOW.

>> AND ANDREA, THE PRESIDENT

YESTERDAY AND TODAY SUGGESTED

THAT ANOTHER SECOND SUMMIT WITH

KIM JONG-UN IS IN THE OFFING.

HE SAID THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON

IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE'LL GET TO ALL THAT.

HERE IS THE PRESIDENT AT THE

U.N.

>> MADAM PRESIDENT, MR.

SECRETARY GENERAL, WORLD

LEADERS, AMBASSADORS, AND

DISTINGUISHED DELEGATES, ONE

YEAR AGO I STOOD BEFORE YOU FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN THIS GRAND

HALL.

I ADDRESSED THE THREATS FACING

OUR WORLD AND PRESENTED A VISION

TO ACHIEVE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR

ALL OF HUMANITY.

TODAY I STAND BEFORE THE UNITED

NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO

SHARE THE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS

WE'VE MADE.

IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, MY

ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED

MORE THAN ALMOST ANY

ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF

OUR COUNTRY.

SO TRUE.

DIDN'T EXPECT THAT REACTION, BUT

THAT'S OKAY.

AMERICA'S ECONOMY IS BOOMING

LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

SINCE MY ELECTION, WE'VE ADDED

$10 TRILLION IN WEALTH.

THE STOCK MARKET IS AT AN

ALL-TIME HIGH IN HISTORY, AND

JOBLESS CLAIMS ARE AT A 50-YEAR

LOW.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN,

HISPANIC-AMERICAN, AND

ASIAN-AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT HAVE

ALL ACHIEVED THEIR LOWEST LEVELS

EVER RECORDED.

WE'VE ADDED MORE THAN 4 MILLION

NEW JOBS INCLUDING MANUFACTURING

JOBS.

WE HAVE PASSED THE BIGGEST TAX

CUTS AND REFORMS IN AMERICAN

HISTORY.

WE'VE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION

OF A MAJOR BORDER WALL AND WE

HAVE GREATLY STRENGTHENED BORDER

SECURITY.

WE HAVE SECURED RECORD FUNDING

FOR OUR MILITARY.

$700 BILLION THIS YEAR AND 716

BILLION NEXT YEAR.

OUR MILITARY WILL SOON BE MORE

POWERFUL THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN

BEFORE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE UNITED

STATES IS STRONGER, SAFER, AND A

RICHER COUNTRY THAN IT WAS WHEN

I ASSUMED OFFICE LESS THAN TWO

YEARS AGO.

WE ARE STANDING UP FOR AMERICA

AND FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND WE ARE ALSO STANDING UP FOR

THE WORLD.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR OUR

CITIZENS AND FOR PEACE-LOVING

PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN NATIONS

RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF THEIR

NEIGHBORS AND DEFEND THE

INTERESTS OF THEIR PEOPLE, THEY

CAN BEGIN TO WORK TOGETHER

TOWARDS SAFETY, PROSPERITY, AND

PEACE.

EACH OF US HERE TODAY IS THE

EMISSARY OF A DISTINCT CULTURE,