to get nafta through, new nafta and obviously the tariff issue is if republicans thought they could get away with criticizing the president in public, they'd be criticizing. >> reporter: you can look at construct grassley with iowa and farmers and the impact that he sees with his famous 99 county tour. you do see a divide there, there are republicans that know the cost of the trade and tariff policies on this white house and are willing to push privately in those conversations to talk about it more publicly. but not setting off a lot of conflict with the white house, but trying to push the president on this. we've seen the president make the argument on the campaign trail that there are farmers who are willing to go through this pain for the ultimate payoff that the president says he can deliver by having a new nafta, the usmca as he calls it or some other agreement, which is on rocky turf right now with china trade talks. so there is some division on some of these issues. you also see it in a foreign policy era. we know secretary of state mike pompeo landed in baghdad for an unanno

. >> you never guess some democrat is now spoiler pushing to delay until after 2020 the new nafta deal, the big bold gamble by democrats, that story we bring you to tonight. thank you for joining us. i am elizabeth mack donald, the "evening edit" starts right now. elizabeth: president trump slapping back on the robert mueller after former special counsel comment fuel democrat call for impeachment, this is william barr said that mueller could pro grout up charges of conclusion of obstruction of justice, hillary vaughn on capitol hill. reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi is dragging her feet, deciding whether or not to let the house precede with impeachment hearings, even though yesterday, 2020 presidential candidate charged forward telling democratic control house it is time to take action but pelosi says, she is not ready to go there just yet. >> you have get the facts, america people deserve the truth. we won't be swayed by a few people who think one way or another, who are running for president, as much as i respect all of them. reporter: around 30 house members supported impeachmen

just like nafta. nafta was such a disaster, this .ould have been worse it is no wonder when joe biden announced he is running for president -- by the way -- [crowd this is just -- look at the thousands and thousands of people we had. they said he had 600 people. not very good. i'd say 150. and that was on an announcement. i would say 150 people. but he announced he's running for president. he said it's because foreign leaders called him up and begged him to do it. absolutely. foreign countries liked it much better. that's what they want. they want biden so that china can continue to make $500 billion a year and more ripping off the united states. hey like it. [crowd booing] you look at what these countries made, we lost $800 billion. $800 billion is a lot. it's not even conceivable. and we didn't do anything about it. and i mean not only president too., i mean others, out. 're straightening it we're taking in -- we will soon be taking in over $100 billion in tariffs. remember this. they czyz their product. -- they subsidize their product. we're going build places in pennsylvania

huddled with robert lighthizer to discuss the replacement for nafta and the trade war with china. the administration's goal is to shore up as much support from democrats as possible on trade. also on the white house agenda, an overall to the immigration system. trump's son-in-law jared kushner and senior adviser stephen miller met with republican senators on tuesday. republicans reportedly emerged with blaze for kushner and miller, but according to the "washington post," not everyone was impressed. an anonymous person familiar with the discussions said, quote, kushner didn't give many details and there were a number of instances where people had to answer questions because he couldn't. so just how do they plan to gain democratic support on immigration? it sure seems like they don't. after meeting with -- after the meeting senator lindsey graham said i don't think that it is designed to get democratic support as much as it is to unify the republican party around border security. joining me now, joe crowley and also carlos curbelo. great to see you both. i want to start with you, c

successor to nafta. it took a while to negotiate. he has a better version of nafta that is pending. the real hangup is on the democratic side in the house. you are the chief deputy whip, you count votes. what are the chances of getting it through. politico says it is down to 45%. rep. kildee: i would not put a percentage on it, but i will say there are two questions. what are the odds and how are the odds increased if we place much more clear pressure on mexico to actually deliver on the reforms they have begun to approve. the question for us is when do we say we believe mexico will be making the fundamental changes in their labor environment, in their labor practices in order for us to not believe that we are just going to see the same thing we saw in the original nafta, where there were many promises made that mexico was going to come, and then into the 20th century, and willingness that they would have real trade unions. just passing the law will not be enough for many of us. we will have to see them take decisive action. this is one of those cases where the president was right to re

balance as white house officials attempt to hammer out a deal with china while the new nafta also faces an uncertain future economist richard wolfe joins us to discuss what is at stake plus details continue to emerge in the world when negotiations took fire oil giant and arco petroleum what will this mean for the two hundred fifty thousand acre of in the permian basin artie's haven't heard joins us to drill into the details and finally right here behind this live and over how to carry new drivers in new york city to new regulations that ford tried healing services to pay a living wage our correspondent alex mahela dish up behind the wheels to hear a true story all that directly ahead but first let's have some headlines. made a twenty nine thousand leads are global report today as violence erupts in paris ahead of marches to commemorate international workers day clashes between protesters and police started well before the official march was set to begin a spokesperson for french president emanuel told the financial times that mr mcmullan ordered extreme firmness against disorder and violen

fight against nafta. he voted for nafta. >> a booming jobs report means a happy president. >> the economy is unbelievable. never probably has done as well as it's doing right now. >> "inside politics," the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. >>> welcome to "inside politics," i'm john king. to our viewers around the united states and the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. in a moment we'll go live to seoul for the latest on a north korean provocation. be we ginn with a challenge here at home. what you might call the trump paradox. the american economy is humming, yet the american president, heading into re-election season has an approval rating stuck in the low to mid 40s. across the country saturday, headlines marking another big economic milestone. a hiring surge is how the orlando sentinel put it. in sioux city, unemployment hits a 49-year low. the arizona daily star connecting the dots, hiring surge gives boost to the economy, trump's bid for second term. in the president's hometown, it looked like a re-election ad. how did the president spend his saturday

stages of the trade agreement that will replace the nafta free trade agreement in place for decades. this is important to trade across the continent and the economy of the united states and mexico. nejra: there's two ways we could take this, one on the implications for nafta, and one on the implications for president trump's next steps for china. what's your views on where this goes in both directions? anna: first on nafta, this is a setback. this comes after the trump administration submitted their draft statement of the u.s. deal, which will be the new nafta. nancy pelosi pushed back on that move, saying it rest her timeline -- rushed her timeline. she hasn't weighed in on the tariffs, but it's definitely seen as a threat. not only mexico and the steps the trump administration wants to take against central american migrants, but also against democrats, or as trump said, not doing enough to address or security in general. as it relates to the china trade deal, if i'm a chinese trade negotiator looking at the way this has played out, i'm going to see the united states as an untrustw

mexico as they renegotiated the nafta agreement. november but last it is awaiting ratification by all three countries. washington says a resolution is close, but ottowa is playing it cool for the time being. here's canada's foreign minister. remainsanadian position as it has been from the very outset. we believe these tariffs need to be lifted for the benefit of both of our countries. we are glad that we have achieved an agreement on the new nafta. we think free-trade in steel and aluminum should be part of that agreement. >> the saga of a struggling steel mill has taken another turn as the government tries to ensure rescue. >> the frencnch governmement and british steel say they have unlocked the first set of funds needed foror the purchase of the troubled steel mill in northern france. workers are relieveded but cacautiously so.o. if thehe rescue were to fall through, it wouldn't be the first time. after 24 hours of uncertainty, jobs at the steel mill are secure once more. despite financial difficulties, british steel says it has the solution to back the factory. the unions will wan

u.s. pushes for the nafta replacement to be ratified, usmca. the adoption is time to run up with electoral pressure. sarah mcgregor leads our economic policy coverage in washington. we have a bill in place year, expected to get through. it's interesting mike pence is pushing this, but they have not ratified this in the u.s. will this be a two-way conversation in that regard? >> pence is very much on a goodwill mission to ottawa. a lot of harsh words that trump gave to trudeau last year, calling him weak. steel and aluminum terrace were recently removed. suddenly it looks like there was a factor between two of the biggest allies. mike pence today is showing some goodwill. both countries right now are rushing to get this legislation passed to put the usmca into force. pence said today the congress wants to get it through by the end of summer. elections coming up in canada in the fall. there is a sense that there is this deadline looming. arey: what are the hurdles now to get the democrats to agree to pass the usmca in congress? we have seen in mexico, they approved the labor overha

has i happenedthese 20 years of nafta is our production platforms and supply chains have tcome integrated. what that means t out of every dollar of mexican exports to the united states, $.40, .40, are of u.s. import. those tariffs are also tariffs on u.s. ports are also -- jane: you say if. do you think he will impose these tariffs? arturo: i think people who do not take this president seriously and think this is just a bluf mistake.ng a grave i think he is fully capable of doing that. having said that, i think there will be, as we have seen with the business roundtable with the chamber of commerce and theta uniteds, very significant because of the economic costs to the u.s. economy. yohave got governors and a trade associations and members of congress -- senator grassley last night -- pushing back against this. jane: but could mexico do more to stem the flow of migrants coming up through countries like guatemala? arturo: look, this relationship has to be built on one fundamental premise, that mexico and the united states be able to deal with the mplex relationship we have, and

anywhere. >> the new nafta. >> china is one area he can try to accomplish something. when you look at what are the deals he's gotten done, he doesn't have an enormous amount to ride on right now. you can say the tax bill. which some people said was done in spite of him. this has hurt the chinese economy betut the economists sa the real risk is something we'll see in late summer, fall 2020 if this war continues. it takes a while to trickle through the economy high pressure there-- there's a lot take for u.s. economy. >> unemployment is at record lows going back to 1969. inflation has not picked up surprising most conventional wisdom. does he have an argument to make that this is a good time to take out china this which has been cheating and stealing our pa tent and getting away with all kinds of infringements on us for years. >> nobody really knows what goes on inside president trump's mind. what you can think about is this idea, like your mentioned, the employment situation in the u.s. right now is pretty darn good. it's not great. it's good. the committeconomy is moving in right direction

is all systems go to try to get the new nafta deal ratified in canada. >> obviously these continued tariffs on steel and aluminum and our countermeasures represented significant barriers to moving forward with the new nafta agreement. now that we've had a full lift on these tariffs, we will work with the united states on timing for ratification, but we're very optimistic that we'll be able to move forward well in the coming weeks. >> vice president mike pence will be here in canada at the end of the month to try to pick up on some of that momentum, but really you can look at it as a trade reset for the trump administration and taking on china, they decided to try and hold their allies a little closer. they have held off on new tariffs for europe. are trying to speak very quickly with japan to try to see what could be done there. and in the meantime, now that they have this settled and out of the way for both mexico and canada, they are hoping that that deal will be ratified in the next few months. again, the reset is important as american businesses look to see what the u.s./china t

infrastructure deal unless congress approves his new nafta. >>> and right now on the hill, treasury secretary steve mnuchin testifying. this after a confidential irs memo obtained by "the washington post" says the agency must turn over tax returns to congress unless executive privilege is invoked. >>> and also happening right now, democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss, you guessed it, whether or not the party should move forward with impeachment proceedings. >>> we have to start this morning with the meeting going on now on capitol hill. nbc's kelly o'donnell is live on the hill. kelly, take me inside the mind of nancy pelosi. house speaker is huddling with congressional democrats. we know impeachment is the hot topic. what do you think is going on inside? >> it's a careful balancing act, steph, because the house speaker is trying to be responsive and listen to her members who have been talking about impeachment really since they took the oath of office but we have seen a shift in recent days, especially after don mcgahn, former white house counsel, was not appearing

years old, became of an age after nafta. they came of age after free-trade carpet bombed the region he's from. baylor pharmaceuticals. just finally closed their final factory there. hemorrhagingta jobs, thousands f jobs since nafta since 1994. this is what people mean when they say make america great again. it's mainly an economic argument, but these elite far less, these out of touch liberals and journalists want to pretend that it's some kind of a race cry when it couldn't be further from the truth. >> tucker: so smart. you're absolutely right. it is in fact an argument primarily about economics, about trade and immigration and the effect of immigration onn wages in the merely turned it into the dumbest, shallowest kind of like skin color questions, why? >> what else do they have? they have nothing else because the people who can't make america great again arein the people whose lives they ruined, whose communities they run, that's the democrats and republicans, the establishment. they went all in for nafta, the media went all in for nafta. this of the people -- pete's constituent

pelosi in the house of representatives. . that is his renegotiated version of nafta which is not even nafta 2.0, it's like nafta 1.1. the house of representatives is not friendly toward it already. so i'm not sure what's in it for nancy pelosi to fast track the president's new nafta agreement through the house of represeti representatives. >> think of the negotiating position he's taking here, i'm not going to do any work as president. we're not going to do any legislation, nothing, unless you drop au your investigations into me. what does he think is going to happen in response to that? does he think even the republicans will say democrats you better drop your investigations? the president says the country will get it if you don't. what does he expect to be the response to this? the only thing he's done is if there was ever any inclination by anyone to drop an investigation into him they now can't because he told them they needed to and it would be giving into this weird threat to the country if they went along with it. i don't know if this was the president doing this on his own. i

translation. we talk so much about the back and forth about nafta, versus new nafta and usmca ended up being the name. as you sate as an advocate for small business, is this better than what we have now? better than nafta. if so, why? >> no doubt about it. that agreement needed to be modernized. there was no mention of the internet in the original nafta agreement. we're doing things like protecting intellectual property. and as you know, a lot of innovators are small business so that is really important. connell: yep. >> there is a real focus on the small business piece. that is where most of the jobs come from. if we can pass this agreement we could add potentially another point to our growth and we're already growing well. you talked about the job numbers. remember small businesses are the engine of america. they create almost 70% of the jobs. connell: i know. last thing, hector, the holdup here seems to be tariffs on steel and aluminum. we thought even last night the president was tweeting about u.s. steel an tariffs are working great essentially. chuck grassley is out there saying get ri

his position on the nafta. at one time in my life, representative tim ryan, you remember him, he's running for president, he was the aoc -- he got in the congress when he was 29. you know what the number one issue was? naft wh nafta, he beat up on nafta. i will make a prediction, chuck. are you ready? democrats will win new york and california. but if we run like we want to be the governor of new york and california, you're going to blow off iowa, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and ohio, and that gets you to the promised land. remember, this is about winning an election. it's not about being a purist. i love uncle joe. i've ridden in a limousine with him. i have had lunch with him. i think he needs to rethink that china issue. i really do. >> what do you make of biden's strength so far because it defines his own past as a candidate, he's never been running this strong before for president, and the democratic party in the past usually beats the living daylights out of its front-runners. is this a reminder that maybe there's a whole bunch of people like you just simply give me the

agreement. -- as giving -- one if you want to call, nafta to point out. >> the administration doesn't want to touch it. >> they have to. again, it's enforcement. i myself voted for nafta with certain promises is going to do this this and this from the clinton administration. it never happened. so unless you have it built into the agreement what services soe rights to in a letter or side deal or and limiting language in other legislation, it's not binding on the other country. it's talking to ourselves. what i said to the ustr on monday in the same conversation is, enforcement. i don't know exactly what you want -- enforcement. enforcement has to be in the trade agreement. there are three areas of concern. one is what it means to american workers, and to have workers in mexico working like $1.50 an hour is not helpful to american workers. that just draws jobs away. second is the environment. that's always a concern in our trade agreement. and third pharmaceuticals, concern that what is in the bill would increase the cost of pharmaceuticals in the u.s., and our promise is to red

significant barriers to moving forward with the new nafta agreement now that we've had a full lift on these tariffs we are going to work with e.m.i. united states on timing for ratification but we're very optimistic we're going to be able to move forward. while the tariffs help to many u.s. steel and melamine you make has the canadian and mexican retaliatory tariffs hurt other sectors of the u.s. economy such as agriculture trump said he hoped that congress would move quickly to approve the deal. and let's find out more from us court at the new york stock exchange yes these tariffs been in place for about a year now what does the u.s. gain from. well i mean the basic idea was that big ben china was flooding the market for example with cheap stealed sometimes diverting those some chipman through other countries to avoid tariffs and the united states was hoping to protect the domestic steel an element industry trick has only worked so far i mean 1st of all if you look at the stocks of the big u.s. steel and aluminum producers of they have been quite depressed actually in the past 12 months an

canada agreement their replacement to nafta is seen as a top economic priority for trump ahead of this 2028 presidential reelection bid so we have 2 reporters covering this developing story rozen jordison washington d.c. or mexico's foreign minister is headed for joining us live from mexico city so what has their reaction been from mexico city. the reactions been mostly measured and also mostly on social media we heard those remarks but we saw those remarks of your twitter from president trump making threats toward mexico over tariffs if mexico is unable to stem the flow of migrants making their way into the united states later a letter published also via twitter by the mexican president calling for a renewed dialogue with the united states and then this earlier on friday morning the mexican president spoke at a morning press conference talking about the dispute let's take a listen sit by and then. i believe this measure will be further analyzed by the united states government i believe that president trump will understand that this is not the way to solve things i think that there wil

speed internet which is needed in hospitals at ports to trade deals nafta for example which is jew and updated ratification on that that likely won't happen and that could be risky for a president to his long staked his claim on being a deal maker and economic reform and that in light of an election campaign code be a dangerous move helen humphrey in washington thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world north korea has labeled us presidential hopeful joe biden quote a fool of low i.q. and an imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being this after biden called north korean leader kim jong un a tyrant gang also said that biden's candidacy was enough to make a cat laugh. the united states has said that it suspects the syrian government of using chemical weapons again this time in a weekend attack in the northwest of the country where the army was targeting the few remaining rebel held positions washington has threatened for private schools if it's proved that chemical weapons were used though observers have disputed the claims.

think this is. well there is that there's an incredible hypocrisy on this issue i mean 1st of all nafta which is the free trade agreement between the u.s. and mexico has led to a huge increase and trucks behavior traffic across the mexican border and this is facilitated the transport drugs so on and so smuggling drugs across the border has never been easy. but it's this this is this free trade agreement which the clintons you know author of and home loaded that has made this possible so so it's really difficult. to criticize trump the whole straw on the borders of the same time without recognizing that the the the the more liberal border arrangements promoted by nafta asses. the transport of drugs and other substance is across the border so democrats enjoy playing both sides of the crafts. they have tried their best to keep immigrants out they have contributed to. a dismal conditions in central america which are generating waves and waves of refugees who want you to the same time they want to blame trump war on not having. rather a humane attitude a both major parties are thoroughly imp

congress a plan to ratify the new nafta agreement now called the us mexico canada agreement which took years of negotiations to work out that it appears the white house also unilaterally on the single day may be tearing up that work with these threatened tariffs which ironically that trilateral agreement is working to curb so the real question is whether or not these tariffs truly will happen whether this is an empty threat or realistic it's the same question we asked ourselves a few months ago when trump had threatened to close the entire southern border in response to the migrant crisis he never did that rather he claimed without providing evidence that mexico had stepped up in its immigration enforcement against central americans and it is telling that in this renewed threat of tariffs on mexico there is nothing in the ultimatum that says to mexico what it needs to accomplish to avoid these tariffs so it opens the door again for the trump administration to claim a victory while in essence still avoiding the tariffs if it so chooses and in the process scoring political points with th

agreement or the new nafta it seems to be stalled in congress the administration is now making the case that the u.s. and ca well boost the u.s. economy by sixty eight billion dollars and add one hundred seventy six thousand jobs what it actually and how sell. i don't believe so i think this is the exact same hyping that on the other side the democrats under clinton did when nafta was first passed big promises of wonderful gains to get the things signed so you can claim that you have done a great thing what happened recently was that the mexican government agreed to make some moves to protect workers that was missing from all that had been discussed before but the a.f.l.-cio and the democratic party want more they want real guarantees that these are not just agreements signed but really will be enforced and that the funds in the personnel there are going to do what they promise there's no guarantee at this point nothing is built. and so the democrats are saying until that's done we're not going to sign off and without the democrats in the house of representatives they'll be no new agree

-based caucus he voted against nafta before voting against nafta was cool. [applause] he voted against going to war in iraq twice. [applause] then in 2007 he defeated the richest man in vermont to become my senator. [applause] as a senator he forced the first ever audit of the federal reserve which revealed $16 trillion in near zero interest loans in the wake of the financial crash and numerous conflicts of interest. then he led a successful effort to stop the so-called chained thewhich would have reduced benefits that are paid to people on social security and veterans. and just last september he basis --d the stop bezos act. that stands for stop bad employers are zeroing out subsidies. it requires large employers that are paying lousy wages to reimburse the federal government for the food stamps in the medicaid benefits that their employees need in order to get by. [applause] a month after he introduced that legislation, jeff bezos raised the minimum wage at amazon to $15 an hour. [applause] and now just in these last few weeks we have been reading about how it was bernie who brought

getting rid of nafta the north american free trade agreement called it the worst feel ever made his base needed him to renegotiate that so he has so he has this new agreement that he wants to see congress pass no it's not all that new of an agreement experts say if you look at it it's just basically some pretty tiny tweaks but still to he is to be able to say before his reelection that he kept his promise that nafta has been renegotiated there was a very important senator who said you know that's not going to happen until you get rid of tariffs on the aluminum and steel coming from china and mexico so the president has been pushing his people pushing on capitol hill what looks like it's going to be a pretty tough sell but it was a nonstarter till he made this move so it wasn't as if the president did this without some pressure senator grassley chuck grassley from iowa very important said you're not getting this until i get my way and now he's got his way to senator that is not the president ok so possible progress even if the changes are small petty trump has also been speaking abou

billion trade. they did 371 i think what people have to realize is -- the nafta, the scribn germans and the japanese have really adopted nafta in a way that i think they would recognize. there is a toyota plant, the man rushed to build there wiis lookg real stupid. >> they would move production of u.s. bound cameras from china to mexico what are they thinking right now, guys? >> you are dealing with the china/trade war and china making decisions within that and are starting to as you point out, carl, the journal has a story yesterday move your supply chains and make the decisions you put off. we hit of this that comes out of nowhere and it has nothing to do with the trade dispute i would think that it adds to your overall inability to make a decision or increases on uncertainty which we hear about so often which being the enemy of capital spending. >> the president says this is going to force -- >> so you think, you really believe he's using this as a tool to try to get automakers to bring manufacturing back here everyone thou even though we say it is about the immigration process.

doesn't want to touch it. again, it isi: enforcement. voted for nafta with certain promises. it never happened. unless you have it built into the agreement if somebody says or writes to you in a letter or implementing language and other legislation is not binding on the other country. it is us talking to ourselves. what i said to the ustr on monday in that same conversation enforcement. enforcement has to be in the trade agreement. concern, oneas of is what it means to american workers. workers in mexico working for like $1.50 per hour is not helpful to american workers. it throws jobs away. secondly is the environment. that is always part of a concern in our trade agreement. third are the pharmaceuticals. the current certain -- the concern that it will increase the pharmaceuticals in the u.s.. those are the three areas of concern. there are some other issues. those are the three main areas of concern. even if you could come to an agreement on them. if you don't have enforcement it is just a conversation as it is with the chinese. robert: how do you resolve those issues. mexico'

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unfair trade practices like nafta, dealing with china, the horrible iran deal. the president is taking action on that. we've seen the economic growth. every day there is a new report about how strong our economy is, the american people are benefiting. he is doing it largely by himself right now. imagine what we could get done if we could get congress to actually do something in washington, d.c., like actually passing the usmca. stuart: the president is under great pressure to do some kind of a deal with china, if this drags on forever, it is not good for the american economy. it really could create a downturn right before the next election. i'm sure the president's aware of this, but there is pressure on him to do something with the china deal? >> well the president doesn't respond to pressure like that. he knows we have had a bad deal for decades with china. it put american manufacturers and american jobs at risk. doing nothing is not an option and making a bad deal is not an option. if the president has to play hard ball and continue to work with china, to try to get a good de

move forward and he says he wants you to address the u.s. mca, the nafta redo first. any chance of that happening? >> well, the president has the cards in his hands. he should be providing leadership. this nafta 2.0, as i called it, he's still has to come forward with how he's going to deal with those labor issues, how he's going to deal with the environmental issues. i'm not one who voted for nafta so i'm not all that surprised that we have to revisit it, but that should not be taking the place of infrastructure. we can do two things at the same time, they are different all together. >> very last question. robert mueller, we understand there is some reticence for the special counsel to testify publicly. did i read that you might support closed door testimony? do you think it's essential that the special counsel testify in public? >> no, i don't think it's essential that he testify in public. i think what's essential is that he testify. that we have a record. if he helps develop the record, all of us are equipped enough to be able to read the record that he develops. it cannot be a

president mike pence rallying support for the president's new nafta deal, or u.s. mca and promising canadian prime minister justin trudeau that the u.s. mca will get passed this summer and the washington post now reporting the president has put a plan in motion to force nancy pelosi's hand hi, everybody this is all bulls & bears" an action packed day, christina partsinevelos, oh , no we have jonas max ferris, adam lashinsky and gary b. smith good to see you, gang thank you for joining us. let's go first to edward lawrence with the very latest on what is happening here, edward? >> reporter: david the white house taking criticism from all sides about the plan to impose a 5% tariff to begin with on everything that is imported from mexico, criticism from mexico, from democrats, republicans, trade groups, as well as republican allies, of this white house, and also a business is upset about this. in fact a spokesperson for the u.s. chamber of commerce says they are among a group of businesses looking to file a lawsuit over this policy. >> they're using some emergency powers and we're stil

complicated deal. it's a deal that's going to be many, many times better than nafta. i consider nafta to be one of the worst trade deals ever made in the history of our country. i think the world trade organization, larry kudlow, may be even worse. may be even worse because what it's done with respect to trade and international trade and trade with china, what it's done for china and how much money our country has been losing to china every year. so world trade organization has been really bad, but the nafta has been one of the worst deals ever made in trade. just last week, we reached an agreement with canada and mexico to lift major tariffs on american agriculture and we opened up the beef exports with japan. did you know that? right? that's a big deal. so we opened it up with japan. first time ever. so beef is now going to be starting to flow to japan. our folks that do beef, they are very much happy. they were shocked to see that one. it's happening. it's happening fast. i think things probably are going to happen with china fast, because i can't imagine they will be thrilled with

administration's efforts to ratify nafta 2.0. why was this hastly assembled threat rolled out the door? why now? it comes amid an influx at the border but also it comes amid a growing number of democrats calling for impeachment after bob mueller handed them the baton to determine if the president's actions were impeachab impeachable. that tally has ticked up to 52 democrats and one republican. the democratic chairman were an impeachment inquiry says the believes there is justification. if this is a bluff, the story is a giant political implications for democrats. we're joined by a member of house leadership. it's democrat debby dingle of michigan and if it isn't a bluff, it will have major imp implications for the border. let's begin with congress. congresswoman, i want to just start with what was your initial reaction to the president's announcement last night? >> chaos. total chaos. i am somebody who lives in state that needs a new nafta. what tariffs are an economic tool to level the playing field for working men and women across this country. what he did last night is one of my problems

trying to encourage this globalist economy. -- clinton passed nafta -- but two out of the three democrats voted against nafta, two out of three republicans voted for nafta. this has been the trend. if you look at our trade deficit with china, even with all of this talk with donald trump, it is at the highest point ever. host: joe in cleveland, ohio. independent line. you are next up. caller: hello. i think the main problem we are talking about today originated when the manufacturing base left our country and moved to china. it was corporate america, along with the government and other issues that make that happen. we used to make the best after world war ii. this country made the best of everything. when corporate america moved to china for quicker profits and cheap labor, we had the problem we have today and i do not think we will correct it. do not think tariffs are way to resolve those issues? he hung up. let's go to stanley in new jersey. republican line. caller: i just wanted to say that tariffs are paid 100% the consumer. it is passed on from the importer or the buyer the

capitol hill about nafta in 2017 and about tariffs in 2018 were brought down the quiet in the discussions with the president. they met six months after the midterm elections, but senator grassley is talking to push back on section 232, the way you impose tariffs and international security criteria, the beginning of more public rumblings. now they are about to lose it. so the timing is right when we thought the chinese really wear at the table and then he threatened these new tariffs, now the deal really is falling apart. they are falling out of time on the electoral calendar. the farmers are hurting. the retaliatory tariffs on steel and aluminum against us are so devastating to political constituencies for publications that i think unless he brings the chinese back to the table, they are going to start to roll back this deal in aluminum tariffs. >> we are about five and a half hours away from the tariffs, 2.5 billion on chinese imports. >> if you read these statements from chinese officials, they make it very clear that these things do hurt. and that is, i think they probably

economy, do you think? >> i don't think that much of a difference than nafta. we updated it a little bit, but the, to me, it was more of a tweak rather than anything of a substantial difference than the prior agreement. >> we picked up half a percent in canada at the end of the day and we included, obviously, upgrades for intellectual property and other issues were not included in the original deal we've talked about this, had we joined a transpacific partnership, we would have isolated china economically and automatically upgraded nafta since canada and mexico were signatory to the tpp and not have gone through a lot of what we've gone through the last three months or so. >> a lot of fluctuations in the market, in reaction to what we're hearing both from china and what's going on here ron, if you're looking to your investors and you're giving them advice, what are you telling them we start the day negative. we go positive, or it's the reverse the next ay. is it even smart to get in >> first of all, most of the people, whether i talk to or deal with or encounter in any way, shape or

and new nafta. kristina partsinevelos is here with the late-breaking details. >> we stand on guard for thee. win, win, win, that is the words we heard echoed by vice president trends and prime minister trudeau. they had a press conference where they discussed nafta 2.0. they call it that way in canada. we know it is the usmca. there was a lot of optimism. the issue canada wants this ratified as soon as possible, parliament, house of commons is breaking for summer. they have to worry about their own federal elections. we had news too that mexico announced they will try to ratify it through the senate even though the senate is closed at the current moment. they too want to get the ball rolling. where could the stonewalling happen? here in the united states by congress. this was major issue asked by vice president pence at the press conference. listen to what he had to say about congress. >> i'm here today, not only to reassure the prime minister and the people of canada that we're driving forward on the usmca but to send word home that amidst all the other issues washington, d.c., sp

canada, parliament will consider a vote on the new nafta. vice president pence will address lawmakers, encouraging them to pass the trade bill. >> i think it will be interesting for us to hear from vice president pence about the u.s. domestic gratification process. and we will be happy to talk with him about the domestic gratification process for the new nafta here in canada. >> what she is saying is how are you telling us what to do if you're not doing it yourself. it is very hard to get congress to do anything. and they have not passed usmca yet. >> very interesting. thank you. >> thanks, scott. 6:17 for you right now. ♪ >>> hey, new this morning, the boss is going back on tour. bruce springsteen is recording a new album with the e street band. it is expected to start in 2020. 69 years old and still dancing in the dark. glory days for him. >> there you go. i have nothing to say about that. >> you're the boss. >> you are the boss. >> who was that on stage with him? >> courteney cox. >> was that born in the usa? >> i think so. >> from the garden state, jersey. our weather, not too b

but not bernie sanders. >> i helped lead the fight against nafta. he voted for nafta. rob: biden didn't take the bait. he was also proud to receive support of the firefighters union. >> asked president obama not to endorse them but he is open to endorsement because he got it for management of the firefighters. >> reporter: donald trump agrees, read tweeting firefighters who disapprove of the news and adding i have done more for firefighters than this dude sucking union will ever do and i get paid 0. >> the president has been tweeting a lot about me this morning. i wonder why he is doing that. >> reporter: biden is trying to build on obama's legacy typically regarding obamacare. >> i told president obama it was a big deal or something to that effect. thank god my mom wasn't around. >> reporter: barack obama is one of the only democrats biden wants to talk about, focusing on donald trump as if it is already the general election and biden is into he will ignore the other primary candidates until the primary debates. rob: 27 after the hour, william barr declining house demand for a s

>> essentially if you remember toward the end of the mexico-canada nafta agreement, trump put out a couple of very nasty tweets towards mexico and canada, and then four days later there was a deal these tweets -- this is just pressure towards the end you probably get a deal within two weeks, but bob lighthizer is a hall of fame negotiator in trade. he really has the president's ear right now, but at the end of the day mr. kudlow and mr mr. mnuchin, they're more centrists. in the end i think they'll win right now president trump is siding with mr. lighthizer >> dow futures are down 100 points, so it's a theoretical exercise, but if we get a market rally on what's been a red hot year, do we sell into the rally? >> well, you know, i think u.s. equities -- too many investors in the world are hiding out in u.s. equities. there are markets in the world like brazil, there are markets in the world european equities that are extremely cheap relative to the u.s. we believe that you want to be in emerging markets. you want to be lightening up on u.s. equities here because too many investors are hiding o

bernie sanders. >> i helped lead the fight against nafta. he voted for nafta. >> biden didn't take the bait. >> i'm proud of my record. >> he was proud to receive supportive of firefighters union. >> asked president obama not to endorse him but he's open to dorsum because he caught it from the management of the firefighters. >> donald trump agrees, retweeting doesn't the firefighters who disagree adding i do more for firefighters than this union will ever do and i get paid 0. >> i understand the president has been tweeting about me a lot this morning. i wonder why he is doing that. >> another candidate on trump's radar, pete buttigieg clarifying a spokesperson's, and that he would be okay with some religious or personal exemptions to vaccines. now the campaign tells fox he believes only medical exemptions should be allowed. mayor pete recently met with hillary clinton, trying to build a following wild biden is trying to build on obama's legacy. specifically regarding obamacare. >> i told president obama it was a big deal or something to that effect. thank god my mom wasn't around.

. some people call it nafta some call it nafta to -- 2.0. the three things, the three things, the three things. we are very busy people. >> last time i checked this is three, not this. it was worse yesterday. they played another clip. she cannot put a subject with a predicate in the same sentence. what's going on? >> i'm 76 years old, she's a couple years older than i am. we all age a little differently. my sense is she is a very big job i think is getting worn down. she's always very neat and proper, i think she's very inarticulate which she's never been in the past. i think in a certain extent she should step in the background and not be in front as much. she should not be the point person. >> is she speaker in name only now? actually being controlled by her own sort of radical branch of the democratic party? >> it is a split party. certainly, the young dynamic, democrats want to impeach the president do not go along with her. she is sort of the old guard and i think this is the democratic party of joe biden and everyone is way over the hill running for president. she certainly