crazy. and that -- we've been handcuffed. if we do that, if we do that, now not only will the united states grow faster, china will grow faster. >> mnuchin and kudlow there. to get china to the bargaining table the president approved hundreds of billions in tariffs on chinese good and promising to move ahead with another $267 billion if a new deal can't be reached and important to point out that parts of the u.s. economy have suffered. you mentioned china's economy has been sliding. parts of the u.s. ag sector has suffered because of the ongoing trade dispute. more trade talks today. the idea is to get the two sides to come to an agreement to end this trade war, not escalate it. we expect pictures from the eeob. meeting not far from here. i promise to pass the pictures along when we get them. >> sandra: a couple days of big meetings. thank you. >> bill: another big story today.