negotiations, he's pleased with china trade talks including china agreeing to criminalize the sale of fentanyl. >> they've agreed to do the death penalty for selling fentanyl and if it's shipped to the united states, that would be a very severe penalty. i think it's going to have a tremendous impact. >> china is a major fentanyl producer and much of it is brought into the u.s. through mexico. president trump and others argue that a wall or barrier would limit smuggling and save lives but the dea says most fentanyl is hidden in commercial vehicles crossing at legal ports of entry -- true. but i can also tell you firsthand there are hundreds of miles of open arizona desert that are very active drug smuggling corridors. >> shannon: trace gallagher on the west coast, thank you very much. president trump breaking news tonight on a whole host of other topics including what some are characterizing as a policy split with his intelligence chief,