Buyers, greater power to seize guns from the mentally ill and tighter age limits for buying rifles like the one used in the shooting at a high school in parkland florida. The nras top lobbyist pushed back on some of those proposals thursday night following a meeting with the president and Vice President , tweeting, quote, we all want safe schools, Mental Health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. Potus and vpotus support the 2nd amendment, support strong due process and dont want gun control. Joining the panel this week wall street journal columnist and Deputy EditorDan Henninger and columnist kim strassel and bill mcgurn. Bill, is the president finally breaking what he calls the gridlock on gun control . Well, it depends on which President Trump you mean. The President Trump that sort of said we could do away with due process and do a lot of things grab the guns first . Right, or the president after he met with the nra lobbyists and seemed to walk back some of his things. Thats one of the interesting things about this debate is the president on both sides. [laughter] i was going to say the other side. I think that what we saw after the meeting with the nra is going to be closer to what he is. The republicans can do something, Mental Health restrictions and so forth but i dont think it is going to morph into the fullblown gun control democrats want. For one thing, i dont think democrats want it. The ones in sensitive state, you know, folks like like in the trump states. The 10 trump states that were Democratic Senators incumbents are up for reelection, four of them i think voted against Dianne Feinsteins amendment in 2013 trying to ban assault weapons. But dan, i think whats interesting here is maybe the president s responding to what he senses is a shift in the political winds on gun control. That after a long time, maybe there is something that has to get done, if only because republicans need to vote for something. Well, thats right. I think the republicans are under a lot of pressure, and whether hes breaking the gridlock or not, i mean, lets say no one would ever mistake donald trump with Lyndon Johnson in terms of being a political animal, you just cannot wave your hand and change the politics of an entire country. And bill just described some of the political pressures that weigh in against merely transforming the gun control debate. So i think its possible that yeah, hes broken the gridlock, and i think that the public pressure is breaking a lot of gridlock, but that doesnt mean that the political realities around this issue in Congress Wont reform once these bills get into the house and then try to get through the senate. Youre going to find the same problems. Kim, i wonder what you think about this. You followed gun control for years, and i mean, sometimes we miss the shift; right . We miss the big political change. So we think about a subject one way for a long time, and i wonder, is this a moment where the nra as influential as it is, is overplaying its hand politically . Im not sure it is overplaying its hand. Although i think it does look, its done what it could do. Come out and said that here are the things that we need to fix. Look i have some respect for their position in what they are focused on is in fact what we should be focused on. The question is how do you keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people . Now the tricky thing is that involves a discussion of Mental Health. It involves state laws like commitment. It involves due process. Thats a place that not a lot of republicans want to go. And so they have defaulted, led unfortunately by the president , back to a meandering discussion on gun control, which, you know, he started out all right talking about fixing the background check system. That is something that needs to be done. But raising age limits and assault weapons ban, if thats what people want to call it, it is not going to go through the house. And it probably wouldnt even make it through the senate. Dan, what about that nr action point, though . Do you think that maybe that they need to bend more . The question is, i dont know whether they need to bend more, but i think they need to realize the pressures that are out there leaning against them right now. Were in a new era. Social media . Yeah, social media is the great new pressure out there. Thats what the students down there at the high school galvanized, the media itself responds to it, recreates and becomes this kind of exponentially greater power that leans on anybody in politics. As we know, politicians respond to public pressure, and the pressure thats being brought to bear on the members of congress right now is enormous, and i think the nra would be wise if they saw a way to kind of give some ground. Im talking purely in political terms. Not talking about giving up the 2nd amendment. Right. But give some ground nobody is talking about that. Release the pressure. Paul, i would just say i have looked at the twitter feeds of these students down there, the more active ones, and i think where this is likely to go, theres going to be a march on washington. Its going to be an antitrump march. These people basically to seem to pick democratic talking points. They are backed now by organizations helping them on the march, planned parenthood, moveon. Org. They have a celebrity pr firm. I think it is quite likely that the other side overplays its hand, because a lot of the gun owners, and im not talking about just the nra, im not a gun owner, but a lot of them feel that they are being called deplorables and they are lawabiding people and they will be made to suffer for the actions of other people. I think it is equally likely that the left overplays its hand. Thank you all. Iran, russia and now north korea, a leaked u. N. Report alleges that pyongyang is the latest rogue regime aiding syrian dictator assad in syria. Senator Lindsey Graham just returned from the region. He joins us next. Made with carbsteady. To help minimize blood sugar spikes. You can really feel it. Now with 30 less carbs and sugars. Glucerna. You can switch and save time. It pays to switch things up. [cars honking] [car accelerating] you can switch and save worry. You can switch and save hassle. [vacuuming sound] and when you switch to esurance, you can save time, worry, hassle and yup, money. 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I spoke to South Carolina senator graham who just returned from a trip to the israel syria border. You just got back from the middle east. Talk about that. But first i want to talk to you about the news, your reaction to the news from the u. N. That the u. N. Has found that north korea supplied material and experts for syria to build chemical weapons plants, going back many years, but as recently as the last two. What do you make of that . Well, if the u. N. Found it, it was pretty obvious. [laughter] all kidding aside, the biggest concern about allowing north korea more capability is that they share their capability or sell it. So the idea of allowing them to build an icbm with a Nuclear Weapon on top to hit america is a nonstarter because they are likely to take that technology and share it or sell it so thats why i think President Trump is right to deny them the capability to hit the homeland. This is just another example of how they share their technology with bad actors. Paul theres no way in your view that we can contain north korea like susan rice and others say because we can threaten massive retaliation . Yeah. Paul you are saying they will just sell it . Yeah, i think its the hardest decision any president has to make. Theres no place to kick the can now. Weve run out of options pretty much in north korea. Now is the time to tell them to stop. So the president s made a decision. Im going to deny them the capability to hit the homeland with a Nuclear Weapon through an icbm and the main reason that we want to do that is if you allow them one hydrogen bomb, they will get 50 over time and they will sell it or give it away just like you see with this episode in syria. So i dont think containment works. I think they are likely to sell anything they build. Thats a nightmare for the world at large. Paul in syria you looked, inspected the israeli syrian border. Yes. Paul you can look down on that damascus plane as you know whats going on there . How big a problem is this . The military buildup by iran and hezbollah and lebanon and russia in syria . Its far worse than i thought it would be. On the israeli side, you can see right in front of you a village and Syrian Democratic forces hands. You can see one village over in assads hands with hezbollah flags flying. 20 miles down the road, theres a town of 80,000 people. So the assad regime is moving all throughout syria. The Syrian Democratic forces are collapsing. And wherever assad goes, hezbollah goes with him. And thats a nightmare for israel. Paul well and we had the skirmish there recently with iran sending a drone into israel, israel retaliating. Right. Paul how regularly is israel bombing in syria to stop the buildup . Pretty regularly. The fear is between damascus and beirut theres going to be a corridor where weapons can pass. The environment along the syrian, israeli border, is turning bad for israel at a pretty rapid pace. Southern lebanon is a nightmare. It makes gaza looks stable. The Israeli Defense forces said there are over 100,000 rockets and missiles in the hands of hezbollah in southern lebanon. As you recall, israel withdrew from southern lebanon years ago. The United Nations was supposed to police the area. The United Nations interim force lebanon has sat on the sidelines and watched hezbollah dominate southern lebanon with Missile Technology that now threatens every part of israel. So its a matter of time until israel strikes southern lebanon. Paul it seems to me the Trump Administration has said rhetorically they are going to expose expansion in the middle east i rain yin expansion in the middle east iranian expansion in the middle east. Right. The commander in charge of syria, afghanistan and iraq said this tuesday, make no mistake, irans malign activities across the region pose a longterm threat to stability in this part of the world and he said the following, countering iran is not one of the coalition missions in syria. So i see no strategy to deal with the russian iranian connection that is dominating syria. Syrian Democratic Forces are falling. Iran now is de facto control of damascus and that will throw the entire region into further chaos. Paul i assume you will deliver that message to the white house one of these days here coming up. I talked to general mattis about it. Im writing an oped piece in the wall street journal. Im going to meet with mcmaster and let them know we believe israel is in a no end situation. Its just a matter of time before israel has to use military force. The message is we need to counter iran. Obama withdrew from i i iraq. The vacuum was filled was russia and hezbollah and iran. Is the senate going to confirm a new attorney general this year if Jeff Sessions goes . Jeff sessions is doing a good job. This criticism against jeff about appointing somebody to look at the doj, fbi problems with fisa is unwarranted because jeff rightly recused himself, but i agree with the president in this regard, we need a special counsel to look at the fisa abuses here. They are real. I dont think they are capable of doing it, hes a good man, honest man, institutionally doesnt have the tools of a special counsel. As far as Jeff Sessions goes, i think hes doing a good job. I cant man the turmoil that would be created to try to replace him in this environment. Paul thank you, senator graham, thanks for being here. Thank you. Paul still ahead President Trump says his administration will impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, spooking the Financial Markets and raising the specter of a trade war. Ancestrydna makes over 10 million new family connections, every day. Thats more ways to discover new relatives. People who share your dna. And maybe a whole lot more. Order your kit at ancestrydna. 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A controversial move that he framed along economic and National Security lines. The announcement caps a fierce monthlong debate inside the administration, one that has divided some of the president s top advisors. The president defended his decision in a tweet friday calling trade wars good and easy to win. Were back with Dan Henninger, bill mcgurn, wall street journal editorial page writer. Dan, this is the protectionist trump who campaigned. This is the protectionist trump we thought might appear. Whats the economic and political damage . Well, i will tell you, paul, i think this is really probably one of the most significant political events of the trump presidency, and it may not end up well. Donald trump is famous for making outrageous statements. Did it on the campaign trail. Hes done it in washington whether hes legislating healthcare, immigration, and with that, youve got senators, members of the house, they all go whatever, its donald trump. He will change his mind. It is conceivable that before the announcement is due next week, he will change his mind. Kind of like a prison warden saying i will withdraw rations and then saying a day later no no its okay guys and it creates this chaos. This issue involves the entire International Trading block of nations. Paul right. I think the damage its done here no matter what he does next week is that his credibility is going to be eroded in the future on any trade agreements that he tries to cut with anybody. I think in particular of the idea that were going to have a bilateral trade agreement with the u. K. And teresa may i think would be very difficult for her to get that through now. Paul the media damage was in financial the immediate damage was in the Financial Markets. We saw them fall precipitously on thursday. The companies that use steel, automakers, ford, gm, falling 3 and 4 percent. Is that a warning to donald trump . Absolutely. If you look at it, there are 6. 5 million americans working in sectors where steel has an input. Only about 140,000 people who work directly in steel. Were seeing the impact just ripple across the industries. And i think another important thing to note with this is that its likely to raise consumer costs. I mean, that 10 increased input for aluminium, thats going to drive up canned beer prices. These are commodities that people like. Paul trump voters, they do eat canned goods. They do drink beer. Those costs are going up, bill, as the price of everything. Everything. I mean, thats the problem. Its the law of the commons. You benefit a few at the expense of the many. And the reason you can do it politically is that the many are dispersed whereas the beneficiaries are quite small and you can target them; right . Paul but just think about that for a second. You can target them but the damage is going to be fairly extensive. Absolutely. But it points to i think the larger political problem with trade, which is that other countries do cheat and do give unfair subsidies. Paul right. But theres no way to punish them effectively without hurting yourself more. I found a tape from Milton Friedman in 1978 when we were talking about steel tariffs on the japanese, he explains all these things that economists know, that you cant do it, and at the end he said if they are going to subsidize and give our consumers cheaper goods, then some of the consumers are producers like Car Manufacturers he said why should we reject this foreign aid . Paul even if you worry about china, jillian, because it doesnt play fair, steels arent intellectual property. These steel tariffs dont hit china hard because they only supply 2. 2 of our input. Canada supplies 16 . So were hitting our friends like china i mean like canada, mexico and brazil and south korea. You are absolutely right. If you look at it too, lets keep in mind that canada brings in a significant amount of american steel. Thats one potential area for retaliation. You know, i think this across the board approach, it really ends up hurting our allies and arguably benefitting our enemies. Paul and the retaliation i know from watching what happened back in the bush and obama administrations, these countries can get really canny, dan, about retaliating. They may go after harleydavidson motorcycles, for example, they go after jim beam in kentucky for mitch mcconnell, go after fruits and vegetables in arizona to hurt the Republican Senate candidate there who works for all the companies you just named . Trump voters. This is the politics thats hard to understand. The steelworkers, sure, but all the steel fabricators, the auto industry, there are exponential large number of people working in those industries bluecollar workers who undoubtedly voted for trump. They are the ones that will get hurt and they will be upset about this. Paul i guess trump will say if he were watching this well, bill, you know what . This what is i promised and im fulfilling a promise. Right. Im not sure he needed to full it this way. He has a view of manufacturing america, in these traditional jobs, but if you look at how he behaved on coal which is taking off restrictions and letting the market determine whether theres a market for coal and compare to this where youre protecting youre taxing. Youre putting a tax on people and this tax as weve just said is being paid all across the economy. Paul all right. We will watch this closely. This is as dan says a big deal. When we come back, President Trump taking aim this week at a familiar target. But is the latest attack on attorney general Jeff Sessions the right way to get the answers he wants from the Justice Department and fbi . Its 6 am. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. 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The attorney general firing back in a statement of his own saying in part, as long as i am the attorney general, i will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor, and this department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner, according to the law and constitution. Were back with Dan Henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgurn. Kim, why does the president keep picking on Jeff Sessions, and is it smart politics . It is very bad politics. First of all, you dont go shooting at your own troops in their trenches. Secondly, the particular thing that he is picking on, Jeff Sessions, over is not correct. Look, he got after him because he said that he didnt like that sessions had asked the Inspector General to investigate potential fisa abuses during the 2016 election. And he claimed it would be better if Jeff Sessions lawyers appointees were doing it. The Justice Department has no job investigating itself. It is not the way things go. This Inspector GeneralMichael Horowitz has done a good job in the past. Sessions was right to ask him to take an impartial look at this. And trump, i know hes frustrated that there are no answers yet in all of this, but a procedure has to be gone through. And Jeff Sessions is doing it the right way. Paul bill, why isnt Jeff Sessions resigning . I ask this question not because i want him to but because you know would you stay in a job like that if the president just almost out of selfrespect . Right, i think it is very hard. Also it is not the first public attack. He did it last july. Paul thats right. Called him weak on the Hilary Clinton i dont know why except maybe he knows it one worse if he goes. Paul in what respect . In respect i dont think President Trump would get a new replacement through the senate. Im not sure even the democrats would allow the senate to recess so he could make a recess appointment. Paul for a shortterm . So hes like to be saddled with like rod rosenstein. Paul the deputy hes Deputy Attorney general. Hes a political appointee. Right. So i dont think the choices are that good. Look, i think President Trump is right in this sense. Once Jeff Sessions had to recuse, and i think he did have to recuse, i think he was crippled, and i think it would have been better paul recused from the russian investigation. I think it would have been better to have a real attorney general who could be in charge paul then he should have resigned at that time . Yeah, at that time, but i think again, donald trump in some ways in his own worst enemy. He could get a lot of this information out. Hes upset that the investigators are taking so long to make public what they found out. But he hasnt helped the process at all. And he has the power to do it, to declassify information, for example, the fisa application by the fbi, which is at the heart of this. Paul transparency does seem to me to be the best solution here, but i think on bills point, if sessions quit, then hed have rosenstein and if trump didnt like rosenstein, he would have to fire him. Then he would have to fire somebody else. Then he would have to fire somebody else. With the janitor, you know, running the joint. Thats the potential danger. I dont think this point can be emphasized enough. There are a lot of pro turn people out there who there are a lot of pro trump people out there who says get rid of sessions bring in rudy giuliani, bring in a tough guy, not going to get confirmed, not going to happen. The result is the kind of chaotic situation you are describing. The question is is that impacting the white house . The media spent days writing about the chaos in the white house possibly following the resignation of the Communications Director hope hicks. Possibly it was just a transition that she had planned. But possibly shes the canary in the mine shaft suggesting to other people it is time to go. Paul kim, off lot of white house sources. You have a lot of white house sources. Are we back to where we were before john kelly came to be chief of staff, last summer . It would be hard to go back to where we were before paul it was that bad . Yeah. It was that bad and so, yes, there is an issue here obviously john kelly took some fire over his handling of the rob porter issue. Hes now been taking more internal fire over this decision to change the security clearance question, which has robbed Jared Kushner of classified clearance and there are discussions about whether hes going to go. Look, i think kelly is continuing to try to impose order there, consistent rules. Thats why he came out with the new security rules. There are probably going to be some people who are upset about that, you are hearing them speak anonymously to the press. I think this kushner thing gets resolved one way or another. He probably ends up going. Hope hicks is gone. There is going to be some continued turnover. I think kelly is doing the right thing still moving forward. Paul ten seconds, is hope hicks a big loss for the president . Look, this is i think their fourth Communications Director. He can get someone equal lly talented equally talented. Paul still ahead, much more on this weeks turmoil. Has the president s soninlaw become a political liability . We will ask former president ial advisor karl rove next. [burke] vengeful vermin. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum vo just one touch. Ith with fancy feast creamy delights, she can have just the right touch of real milk. Easily digestible, it makes her favorite entrees even more delightful. Fancy feast creamy delights. Love is in the details. Paul President Trumps soninlaw and Senior AdvisorJared Kushner under increasing scrutiny this week amid reports that his familys real estate business obtained more than half a billion dollars in loans shortly after kushner met with executives of those companies at the white house. That report coming on the heels of the news that kushners interim security clearance had been downgraded from topsecret to secret by white house chief of staff john kelly. His lawyer insisting that it would not affect kushners ability to continue to do, quote, the very important work he has been assigned by the president. Karl rove is a former Senior Advisor to president george w. Bush and a fox contributor and wall street and wall street journal columnist. Welcome to see you again. Thank you, sir. Paul i think when we talked about kushner and ivanka trump Jared Kushner a year ago you said it was a bad idea to put family in senior jobs and then you said maybe you have warmed to the idea because they may have offered the president some good advice. Where are you now a year later . First of all, he was given too broad a mission and its not particularly well defined in some instances. Jared kushner was put in charge of middle east peace, bringing about a Peace Agreement between israel and the palestinians. Thats a job for Henry Kissinger in his prime. And then he was put in charge of some sort illdefined effort to reform the government. And look, he might have provided and she might have provided sort of a stabilizing influence on their father and fatherinlaw, but you mentioned two issues, the security clearances. There are continuing problems with his fbi clearance. You mentioned the large loans. We also have had the revelation that at least four foreign governments, including at least some adversaries of the United States talked among themselves about how could they use Jared Kushners Family Business difficulties as a way to gain influence in the new administration. Look, theyve given it a good shot. Im not certain that theres much to be gained by having them continue to hang on, particularly since were not going to have progress in the middle east any time soon. And he continues to draw fire on these issues regarding his clearance. Paul what about hes also, we know, a subject of interest to special counsel robert mueller. Hes go hes got that going on. He has to have a lawyer on that. It cant make life any easier there. How does it interfere with your ability to do your job . You have to work very hard to compartmentalize this. I was able to, but it was tough to do that. I had to get up every morning and walk in the white house and keep in mind i couldnt let people see me sweat over the issue, the Valerie Plame investigation and i also had to keep completely focused on my job so nobody would walk out at the end of the day and say karls mailing it in on his work because hes concerned about the investigation. That was two and a half years. And it was the hardest thing i ever had to do, but i think i was able to achieve it. But its not easy and particularly when youre not one of one, youre one of two because hes not only taking incoming fire, but shes taking incoming fire as well, albeit not to the degree he has been. Paul just think about it from the president s point of view though. Hes going to lose hope hicks, confidant of the campaign, so called trump translator for the media, close to trump, implicit trust. Then if you lose her and you lose ivanka his daughter and you lose the soninlaw Jared Kushner is donald trump going to be a pretty lonely guy in that white house . Well, hes already lost keith shuler, his personal bodyguard who used to sit literally outside the oval office, hope hicks was in the next office, and yeah, look, this is not fun for him. He likes having his daughter there. Think about it he came from a situation in his business where his two sons and daughter worked with him. The two sons came in every day and now suddenly they are up in new york running the business. Ivanka and jared are under fire and may leave. Hope has left who is like another daughter to him. Keith shuler who is his best buddy is gone and the president spends too much time watching the media and hate watches people who he knows will say ugly things about him. All that combined is a toxic environment, cant be a pleasant thing. Paul look hes the president. Hes got to get over that. He needs to keep moving on. How important right now is keeping john kelly in that job of chief of staff . Critical because kelly going would be way too much change way too quickly, even if jared and ivanka stay, way too much change way too quickly. Hes at least brought a semblance of order to the west wing where they try and make decisions in a methodical way, prepare the information for the president so he can make a good decision. The decision on tariffs and he goes out and announces it before they havent finalized. Nobody can explain exactly what it is. Maybe that was good because that made the response to the markets on this may cause the administration to back off. Say okay it is not going to be every country. Were going to take Major Trading partners at a lower level to exempt them from this. Done a pretty good job of penalizing our neighbors, our friends. Paul i cant imagine you made that announcement of that Economic Significance without actually putting the legal part of it in order and having the details to announce. Instead the president just sort of blurted out 25 and 10 on everybody. Yeah. Not only that, but put it on the basis that i think is not defensible which is the 232. Our steel tariffs were on 201 a part of the law that refers to dumping and Illicit Trade practices. 232 is aimed to make this more durable but i think it is less supportive when in particular you are penalizing your neighbors and friends who you want as your suppliers in a moment of a crisis. Paul we talked about that one other time. I didnt like the tariffs. But thats a different subject at another time. When we come back, could californias senior senator Dianne Feinstein be the latest casualty in the Democratic Civil war . My healthy routine helps me feel my best. So i add activia yogurt to my day. With its billions of live and active probiotics, activia may help support my digestive health, so i can take on my day. Activia. Now in probiotic dailies. Paul is Dianne Feinstein the latest victim of a growing civil war on the left . California senior senator failed to secure the endorsements of the States Democratic Party at their Convention Last weekend, receiving just 37 of the ballot compared to 54 for her challenger state Senate Leader kevin deleon who has mocked feinstein for saying last summer that she believed trump can be a good president if he had the ability to learn and change. Were back with Dan Henninger, kim strassel and jillian melchor. Where are the democrats headed in the age of trump . Part of the question they are asking is do we focus on the Economic Issues do we try to steal trumps thunder by playing up income inequality, going to the bluecollar voter or double down on our focus of identity politics . I think that one carries the more political liability. One of the risks of identity politics is it breaks the party into smaller groups, smaller factions that will inevitably war with each other but i think thats where were at. Paul what is feinsteins political sin that shes so unpopular . Shes been around a long time . Shes not leading the resistance . What is it . Shes not quite left enough on single payer. Government run healthcare . Exactly i think thats one of the ones. Also theres a generational divide here. You saw deleon saying it is time to make room for a younger generation. I think thats emblematic of some of the divides in the Democratic Party, the antiestablishment viewpoint. Paul the total resistance to trump seems to be an almost necessity now as a kind of democratic witness test number one and in california single payer is becoming a litmus test. Gavin newsom the candidate for governor got the most support among the democrats, hes for single payer. Antonio villaraigosa who is only got 9 and i think hes against single payer. Yeah, this has become the litmus test in what is an ongoing civil war in the Democratic Party and it doesnt get as much attention, but its going to matter because what you see going on out in california and these litmus tests are also going to be applied to the 2020 democratic president ial candidates. And so far those that seem to have the most momentum are those that fall in this progressive wing. Now, how that actually plays out in california is a little bit more complicated. They have a jungle primary. Dianne feinstein is still leading some 30 points in the polls. Everyone in california obviously gets to vote. So i mean, does she actually lose . Possibly not. But the bigger question is, the future direction of this party is in races that are not involving someone thats already run and won statewide like Dianne Feinstein has and has such name brand identity in the state. And that gives her an advantage. But its the other coming races where its looks as though the Progressive Movement is becoming paul if feinstein loses, thats an earthquake. Even if deleon comes close, that will have a big effect on the mentality of democrats in washington and certainly in the president ial race. Yeah, thats right. As we have been discussing here, the division seems to be between what you might call heartland democrats, middle of the country, which are economic populists versus the coastland democrats. Coastal democrats which im going to start calling los angeles gentry liberals. They are in gender, race, intersectionality thats in the arts and culture page every single day. But the fact is in the National Election, this is what the economic populists are afraid of in the National Election they are leaving a lot of bluecollar voters on the table, the coastal democrats are and they are begging them to Pay Attention to them. I think the coastal democrats will sell them out because the bluecollar workers are basically tied with unions and thats a declining movement in the United States. So its going to be very difficult for the democrats to close this circle. Paul another race, incumbent in the chicago area is being challenged from the left. He may lose. He may. Maria is giving him a run for his money there. We are seeing this play out across the country. Theres progressive challenge. I think it is going to function a lot like the tea party, a big problem for the democratic unity. Because they will nominate people that cant win, is that what you think . Thats part of it. I think they will drive the party further left than the american electorate is. Thank you very much jillian. We have to take one more break. When we come back, hits and misses of the week. Flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. Flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. 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The medias all obsessed about how teachers are paid in West Virginia relative to the rest of the country, what they also missed though is how West Virginia performs and so dismally next to the other states in terms of education scores. So taking a hostage of our students never great and rewarding hostage takers also not good. Paul william . Paul, remember back in the 2016 campaign, when donald trump complained that a judge of mexican descent could not be fair in a class action against trump university, well, the judges name was gonzalo curiel, he gets a hit this week because he backed President Trumps right to waive certain environmental regulations to build his wall. Some federal judges have allowed their bias to go against donald trump but thats because they are liberal and this judge gets credit for showing, you know, what a good and honest judge does. Paul jillian . I have a miss for you, the founding of the Bernie Sanders political dynasty. I think americans are tired of political dynasties, but in the last week we have seen Bernie Sanders son launch a congressional bid in new hampshire, and then his step daughter is running for mayor of burlington, vermont, a position that Bernie Sanders had at some point. Shes an interesting one because she has nepotism tied up with a college scandal. Dan . This is from a sports clothing manufacturer which was founded in 1933, the legendary tennis player known as the crocodile. They put that on their shirt. Now the designers there are putting ten endangered species on the shirt instead of the crocodile and, you know, its going to accomplish nothing whatsoever for those animals other than to let them express another virtuous and empty culture gesture. Paul and you will feel good about wearing it. Thats it for this weeks show. Thanks to my panel and all of you for watching. Im paul gigot. We hope to see you here next week. President trump is expected to arrive back in washington this hour as fallout continues over his talk of tariffs and trade wars which could have a huge impact on the steel and aluminium industries. Hello. And good afternoon to you. Welcome to a brand new hour inside americas news headquarters. Im julie banderas. Connell im Connell Mcshane filling in today for kelly wright. The president making announcement that he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs. He did so at the white house earlier this week. People have no idea how badly our country has been treated by other countries. Without steel, and aluminium, the country