Can i get can i get a connection . Ohhh can i get a connection . Trying find the old me welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live every sunday from washington from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tonight, insider rumors fly as the president prepares to make a Primetime Announcement about the Supreme Court. Plus, Alan Dershowitz joins me live. Well get his top tips for summering on marthas vineyard, oh, and also talk about the president s evolving legal strategy in the mueller probe. Plus, some actual good news as divers emerge with some of the boys that stranded that soccer team alive. Well get a report on the ground as Monsoon Rains fall and Thai Navy Seals prepare to go in again. But first we are just over 24 hours away from President Trumps Primetime Announcement of his pick to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. By the way, for those of you watching at home, abc says it is prepared to break into the bachelorette to bring you that news. President says he has narrowed his short list to 4. The finalist s were reportedly Brett Kavanagh, amy and kethledge. Mitch mcconnell has been nudging the president in the direction of just two of those candidates. Senator mcconnell reportedly told the president that kethledge and hardiman present the fewest obstacles to being confirmed. The times has since reported that the president is expressing fresh interest in hardiman as the process enters its final hours. And heres what trump had to say on his way back from new jersey just this afternoon. Im very close to making a decision. Ive not made it official yet obviously. Ive not made it final, but were very close to making a decision. Lets say its the four people. Theyre excellent, everyone. You cant go wrong. Im getting very close to making a final decision. Ill probably be decided tonight or tomorrow sometime by 12 00 and were going to all be meeting at 9 00, and we have a great country, folks. We have a great country. A great country. Id like to welcome in my panel. Chief washington reporter Boston Herald kimberly at kinz. Former Press Secretary for mike pence, mark lauder and deputy Editorial Page Editor and columnist for the Washington Post ruth marcus. Thank you all for being here on this quasiholiday sunday night. But of course headed into a busy week here in washington. Mark lauder, i want to start with you just because you have been behind the scenes at the white house as the president has made these kinds of decisions. At this point it does seem like he is getting this outside pressure from mcconnell to steer his attention towards it sounds like two people who have less of a paper trail that might be more likely to be easily confirmed in the senate. Is that an argument that youve seen sway this president . Im not sure it sways the president , but what does sway the president . The fact a name has not come out, theyve not floated anyone other than these four people i think truly supports the idea that he is still making his decision. Hardiman doesnt surprise me as being a lastminute kind of rising to the top because he was most people say he was number two when Justice Gorsuch was selected. Hes already been up there in that consideration, so wouldnt surprise me that his name would suddenly start to emerge again. Kimberly atkins, one of the things that has struck me is Brett Kavanagh has been a favorite and the concern about him in these final hours seem to be the fact that he used to work for another republican president. Right, has close ties, very close ties. Very troubling. Yes. Thats this whole idea that he is establishment, right . Hes close to the bush family, very close to the bush administration. He also played a role in this independent counsel investigation of ken starr which could be problematic for the president if hes pushing against this idea that a special counsel, if hes trying to discredit that. There is a lot of concern inside and outside of the white house. Also the paper trail. As you say, the more decisions, the longer someone has been on the bench, the more decisions they have, the more things there are to pick through. With republicans having one slim majority, they dont want to take any chances at all on anyone who would seem to be qualified. You may not like what he rules, but if the qualifications dont seem to be at issue, everything is going to be on the table. Thats why Mitch Mcconnell is frying to take the path of least resistance when it comes to confirmation. In his case its not opinions and other documents, its all of the documents associated with his tenure in the white house. Mitch mcconnell, ruth marcus, is essentially warning according to reporting democrats could use this to push it off for months and months. It feels like republican are remarkable at eating their own. This is i agree with you. This is a little crazy. We have four people here and they range on the ideological spectrum from very conservative to super conservative. Its a very narrow range. And the hysteria of some people on the conservative end of the spectrum about not just Brett Kavanagh, but about the two other judges, judge hardiman and judge kethledge. To suggest that theyre open border zelle oughts and crazy things like that, this is just wild. So that part is crazy. To me the Majority Leaders concern is real in the sense that he has a very narrow majority. Hes got a majority thats even narrower than it looks on paper because senator mccain is sick. So his because he understands it, any of these four is going to be his kind of guy on the court, he wants the path of least resistance. That makes sense. But just fyi, you know what a Staff Secretary does. Staff secretary at the white house pushes a lotte of paper the president has a lot of paper trail. The notion this is what could hold up Brett Kavanagh veers over into silliness. The picture thats been circulating with carl rove youve been in this republican party, he was the genius in the republican revolution. Boy genius. This is like what i would consider a primary election. Its an electorate of one, but you have the election. The various sides jockeying. At the end of the day the party will rally behind who the president introduces. Its very much like a reality show. Its fitting they cut into the bachelorette. Its really fitting for a former reality show host. I think it was amy walter who tweeted something to the effect of this is 2018 in a nutshell, this president backtoback breaking into the bachelorette with a Supreme Court pick. I want to read to a piece ruth marcus wrote this week about roe v. Wade. Of all the potential Supreme Court nominees the president is considering, the one who seems most inclined to undo kennedys work, is amy barrett. She has the shortest paper trail, her academic writings are the flashing neon sign, ill do it. This is already a court that has proved its willingness to overrule in convenient precedence by a single vote, adding barrett would pose a Clear And Present Danger to Abortion Rights. So, ruth, kind of explain where youre coming from here especially people who may see shes the only woman on the short list. Why is she the biggest threat to Abortion Rights . Its important for us to understand that you can be a woman and a prochoice im sorry, you can be a woman and oppose Abortion Rights. And many women do. So and it would probably be politically easier for a Court Majority with a woman on it to overturn roe. The reason i say shes the most likely to do that has to do with two strands of her writings. One talks about the responsibility of catholic judges in Death Penalty cases. Her hostility to Abortion Rights becomes clear. The second has to do with her very interesting position about the importance of what the lawyers call starry dee isis is, sticking with precedent. She has a well expressed and developed view when a justice looks at a case and concludes especially a case based on constitutional law, the justices responsibility is to the constitution and not to the precedent. The justice, she thinks the precedent is wrong, she should overrule it. Therefore, watch out, roe. Interesting. Kimberly atkins, one of the things interesting about the dynamics and some of the reporting last week was around this idea that perhaps a woman would be a better choice if youre trying to convince lisa murkowski, Susan Collins to vote for you. It seems the indication coming out of Republican Leaders in the senate is that actually picking Amy Coney Barrett would be a very real risk for people like collins and murkowski. I think thats right for all the reasons ruth laid out. The paper trail, and somebody who expressed hostility toward keeping roe v. Wade as the law of the land. That would be the nonstarter for her. I dont know if this quite raises to the level of hostility but it sure doesnt look good. It looks like shes headed in that direction. She would have the most trouble with Senators Murkowski and collins in this case. Thats why i think for a while it looked like it was between kethledge and kavanagh until mcconnell sort of made this last weekend overture. Republicans like, hes from pennsylvania, used to drive a taxi, has a great story. Now hes back in the mix as somebody who the president can really get behind and so could possibly we should also mention his Secret Weapon, judge hardimans Secret Weapon which is the president s sister. On the Third Circuit court of appeals and recommended him to the president and one thing we know about President Trump is he kind of relies on family. I would point out, though, that Senators Collins and murkowski as well as senator mccain and three democrats voted for judge barrett when she was confirmed just last october. Fair enough. Mark, who do you think has the tougher job here, Mitch Mcconnell in trying to keep Senators Collins and murkowski in the fold, or Chuck Schumer, trying to hold the line with joe manchin, joe donley, Heidi High Camp . Chuck schumer has a much more difficult position. Many of those red state democrats, if they vote for the president s nominee, whomever that nominee is, theyre going to lose their base. Theyre going to lose their donors. A lot of their activists who knock on doors, make phone calls. If they oppose it, theyre going to lose the voters they need to attract. In trump states, to winn win election. There was a good analysis on the front page of the times. They may have to be making a decision between do we hold the senate now in favor at the expense of a court for 40 years . A nominee by a republican president is not going to be fail to win approval from a Republican Senate unless republican senators peel off. So, i totally agree with mark. Mitch mcconnell has a tough hand because of his slim majority, but hes got a way better hand than Chuck Schumer does. If i were Chuck Schumer, i would want to watch and see if you can lose a republican senator, get a republican senator to peel off, then yes, put pressure on your endangered incumbents. If its not going to be a winning battle at any event, why would you risk their seats . Thats also crazy. Were losing a lot. We have heard that a lot tonight. Mark, final question before we go. What is your sense of what conservatives want the court to look like after this particular choice has gone through . You referred to it as a primary. What are the primary voters looking for here . I think any of the four, they will be happy with. Even though they might have some, you know, leanings one way or the other in the primary process, so to speak. They want someone who is going to uphold the constitution, who believes the constitution. And is that about abortion at the end of the day . I dont think it is about abortion. I think its about being true to the constitution and the law in the way its written, not how it can be shaped into something else. Thats still code for the abortion fight. I dont know. Its not just about abortion, though. You look at the rulings from last week in the last two weeks in terms of free speech and the government cannot force you to say things that you do not believe in or force you to join a group and pay to join a group that you dont believe in. Those are basic fundamental rights issues that were decided by a conservative majority in favor of the individual, not bhat government was trying to do. All right. We have a lot more to talk about. Congressman mike quigley joins me as the president s legal strategy evolves, and he prepares to meet with Vladimir Putin. And were going to report from bill neely as divers prepare to go back inside treacherous caves in thailand to rescue the remaining boys trapped inside. And scott pruitt becomes the latest highprofile member of the Trump Administration to take a hike. As we go to break, a brief list of some of the others. I want to give special thanks to administrator scott pruitt. D. A. Secretary david shulkin. H. R. Mcmaster. 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That was President Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani giving us a preview of his legal teams new strategy for handling the mueller investigation. At least publicly. Those comments came after the New York Times reported the president s lawyers are telling muellers team they need to prove they have evidence that the president committed a crime before he will agree to sit down for an interview. Joining me now, member of the House Intelligence Committee democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois. Congressman, its good to see you. Lets start with what Rudy Giuliani has been saying this morning across these sunday shows. He is essentially alleging corruption and bias in the people around robert mueller, although he would not go so far as to tell my colleague chuck todd that mueller himself is corrupt. What is your assessment of what these fbi officials did, peter strzok, who is set to testify this week not in front of one of your committees but up on capitol hill, who has sent these Text Messages indicating that he was had negative feelings towards the president . And that has led to this claim of bias. Yeah, look, the fbi, the cia, the Intel Community, the Justice Department the people who work there dont live in a vacuum. They have their own personal views and theyre entitled to them. But there is no indication that any of this their personal views, whether it be the Clinton Investigation or the trump investigation or any other before it, had their views impact how they did their jobs. But rudy is just fishing. Obviously what hes talking about here, some new legal theory. And i practice criminal law ten years. I cant imagine this one. That the Justice Department has to prove criminal violations of the law before the president is allowed to be subpoenaed. He could be subpoenaed at any moment. Supreme court has ruled on sefr several occasions, two pretty landmark cases involving nixon and clinton that the president is not above the law and they have to respond to, in one case, legally bound subpoenas. So, look, its the same legal team that said that he could virtually use pardons to stop a criminal investigation, that they could decide which investigations go forward, those of their friends and which ones they dont against their enemies. That the Justice Department has to give them information, discovery, before a trial date. This is all total fabrications of a legal team i think thats a legal freaked out by concerns among many about mr. Cohen flipping. I want to ask you as well about devin nunes, the republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee. He has been sending letters to Congressman Gowdy and goodlatte on the judiciary committee asking them to interview a long list of people about the trump dossier. Were democrats on the Intelligence Committee aware that those requests were going to be made . And whats he up to . We havent had notification from mr. Nunes about anything hes going to do for months now. He has under taken rogue investigations. Hes working with the white house to prepare his own memo. He began the investigation with the Midnight Ride to the white house which was very clear that he was getting information, then turn ing it back to the white house to show some other conspiracy. He also stopped subpoenas on documents and people of critical interest. Hes basically worked hand in glove with the white house to thwart the investigation, so what hes doing now, which is unilateral, rogue, against the rules of the committee and the house, is absolutely nothing new. Congressman, do you or other democrats on your committee have any questions about how the fbi has conducted itself . Or if you take back the house, will you shutdown all of these lines of inquiry . Look, were the oversight committee. We should always be looking at how the Intel Community operates. But what weve seen so far is desperate attempts by the republicans in the house trying to protect the president politically and legally. Nothing in all the wild allegations theyve made for over a year and a half now has been found to be true. So we can only expect this to continue. As, again, i think this investigation would you urge democrats to shutdown these lines of inquiry if they take back control of the committee in look, if there is a reasonable line of inquiry, well followup on it. What is more important than all that, the most important investigation of our lifetime, i would say more important than watergate, especially to our democratic process, was shutdown unilaterally by the republicans on this committee. That would reopen. I want to show you something that the president had to say about his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin and then get your take. Lets take a look. Im meeting with President Putin next week, and getting along let me tell you, getting along with russia and getting along with china and getting along with other countries is a good thing. Its not a bad thing. Its a good thing. Theyre going, will President Trump be prepared, you know, President Putin is kgb and this and that. You know what . Putins fine. Hes fine. Were all fine. Were people. Will i be prepared . Totally prepared. Ive been preparing for this stuff my whole life. They dont say that. They dont say that. Congressman, do you agree that putin is fine . Yeah, hes a ball of fun. Hes a dangerous man. He isnt a kgb person. He was kgb. He kills journalists. He is engaged in a war with one of our allies in ukraine. He annexed crimea and our president who is not prepared for this has opened up the possibility of recognizing the Annexation Of Crimea and bringing russia back into the it would be the g8. So hes talking about attacking our allies and going along with one of our great adversaries. Its okay to talk with him. Its important to engage. But what hes doing now is turning over the world order. The Liberal Democratic World Order that began right after the second world war. That world order is under attack by its primary architect, the United States of america. And at the same time embracing President Putin, refusing to acknowledge what the russians did to the democratic process which the entire Intel Community agrees to, and a bipartisan senate committee agrees to. So he believes putin more than his own Intel Community and our allies. Congressman mike quigley, thanks so much for your time today. Really appreciate it. Thank you, sure. Ruth marcus, i want to pick back up on what we were talking a little about the House Intelligence Committee, the inquiries from devin nunes. If democrats do get a chance to run go back to running these committees, how does that sort of unwind . It seems to me they would shutdown most of the nunes inquiries, most likely, but there is potentially quite a few threads for them to pickup going forward. Yes, and we just had this very interesting, very compelling, very telling report from the senate Intelligence Committee. But there are additional things to look at, and i think for me, taking back the house is going to be would be significant if it happened, not just for the russia inquiry, but for all of the other i would be worried if i were the white house and republicans about all of the other strands of inquiry that could go on. Imagine what an actual functioning house that was going to be willing to engage in oversight could have done with the late lamented scott pruitt. I was just going to say there was reporting in the New York Times today, mark lauder, before we go, officials said there was no way wed be prepared to fight against those investigations. Lets remember when the democrats took control during president george w. Bushs presidency, they established a war room just to deal with the endless string of inquiries and subpoenas and investigations that were coming then. Do you think your former colleagues were ready for it . It would multiply 100 times over now. In these circumstances, i dont think they have to be prepared for it today. I think as we get closer to that time, which i dont think will happen, but they will there is time to prepare. All right. Ruth marcus, thank you so much for your time tonight. Really appreciate it, all of your insights. As we go to break, if the president says a certain yiddish word on tv, journalists can, too. The way he talked about us and nato, for example, am i allowed to say this on msnbc . That were just a bunch of schmucks. They want to protect against russia yet they pay billions of dollars to russia and were the schmucks paying for the whole theg. They enjoy hearing him say weve been treated like schmucks and were not going to take it any more. Very nice. 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Yes, so much to be done. Its dawn here in northern thailand. This was an operation that began with the dramatic words, we have to act now. And it has started well. The commander calling it a masterpiece. But it was triggered by an emergency. Falling Oxygen Levels in the boys cave and by thunderous rain. And right now behind me, the divers are getting ready to do it all again. Nine lives still to be saved. For one small boy, the earned of a nightmare, carried on a gurney to a waiting helicopter, then off to the hospital. Its a moment many feared would never come. Another helicopter poised for a second boy. They had battled through this, swirling water, Narrow Passage ways, a route thats already proved a death trap. The boys clinging to ropes guided by elite divers for more than two miles. Commanders chose the strongest boys first. They told divers they were ready. This is dday, said the commander. We have to act now. The rescue began at 10 00 local time this morning. Ten divers reaching the cave and attaching two boys, each one to two divers. Less than eight hours after it started, the boise merged. Two hours later, a second pair. Four were free. One diver told nbc news the boys were totally calm. Their escape route widened hours before as rescuers drilled through cave walls. But it was a Rescue Made Urgent by falling Oxygen Levels in the caves and falling rain outside. The Monsoon Rains have begun with a vengeance and this is why the commander says its dday, because these rains will flood the caves very quickly. The rescue, he said, was a masterpiece of planning. Its been paused overnight to resupply the 90 divers with air tanks and will restart in the coming hours. So, eight boys and their coach remain trapped. Their lives still hanging in the balance. This isnt over, but the boys Long Journey Home has begun. So, bill, its a great start. But the conditions are getting worse as Rescue Divers prepare to go back in . Reporter yeah, we think the pattern will be much as it was on day one. So the boys will come out two by two. We understand that the strongest boys were chosen to come out first. Two were 14yearolds, one 13yearold, and one 16yearold. But we dont know who will be chosen next. But 90 divers were there on day one, so we expect the same number to be there today. The operation will start in a few hours time, although it may take as many as ten hours for the first boys to come out. And again, the same pattern will come. They will be met with gurneys, taken to a hospital, and med evacd to a hospital which is about a 15, 20minute flight from here. So, eight boys have spent the night with their coach, done half a mile underneath me here. It must be a difficult ordeal for them. Many of them are weak. It said that the coach may be the weakest of all. And, of course, for the parents, terrible ordeal. One mother said she didnt know her son was being evacuated until she read about it on social media. So, everyone here has their fingers crossed. The four boys who came out apparently with stood the ordeal extremely well according to one diver who spoke to nbc news. The divers themselves a bit apprehensive. And, above all, they do not want to be complacent. Day one went well. They need day two, and maybe day three to go just as well. Kasie . Bill neely, thanks so much for your reporting and our thoughts continue to be with those eight boys and their coach still trapped in that cave. When we continue on case deeg kasie d. C. , well talk about the mounting war on lobsters and newspapers. Up 30 . If it holds, will likely lead to pay cuts, according to one industry advocacy group. Plus David Farenthold joins us with his reporting as maralago looks abroad to hire dozens of workers. In 5th grade. We got married after college. And had twin boys. But then one night, a truck didnt stop. 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We see these headlines, x million or x billion in tariffs on these goods. At what point are people really going to start to feel this in their daily lives . Were going to see it soon. What well see is how this will actually impact jobs throughout the country. Our team has been reporting on how layoffs have begun to happen even throughout the midwest ranging from textiles like nails to other kinds of Factory Goods and agriculture as well. So, the issue here is not just the back and forth between the u. S. And china. This is really about the american consumer. When does the cost get passed down, because these companies are going to be taking a big hit. Soybean farmers, folks who make cheese, all kinds of different Manufacturing Industries and almost every single type of Food Category that you can think of at the Grocery Store is slated t to be impacted because of this back and forth between beijing and washington, d. C. Were expecting to see probably 170,000 jobs according to one economist eliminated within the year. And then if President Trump goes forward and continues to implement more Trade Changes and tariffs on other countries including those in europe, mexico and canada as he has forecasted, you may see us enter a recession territory and that would be about 700,000 jobs, american jobs, on the line here. For a president who is looking to create american jobs, bring them back and highlight manufacturing, a lot of workers are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place here, kasie. Yeah, some reporters have been looking at anecdotal impacts in key midterm races. They interviewed a hog farmer. They said tosh, a Third Generation farmer who always votes republican said hes voting for black burns democratic republican in part because trumps trade wars are hurting his family business. A sizeable one with some 400 employees and 30,000 pigs. The cost of steel needed for new barnes is up, he said, and the expanding pork market stands to suffer under new tariffs. So, kimberly atkins, at what points and mark lauder, im going to give you a chance to answer this question, too, in a second. At what point do trump voters start blaming the president . For things going on in their lives . I think there is going to be a tipping point. His fans were in favor of his strong message the u. S. Is in unfair trade deals, we need to fix them, we need to get tough with countries like china. But in the actual starting of a trade war, maybe not this initial salvo may not be felt across the country. But if it escalates and they do more and more and he said hes willing to go up to 500 billion in tariffs on china, thats really going to have an impact on farmers, on consumers, on businesses. If people start feeling it in their pocketbook, theyre going to realize this perhaps was not the best way to sort of rectify any unfairness he sought in the trade war. Im not sure it will happen in the mid terms, but he has to worry about 2020. Mark lauder, are voters these are the states that gave President Trump the presidency. And by this much, very slim number of voters who handed him the Electoral College victory. Is he completely teflon with them or is there aeries . i think theyre giving him a certain benefit of the doubt. There was a stud that i just came out early this week, i believe from investors business daily, which showed consumer and Economic Confidence the highest in rural areas of america since the turn of the century. The highest in the midwest since 2002. And this was just recently done. So it includes the most recent back and forth on trade. I think they are giving him a fair shake because they know that we have been involved in these trade unfair Trade Practices for decades. President s of both parties have talked about needing to do something about it and they see that this is the president that they elected who said, i would do it, and hes actually doing it. There are bumps in the road, sure. And i think there will be a certain amount of forgiveness to allow this i wont put a time line on it, but i think there is a certain amount of time they are going to say youre doing what you told us you would do. Now lets see it work. And well see how that plays out. David farenthold, youve done reporting on the president s own businesses in china. Is there any interplay in what is going on in this war and his bottom line . The connection between trumps business and china are these two overseas developments. One in dubai and one in indonesia where trump has a licensed deal, hes being paid to operate a golf course, put his name on a business that is being built. And the same developments have Chinese State Companies Helping to build them. Trump and the chinese businesses arent Doing Business directly, but he benefits from the infrastructure and the developments they are building. Okay. So there is not i dont think the trade war will have a direct impact on those relationships, but this is certainly a case where the government of china controls businesses that could help donald trump down the road. And interesting jo, go ahead. Very good point he just made. You have to think about these Multinational Companies that are really driving the American Economy like apple and these Big Technology companies that manufacture so many of their goods in china. They also sell to the Chinese Market. In some cases its their second biggest or maybe their biggest market out there. How is it going to impact those ceos, those shareholders, so many of those stocks, of course, are in your 401 k, and you have ceos like apple, tim cook going to the white house trying to make the case here to ask the president to tread very carefully because this is a complicated issue that could really have a Major Economic impact not just on what youre buying and spending, but your investments. Thats a really great point. At a time the u. S. Economy is humming, the latest round of chinese tariffs is expected to cool demand from everything from american cars to crustaceans. Vaughn hillyard reports from maine. See the nice Beautiful Shiny Shell . Reporter off the coast of maine, lobster season is at its summer peak. Ive been lobstering since i was 13 and im 63. Reporter hes one of 12,000 mainers in an industry that accounts for the states economy. In a global trade war, china fired back with a 25 tariff on the lobster so many people rely on. Wed like to see prices go up, not down. Well see how it affects us. Reporter it had been a booming open market for the fishermen. The rising tide had exploded in recent years. Lifting all boats with it. How many lobsters are you sending out a day . We probably send out 15 to 20,000 lobsters, almost every day. Reporter and how much of that is going overseas . Overseas, over 60 of our b lobsters. Reporter how much to china . China alone is 20 . Reporter tom adams is a major lobster distributor. He exports them from hundreds of Local Fisherman and coops to overseas markets. He invested 1. 5 million in the expansion not foreseeing what was to come. How long can you afford to be patient in this . We cant afford to be patient at all. Reporter its the same story in our down the road in portland where Marks Company had just entered the Chinese Market place. I just spent three months with the potential new buyer in shanghai that wanted 40,000 pounds a week. And then when the tariff scare came, now its radio silence. Reporter then there are the people who haul the traps day in and day out, like cyrus sleeper. Hes fished these waters since age of 9 and now brings in 50,000 pounds of lobster every year. Are you frustrated . Yes, yes. Frustrated. It seems like they had just gotten rolling and had been building good relationships in china to put a damper on that at this point is very frustrating. Reporter some here look to the president to be a boon for the economy. I was hopeful. Reporter you were hopeful for the Trump Administration when it started . Yes, absolutely. Reporter where is that now . Im concerned. Im concerned. Some of the decisions and the way those decisions are being made arent considering the ripple effect. Reporter now there is worry that china will look elsewhere for its lobster, like canada just to the north. And the people here in maine are stuck quickly searching elsewhere to make up those millions of dollars. Everything that i have, my car, house, everything that i own is from lobstering. That was our Vaughn Hillyard reporting a very difficult hardship assignment. Summer eating lobster. I want to turn to David Farentholds post, maralago looking to hire 61 Foreign Workers during the season. Still about american businesses facing interesting challenges under President Trump. We know that there are some other places that are struggling to get the Foreign Workers they need. We had covered the Crab Industry in maryland, for example. They cant get the visas they need. First of all, do we think the president is going to get preferential treatment for these . These are not sure bets if you apply for the visas. They said the president wont get preferential treatment. Hes lucky if they break it up by summer and winter. The 33,000 put out for summer needed for crab picking, landscaping, golf courses, hes applying for winter when people fly down to new york. People go to florida in the winter. There is not much workers in the winter. He got yeah, how lucky, exac. He may be better off anyway because of the season. This is something where he has tried to limit these visas dramatically, right . Theres a broader effort by the Trump Administration to try to restrict means of illegal immigration on the logic that temporary workers, low scale immigrants drive down wages for american workers, that they make it possible for employers to pay less to give less benefits. And so doing this, this is exactly the kind of thing people like tom cotton said we shouldnt do. Why dont you pay them more and give benefits for people here in america looking for a job. Theyre not Rocket Science jobs. Theyre cooks and waiters. A lot of people in florida should have those qualifications. I think this is in your story, david, is that maralago has to prove to the Department Of Labor that it has sought to advertise and hire americans before these visas could be proved. 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