they want to make a deal. molly: so the president has talked about the world being in recession. he does not think the u.s. is in recession though, but european leaders pretty concerned about this. your thoughts. well, for a very good reason. you heard boris johnson talk about it today, saying he wanted this to end, because you have the two largest economies battling over tariffs right now. and that could cause a global slowdown that will impact everybody. so i think there s a lot of desire for this thing to get resolved. the problem is china s not willing to come as far as the u.s. needs them to on the major problems that have brought about this massive trade deficit. we re talking i think it was about $330 billion in 2017. that s an an enormous trade deficit, and it s a result of the practices china executes that have led to a very uneven playing field and have robbed our u.s. economy of trillions of dollars over the years. the president is trying to do something to force them to m
minors and immigration custody. officials are defending the new proposal saying it would deter anyone seeking to cross illegally into the u.s. from mexico. these families are going to be held in i.c.e. custody and family residential centers. i want to be clear that they re not going to be held in border patrol stations. so that frees up my agents first and foremost. eric: look at the change mean? our little panel, david schwartz, former prosecutor, a criminal defense attorney in litigation attorney and partner at her and foreman in tennessee. also former federal prosecutor and former assistant u.s. attorney, welcome. let me start with you, david. you represent to the president in the past in these type of issues. why should in your view, the floors agreement be scrapped? well, the floors agreement, the floors agreement should be scrapped because it is an unworkable situation right now. the original 1997, lizette florez case versus janet reno,
he is going to stick it out. molly? molly: yeah. so much to cover. busy all over the country. thanks for keeping on top of it for us, appreciate it. translator: can t understand how people want to destroy a clean place with fires. i can t understand. amazon is so important for the world. you can t do that with the amazon. that s completely wrong, and we have to act. we need to do something quickly before the time ends. eric: those massive fires are continuing in the amazon triggering a global call for action. world leaders discussing that crisis at the g7 summit in france as protesters in brazil take to the streets. this coming after the brazilian military now joining in operations. the president trump saying, u.s., the is standing by reay to help the u.s. is standing by ready to help. hi, christina. reporter: the brazilian military deployed to the amazon to help fight those huge fires.
figure out what to do. you want to get to a safe place. we started walking towards the exit to the safe area where a lot of people were pointed in that direction. and within two or three minutes we saw police officers already on site, making their way towards where the lightning struck and just minutes later we saw ambulances going through there. there were people in the golf cart you know getting people out of the way. it was very organized and immediately, the folks that were on site got right to the affected area and soon after, they were ambulances, the fire truck they made their way there. molly: justin felder, waga, thank you for joining us. hopefully remain surf and your crew as well. thank you. all right, thanks. molly: we will be right back. get ready crab fans
announced yesterday that he would be stepping down. molly: the field is narrowing ever so slightly. thank you. eric: there is alarm in the amazon. the rain forest fires are soaring to record numbers. you can see how bad it is pure brazilian state experts report nearly 77,000 wildfires across the country so far this year. that number up 85 percent over the same time last year. it is being called an ecological disaster that is blamed on deforestation. protesters demanding the brazilian government take immediate action to fight those massive fires and the government says it will deploy troops. 50 years, we said we should take measures. and then 30 years than 10 years. 18 months. now with the burning of the lungs of our earth suffered almost 20 percent, time is