control california wildfire. the city of santa paula under siege by the explosive maria fire. 10,000 people and their homes threatened by sheets of rapidly spreading flames and walls of towering smoke. crews raining down from the air, trying to gain the upper hand. the problem here continues to be the wind. once firefighters think they have a handle on it, a new fire pops up. so they have to bring in aerial assault to try to take out the flames. also at risk, millions of dollars worth of agriculture. lemon and avocado farms, exporting produce all over the world. farmers doing all they can to save their bottom lines. we have seven yards, six affected by the fire. two are affected right now, i m heading back out there. hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines. battling back-to-back-fires into the night with barely any rest.
they had a big problem. and we had a photo and i released it, which i have the absolute right to do. and we ll see what happens. you ll have to figure that one out yourself. but we ll see what happens. they had a big mishap. it is unfortunate. and so iran as you probably know, they were going to set off a big missile and it didn t work out too well. had nothing to do with us. on sunday a new round of tariffs between the u.s. and china kicks in, the latest back and forth in the months long trade war between the world s two largest economies. investors and company executives hope this is the final move that brings both countries to the table for talks to save their bottom lines. mr. trump insists though that it is business leaders who are to blame for this. listen. a lot of badly run companies are trying to blame tariffs.
a bridge to china. michael forscythe is a member of the investigations team and one of four reporters who worked on this particular story. it is a very detailed article. you guys really get in the weeds a bit. bottom line here of what you found. there is a lot of bottom lines. i think one thing to take home is that we all know that elaine chou, that her family is very politically influential in the united states. we discovered that the family is unique in that it is also politically powerful or influential in china with her relatives who are running a shipping company which her father founded 55 years ago. they have very close ties to senior leaders, are on boards of state-owned companies, government agencies that are normally reserved for chinese
yesterday, republican iowa senator joni ernst said she hears from constituents about the impact every day. and, quote, our farmers are feeling the pinch while also saying that trump is, quote, doing the right thing. bloomberg reports that the trump administration is set to unveil eye another assistance package for farmers impacted by trump s trade war which could exceed $15 billion. meanwhile, kohl s says it s forcing to scale back production at nearby plants. walmart says it is increasing prices for u.s. shoppers due to the tariffs. and jcpenney, macy s and home depot all say if trump goes through with the chinese tariffs for imports which he has vowed to do it will have a major impact on their bottom lines. home depot also says that trump s tariffs have resulted in roughly $1 billion impact on its
medicare. medicare, of course, is the government-run health insurance program for americans 65 years old and older, and it also includes some people under 65 with disabilities. now, democrats are refining their positions on expanding that to more americans. some plans include adding americans younger than 65, bringing the starting age to 50. many of these expansion plans included a role for insurance companies. cutting them out is a risk for investors. shareholders are thinking only of their bottom lines, of best of your knowledge burgeon in bottom lines. a recent poll found that 74% of respondents favor an insurance with medicare but keeping the medical insurance that they