Raised on 60 billion of u. S. Goods, including poultry, frozen vegetables and grains. Undoubtedly the group that is the most vulnerable to the pressures of a trade war. There is no indication the president is backing down from the fight he started. Over the weekend he urged American Consumers to just buy americanmade products, a decision which, of course, ignores decades of globalization and consumer habits. And the treasury secretary dodged questions on the specifics of the ongoing negotiations just last hour. Reporter how are you preparing for retaliation . Im not going to make any comments on that right now, but thank you. Reporter are talks still ongoing . Yes, were still in negotiations. So todays big question is, does anyone stand to benefit from President Trumps trade war with china . Joining me now, nbc news correspondent hans nichols at the white house, Associated Press White House Reporter and msnbc political analyst jonathan le mere and state candidate for working here in io
Trying to get him to do that he doesnt want to do, in order to really figure it out, you got to go back and look at the history of, like, Harriet Myers as white House Counsel or janet reno for bill clinton and the eric holder contempt controversy in the barack obama presidency. I mean, you have to go back to George Washington and the whole idea of executive privilege in the first place. I mean, its it is the exact kind of rabbit hole that i fit perfectly inside. I could live the rest of my life plumbing the depths of this kind of political confrontation, right. If you are a constitution nerd, if you are a civics nerd, confrontations like this, votes like this today, this drama around this in the house today, its like christmas, birthday, first day of school and first day of Summer Vacation all wrapped up into one. Its exciting. Its exciting thing to cover. Its an exciting thing to unfold. There is so much uncertainty in terms of how its going to, you know, proceed through all the vario
Vulnerability and what this hack around you come out on the other means for those that list there. Side and into new jersey. Did joining that do not call thats one way. The other is new jersey transit. List do nothing at all . You can get on a train that will the new push to end those take you underneath. Annoying robo calls for good. Another way is a ferry. And a farmer faced with a come to 34th street. Pier 79 is there. Question. The new york waterway is there. Lose his life or carve off his you cue up, get on to a ferry. I bet it doesnt take five own leg. Reporting begins now. Minutes on a good day. Five to eight minutes to get across to hoboken, new jersey. A one square mile town on the starting with breaking news in other side of the river. The this is the east river, its very compact. Right . The hudson river. Feels like a manhattan almost on the west side of machine hat tan, around 34th street, theres but with smaller buildings. Tens of thousands of people live a helipad. If you
And the possible motive. Were learning why the attorney general may not testify this week before a key house committ committee. Mind the gap. And past and present president s. Hear what they said coming up. Breaking news this morning. New details on the sin xwynagog shooting in california. It happened as worshipers were celebrating the last day of passover. Police have a suspect in custody. He walked into the synagogue and opened fire with an assaultstyle rifle. President trump praised the response from Law Enforcement officers and condemned hate. Americas heart is with the victims of the horrific synagogue shooting, in poway, california, just happened. Our entire nation mourns the loss of life, prays for the wounded and stands in solidarity with the jewish community. We forcefully condemn the evil of antisemitism and hate, which must be defeated. Caliperry joins us across the street from where this all happened. Im sure people will be adding to the memorial behind you. Reporter we exp
Kristen, let me start with you, i go all across our states first. The president clearly has this 147,000 square miles. I look for Common Ground to get on his mind as he fired up a tweet storm this morning. Things done. Firing off a tweet storm thats how i was able to bring democrats and republicans defiantly, hallie, defending his together. Im Steve Bullock and im policies towards china. Running for president. This trade war which has been controversial. This is what he tweeted today, steve in is montana where he when the time is right, we will will make his announcement in a make a deal with russia. But as i have told him many couple hours. Another candidate now making it times before, this must be a great deal for the United States official. Or it doesnt make sense. This isnt a bad candidate to the two leaders will meet at the follow there, hallie. This is actually our second time out here to montana. G20 summit next month. I was out here a few months ago one of the biggest beneficia