call the president. express your concerns to him. because they re very, very worried, particularly the republican senators representing farming states. so pat roberts from kansas got up and gave what one person described to me as a stem-winder, worried about the chinese threats. which are already driving down crop prices. and they re not feeling reassured when they talk to the white house. and then now we have this interesting development, it seems the white house looking to control the fallout for republicans over these potential tariffs from china. what is the plan for, of the administration on considering how to meet that? well, there s, there s something i wouldn t call it a plan. i would call it a hope. free traders in their hopeful, that president trump and president xi of china can come to a deal that will give them an exit ramp from this escalating cycle of tariffs. president xi seemed to offer a bit of that exit ramp for trump,
$770 billion out of $970 billion price tag. but should opposition to food stamps put the whole bill at risk? take a look at the consequences. if there is no bill passed by september 30th, the u.s. agricultural policy would enter a kind of bizarre time carp back to the days of truman and fdr. that s because failure to act means the law would revert back to the last time permanent federal provisions were put on the books. both the 1938 in 1949. every bill that s been passed since had superseded those laws but not replaced them. but if the current bill is not extended or replaced, the old laws kick back in. that means 63 years of updated provisions disappear, including more than three dozen agricultural programs, as well as some federal farm subsidies. in the modern formula, that sets prices to formers like that of 1949. i m sure that would be good. that would push crop prices, potentially destabilize an entire industry. earlier this morning i spoke
this until the the cotton s picked and the beans and the kernels are counted. smart phones make calls, send e-mails and now you can set them to stun. it is going too far? hello, everyone, i m poppy harlow in tonight for don lemon. let s get you up to speed on the day r day s biggest stories. in syria, a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he s on the side of the rebel uprising. he was syria s ambassador to iraq, and he s the highest ranking diplomat to defect. he says he can t be part of a dictatorship any longer. you ll hear him his in his own words in just a moment. plus, i just spoke with the long-time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation coming up. an egyptian official says two americans kidnapped on the sinai peninsula are unharmed and well fed. their families want to know when they will be freed. the son of the reverend michel louis spoke to randi kaye about how the ordeal is taking a toll on the pastor s wife. it
us until the cotton s picked and the beans and the kernels are counted. smart phones make calls, send e-mails and now you can set them to stun. it is going too far? hello, everyone, i m poppy hair low in tonight for don lemon. let s get you up to speed on the dame s biggest stories. in syria, a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he s on the side of the rebel uprising. he was syria s ambassador to iraq, and he s the highest ranking diplomat to defect. he says he can t be part of a dictatorship any longer. you ll hear him his in his own words in just a moment. plus, i just spoke with the long-time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation coming up. an egyptian official says two americans kidnapped on the sinai peninsula are unharmed and fed. their families want to know when they will be freed. the son of the reverend michel louis spoke to randi kaye about how the ordeal is taking a toll on the pastor s wife. it was all of a
full extent of this until the cotton is picked and the kernels are counted. now setting them to stun, is it going too far? hello, everyone. i m poppy harlow. a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he s on the side of the rebel upriding. he says he can t be part of a dictatorship any locker. you ll hear him in his own words in just a moment. plus, i just spoke with the long time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation, coming up. an egyptian official says two americans kidnapped in the sinai peninsula are unharmed and well fed. their families want to know when they will be freed. the son of reverend lewis wants to know how the ordeal is taking a to the on the pastor s wife. even right now, it seems like a dream to her, a nightmare. also, a huge portion of the united states being strangled by drought this hour, which is threatening everything from crops to cattle. 1,000 counties spanning 26 states are now considered dro