it s true this would help americans who make steel, because their competitors products coming in from abroad would be more expensive. but there are only about 150,000 american workers who make steel. that is dwarfed by the 6.5 million americans who work in industries that buy and depend on cheap steel, writes douglas irwin, dartmouth economist of foreign affairs. including everything from small tool manufacturers to large defense firms. goldman sachs says general motors and ford could each lose $1 billion this year because of the steel tariffs. the trump administration is looking into tariffs on another $200 billion worth of chinese goods and has threatened automobile tariffs on allies. creating 200,000 jobs, according to the peterson institute. listen to larry summers.
superior. what the iranians mean, they will fight with us a symmetric warfare. that s cyber attacks. they have done that on our banks. they attack routinely our defense firms to steal missiles and other technology for their space program. they also mount attacks using their proxy militants in places like lebanon and iraq. they would take those actions against us. they also launched an attack in paris when the mayor, mayor giuliani was making a speech at the mek rally. that was to demonstrate to us that they can launch those sorts of attacks and hurt our people that way, too. our officials. they have done that routinely throughout their history. at the end of the day our military can handle the iranians, but they are so nervous right now about having, for example, ambassador bolton who has been a propony negligent of regime change in the government i think they feel like they need to have some strong words against us. steve: okay. well, they are using them. yes, they are. steve: thank
it all. as former president and the reason that jimmy carter can go look at these things, it might be that one of his successors said will you please come and advise me and help me and the reason that we in the united states keep the security clearances around for these guys is so that in a moment of crisis or if there s an urgent question that somebody has institutional knowledge, you can call them back and say you worked on russia in the 1990s, do you know about that is, do you know about that? as far as monetizing goes, and that goes to rand paul s point, the monetization of security clearance in washington, d.c., is a big deal because you have a lot of defense firms and a lot of contracting firms that are providing services to the federal government that you can t work for without a security clearance. that s a whole other kettle of fish. bret: meanwhile, iran and what the president tweeted, what has been said in the focus on iran. take a listen. do not play with the lion s tai
background. he worked for lockheed martin defense at one point. in the department for about three years. and they made a statement, the giant engineering firm, so defense firms, it is interesting, he had a background as a pilot, owned two planes, more that we would learn that we talk about stability. to that kind of commitment. so we are learning lots of details. sandra: you were asking about how people can get their loved ones. this is not over. we do not know the extent of the fatalities yet. we do not know how bad it is yet. but what we heard from at the top of the hour was the mayor of las vegas. carolyn goodman, she said that we need help and blood. she said the hospitals are overwhelmed with victims. the rooms are filled. there are people in need of medical attention that are lining the hallways. it is a situation that as far as
determine what happened and why. and as a country, our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families of the passengers, wherever they call home. reporter: families of the victims gathered at amsterdam s international airport. and across the world, in kuala lumpur, the flight s final destination. around the world, thousands mourn and pay tribute to the 298 souls lost. i m martha raddatz, in washington. even before this crash, the day before, in fact, president obama came out publicly and announced sanctions against russia, including eight defense firms. so, it s fascinating this is a region the white house has been watching closely. what i could not believe. there is a poll in russia. president putin s approval rating, nearly 90%. even as the russian economy is really taking a hit from these sanctions, increased sanctions, the white house, being very careful to point the finger at russia about this incident.