governor challenging president trump and now second name in primary former republican congressman running in gop nomination, the democratic out in force campaigning across several states today including south bend mayor from indiana pete buttigieg, he s making an appeal to voters in new hampshire, mark meredith live in washington with the a look where everybody is at all what they are doing on this sunday, hey, mark. hey, eric, democratic presidential hopefuls are spending the weekend campaigning and they are hitting president trump on everything from the economy to fitness for office, you mentioned south bend mayor pete buttigieg, he s been campaigning in new hampshire this week, most national polls still have him sitting with single support, farmers and the country can t afford four years, for four years of this administration. the current strategy, i m not sure you can call it the strategy, let s say the current
that are more the problem than the solution, so i will be curious to see what president trump comes out with, i d love to trump and the congress work together and demonstrate how people with opposing views can treat each other with more civility and that would do a lot to tap down what we feel in our culture today, so, again, eric, i i want to stop this, but i don t see any evidence that federal laws can do it. eric: senator, as you say wait to go see what the president proposes and speaker mcconnell, the majority leader mcconnell can put out on the table to address the horrendous problem that still affects, senator of south carolina, former senator, thank you for joining us, of course. molly. now reaction to the president s escalating war with china, next expert gordon chang who says the president seems determined to take action unthinkable only a year ago.
message that they got. really right now you ve got two armies on the streets, the kids and you ve got the hong kong police, they re probing each other, hong kong government has lost control of the situation. yeah, so many people around the world watching this one and once again this could have an impact on global economy as well, gordon chang, thank you for coming in, great to have you. eric. eric: molly, he s already got one, now a new republican challenger is taking on president trump in 2020, we will tell you who that is and what the plans are, meanwhile democrats have dropped out of the race, 3 of them, many others still in campaign trail looking live in new hampshire as pete buttigieg holding party and we will check on mayor pete and the rest of the democratic field when we come back. that s a win.
the president announced the agricultural agreement with shinzo abe and expects one with great britain. is the president trying coral the allies to put china in a corner because of its aggressive unfair trade practices, economic power house and military threat? yes, eric, it s important to get as many people on board with the united states, coalitions work, they put pressure on countries, you know, the european union, for instance, it s a much larger population block than the whole population of the united states, over 500 million people, if you can get some of our allies to be on board with us and try to impose sanctions like what we are doing with hauwei and other instruments to try to put the pressure on china to end their terrible practices in terms of trade, it only can help, so, yes, the united states has been carrying this burden alone and arguably shouldn t have from the beginning, but certainly it s time to try to get others on