Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Chinese goods could be raised from 10 to 25 . They would cover things like fruits and vegetables, handbags, refrigerators, rain jackets, even baseball gloves. Chinas Foreign Ministry moments ago saying blackmailing and pressure by the u. S. Will never work and promising to take countermeasures, if needed. The u. S. Has already imposed 25 tariffs on chinese goods worth 34 billion. China quickly retaliated with tariffs on 34 billion in american goods. The president addressed the trade war at a rally in tampa last night. China and others, remember this, have targeted our farmers. Not good. Not nice. And you know what our farmers are saying . Its okay. We can take it. These are incredible people. We can take it. Now were going to open up markets. Were going to do it the way it should be. And all of this stuff, youre going to make it back and its going to be made back faster than anybody would know, but we
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The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Muellers team to the test here. Do you think he testifies . Thats a tough call. I would have to handicap it as being negative. I would not put him on. Shimon, lets remind people of the judge. His name is judge ellis and he said point blank to muellers team you dont really care about mr. Maufrts bank fraud, you care about what he could give you that would reflect on mr. Trump and lead to prosecution or impeachment. He hasnt always swung their way in the pretrial hearings and motions. In fact, President Trump used those words in a speech at a rally sort of thinking perhaps the judge would cite his words. So that was something the defense team was hoping they would get a dismissal on some accounts or perhaps some of the decisions would go their way. This judge is known to speak his mind. Hes very well known in the district and he mov
Now word overnight the next round of tariffs could escalate dramatically. Shifting blame. Heated statements and a 15,000 coat. A fast start to Paul Manaforts trial on financial crimes. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im Laura Jarrett in for christine romans. Good to see you, my friend. Im dave briggs, wednesday, august 1st, already, if you can believe it. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We start with a chilling story for Many Americans this morning. A federal judge flocking a Government Settlement that would allow for 3d printable guns for sale. You could print out the instructions to guns on the internet, if you can believe it or not. This is a terrifying ordeal for many parents in this country who simply know that their kid could be printing that at the moment. Now, the founder of the Gun Rights Group Defense Distributed says his companys site is going dark until he can review the judges order. Before the ruling came down, he spoke to cnns Laurie Segall
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The Louisiana Department of Education agreed to pay $1.26 million to resolve allegations it received excessive payments to replace a facility Hurricane Katrina damaged.
Attorney General Alan Wilson carved out the fee from a $600 million settlement from the federal government for failing to remove bomb-grade plutonium from the Savannah River nuclear weapons complex.