stay out of dangerous hands? china and others, remember this, have targeted our farmers. not good. not nice. president trump defending his trade policies with china. 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 manafort s trial on financial crimes. welcome back to early start. i m laura jarrett. i m dave briggs. 4:31 eastern time. chilling words on this website, laura, defense distributed. the age of the downloadable gun begins. this is a serious story, probably not getting enough attention. absolutely. a federal judge blocking a government settlement that would allow plans for 3d guns to be downloaded online. the ruling coming just hours before those plans were set to publish with growing concerns about people being able to make their own untraceable plastic weapons, even ar-15-style
escalate dramatically. shifting blame, heated statements, and a $15,000 coat. a fast start to paul manafort s trial on financial crimes. welcome back to early start, everybody. i m dave briggs. i m asking you for an image of a $15,000 ostrich jacket, because i don t know what that looks like, laura jarrett. send it to us, please! i want to know. we want to know. i m laura jarrett. it s 30 minutes past the hour. a federal judge blocking a government settlement that would allow plans for 3d guns to be downloaded online. the ruling coming just hours before those plans were set to publish. with growing concerns about people being able to make their own untraceable, plastic weapons. the judge s block is temporary, but it puts a hold on the settlement between a gun rights group and the government that was reached back in june that would make it legal to post the plans on the internet. the founder of the gun rights group defense distributed says his company s site is going dark
get anything done. i don t agree. he campaigned on the wall and now he s had two years where his party controlled the house and the senate and funding hasn t happened. if you listen to mcconnell and ryan, they re ignoring the president. they have been doing this for a year and a half. this wall issue, the party that he s a part of has not prioritized it and if you remember trump has threatened a shutdown over this wall, he did it last year, this year. he s done this threat before and not followed through. i think this is a bluff, i think republican leaders know that and will ignore that for the reason. let me talk about 3d guns. this is not getting, to be frank, enough attention, but it happens tomorrow. rachel, as you know, a government settlement, this is a legal case fought since 2013. a government settlement with the trump administration means starting tomorrow morning plans
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michael steinberg left court free on $3 million bail. hr. any comment? the wall street trader at s.a.c. capital is accused of insider trading, illegally using inside information to make $6 million for his company. did greed get the better of him? steinberg pleaded not guilty and his lawyer says he did nothing wrong. michael steinberg is part of the inner circle with steve cohen, who is one of the richest men in the world. reporter: cohen the founder and namesake of s.a.c. capital. investigators have been looking at him closely. so far, nine people have been arrested at his firm. earlier this month, the company agreed to pay more than $600 million in a government settlement. the largest in history. the judge still hasn t decided if he should accept it. the government s now just one step away from mr. steve cohen, if the government thinks that they have a case against him. reporter: but cohen s lavish