had and maureen dowd has written about this often. you had a lot of women that knew better lining up to attack monica lewinsky and defend bill clinton because power was preeminent. they had a seat at the table, they had a president who supported the things they supported. he even supported partial-birth abortions. he was their man. he would go to the wall for them on policy. so his personal life didn t really matter. we all know that the chickens came home to roost, right? read maureen dowd s column this past week. read maureen dowd s column during the campaign and we saw there was a payment that became due ultimately for not only the clintons but the democrats and the women who blindly followed bill clinton when they should have spoken out. i am certain, mika, that the same thing is going to happen to these republicans who are blindly following donald trump but i guarantee you it will not
house said it is moving forward implementing tariffs later this month on up to 50 billion dollars in chinese imports and restricting certain chinese investments in the united states. china responded saying it doesn t want a trade war though it is prepared to fight one. the u.s. this week also imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium from canada, mexico, and the european union. beyond economic and trade differences, the u.s. and china are also at odds over china s military construction on a disputed area of the south china sea. speaking in singapore, defense secretary james mattis urged china to change its behavior. there are consequences that will continue to come home to roost, so to speak, with china if they do not find a way to work more collaboratively with all of the nations who have interests. last week the pentagon rescinded an invitation to china to participate in a multi-lateral naval exercise. mike? mike: rich edson reporting from the state department. thank you. despite
is prepared to fight one. the u.s. this week also imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium from canada, mexico, and the european union. beyond economic and trade differences, the u.s. and china are also at odds over china s military construction on a disputed area of the south china sea. speaking in singapore, defense secretary mattis urged china to change its behavior. there are consequences that will continue to come home to roost, so to speak with china if they don t find a way to work more collaboratively with all of the nations who have interests. last week the pentagon rescinded an invitation to china to participate in a multi-national naval exercise. eric? eric: rich, thank you very much. from the state department. arthel? arthel: eric, the white house admitting there is another summit in the works. this one with president trump and vladimir putin. how a meeting with the american adversary could play out on the world stage. plus, some of america s
implementing tariffs later this month on up to 50 billion dollars in chinese imports and restricting certain chinese investments in the united states. china responded saying it doesn t want a trade war though it is prepared to fight one. the u.s. this week also imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium from canada, mexico, and the european union. beyond economic and trade differences, the u.s. and china are also at odds over china s military construction on a disputed area of the south china sea. speaking in singapore, defense secretary james mattis urged china to change its behavior. there are consequences that will continue to come home to roost, so to speak, with china if they do not find a way to work more collaboratively with all of the nations who have interests. last week the pentagon rescinded an invitation to china to participate in a multi-lateral naval exercise. mike? mike: rich edson reporting from the state department. thank you. despite growing fears over trade, u.s. j
basics. flynn, he has an active case against him. he has he s looking at sentencing. exposure. he will in likelihood have some kind of sentence handed to him. the president could pardon him, absolutely, and it could be done like that. tomorrow. michael cohen, we have no clue what this investigation will yield, if it will be any charges f there will be charges that are threatening to michael cohen s ultimate freedom, and if there would be something he could offer up about the president of the united states that would make this whole flip conjecture ever come home to roost, but he could be pardoned today. you can be pardoned in advance of any criminal charges, most famously gerald ford pardoned richard nixon before he was charged with anything. there s no requirement that there be a pending criminal case in order for a pardon to take place. all of this talk now about well, you would still have state charges possible. you don t see it from a practicality standpoint at this p