Stoking the trade dispute threatening an additional 100 billion in tariffs. China responding saying it will use any measure to fight back and has very detailed countermeasures at its disposal if needed. China is retaliating with tariffs on 50 billion worth of u. S. Products including pork, soybeans, wine and fruit. The it the for cat caused wild swings on wall street with the dow tumbling 570 points just yesterday. Now, the president s new top economic adviser larry kudlow is trying to cool talk of a trade war, take a listen. Were not running a trade war. If you read this, youll see, this is a proposed idea which will be vetted by usdr. Nothing has been executed. There may be negotiations in the next couple of months, i hope so. I think everybody hopes so because i guess to your point in the beginning, i dont want to disrupt the economy, the president doesnt want to disrupt the economy. We need not disrupt the economy. For more, lets bring in our panel Charlie Savage, washington corres
On the military front bauds russian Officials Say there were verbal agreements between putin and trump that officials know nothing about. Thats a big deal. The state department is flatly rejecting a proposal that the white house says its considering allowing russians to interrogate american citizens whom moscow loathes. Among them, a former u. S. Ambassador to russia. Even now the president tells cbs news he doesnt know what all the fuss is about from his oneonone summit with Vladimir Putin and the postsummit news conference. Meantime, this is the cover of Time Magazine summing it up in a single image, a emergencied image of trump and putins fa d faced. The president still predicts he and putin will have a Good Relationship and even in that interview where he went farther than ever before, he wouldnt call putin a liar. He denies it so if you believe u. S. Intelligence agencies, is putin lie ing ying . I dont want to get into whether or not hes lying, i can say i have confidence in our
Boss. Laura, how did this all play out today . Dane a it was a dramatic day inside the federal court today. We heard from a lot of different players in front of the judge. We had the pwros cuters from two teams, defense team, and Michael Cohen himself all whom tried to tell the judge who Michael Cohen really is. Trying to convince him to go one way or another with the amount of time he was to give Michael Cohen. Michael cohen had three rows of family and friends. Telling the judge he is living in a mental and physical prison. He worked for a man he once admired and realized there was little to admire. He had a Blind Loyalty to donald trump. Cohens Adult Children were visibly upset. A take on cohens cooperation and his crimes was given from all. Themuellers team said he gave m valuable information and prosecutors say he didnt come close to helping them with theirs. The sdny charged cohen with eight charges of tax evasion and finance charges. Saying he brace ebbly stole millions from the
A National Emergency to get money for his wall. Why the white house says he can do it. Why the lawmakers say not so fast. With more than government workers potentially feeling the pain. Were having to ration what gas we have so we can pay the bills at the end of the month. Developing news this morning out of the Supreme Court. A first for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Why she is not there for arguments and what it means for her future. Were live outside the court. And were also talking about the contenders. The first big name democrat ramping up her president ial campaign with voters in iowa and what theyre saying including warrens infamous dna space. Kevin spacey in court facing allegations of sexual misconduct. We have our team covering all of it on whats turning out to be a busy monday morning. Lets start with Kristen Welker at the white house. What are we hearing from the white house and the president as this shutdown now becomes tied for the second longest in u. S. History. Right . It is p
The democrats is driving the morningafter debate. We are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. [ booing ] america was founded on liberty and independence and not government coercion, domination and control. We are born free and we will stay free. [ cheers and applause ] tonight, we renew our resolve that america will never be a socialist country. We begin the hour right there with the president s state of the union, bipartisan wishes overshadowed by bipartisan thumps and the biggest pressing question, no guarantees the government wont shut down again in just ten days. The big annual stage is the chance for the president to offer us a road map, but look and listen for some clear direction on how to resolve the border wall dispute and avoid another Government Shutdown. Now is the time for congress to show the world that america is committed to ending illegal immigration. In the past most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got buil