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at this point. reporter: and the trump administration has offered some federal aid to farmers affected by this trade war, but farmers and even the secretary of agriculture say that is simply not enough. and it s important to think about when this trade war is going to end. we do not know, john. and that is putting some doubt in farmers minds. if this does not get wrapped up and this looks like it s going into 2020, john, these farmers are going to be expecting more federal aid from the government. and as of right now, the trump administration has made no indication that that money is going to be coming next year, john. and the president really needs almost universal support from this group. to lose any of it could be dangerous for him. vanes vanessa, thanks for finding out for us. we are witnessing history in washington this week. major developments looming in the impeachment process. new day continues right now. another big week ahead. the house judiciary committee on monda
the first hearing begins tomorrow the testimony from former nixon white house counsel john dean, one of the prosecutors who put dean in prison for his role in the watergate scandal since he does not see the point of him coming to testify. he has no relevant information and as i said, i put on as a lawyer expert witnesses and what is the expert on obstruction? that s laughable. that is backwards to anything. they should call witnesses who have firsthand knowledge of what happened and have the privilege like cory lewandowski or chris christie, not john dean for 25 years ago. i don t get it. jon: mark meredith has more from washington. reporter: he will be one of four people to testify before the house judiciary committee on monday and house democrats say the hearing will be focused on lessons from the will report. rhode island congressman david cicilline says monday s hearing
should have a consistent trade policy that works for everybody in america. speaking of trade policy, those tariffs went into effect last month. the mexican tariffs were a threat, chinese people are really feeling that part right now and president trump meeting with president she jumping with just a few weeks at the g20 summit at 2:00 p.m. molly: thank you so much. we can watch us unfold tomorrow. former nixon white house counsel john dean testified tomorrow and capitol hill. 2:00 p.m. set your dvrs. it comes of the increasing pressure from some congressional democrats to impeach a president, mark joining us and why democrats have called someone from the watergate era good afternoon. he will be one of the four people to testify before the house judiciary committee on monday, as you talk about house
eric: bottom line, mexico has changed its behavior and seems to be [inaudible]. arthel: house democrats are planning a new wave of hearing connected to the russian investigation. it s led by judiciary committee chaired by new york democrat jerry nadler in the first one picking up tomorrow, mark meredith has a preview. reporter: don dean will be one of four people to testi before the house judiciary committee on monday but house democrats and hearing will be focused on the lessons from the mueller report and rhode island commitment david says monday s hearing is about justice, not politics. this is about defending the constitution and the will of awe, not just about this president about future presidents and how they will regard their response ability in office. many people expect us to what is president accountable and to follow the facts where they lead us an impeachment question will