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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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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assault rifles. the judge s block is temporary, though. it puts a hold on the settlement a gun rights group and the government reached 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 until he can further review the judge s order. before the ruling came down, he spoke to cnn s laurie segall about concerns publishing plans could endanger the public. reporter: the democratization of guns online, giving people the ability to 3d print their own guns would make it feasible for felons, minors, mentally ill to have access to firearms. are you worried about those repercussions? no, i don t believe that access to information is ever tremendously negative or a bad thing. i know that people can use information for bad things, but this isn t a justification to, what, stop a publisher from speaking? nearly a dozen states sued to stop the firm from publishing the printable plans.
order. before the ruling came down, he spoke with cnn s laurie segall about concerns publishing plans could endanger the public. the democratization of guns online, giving people the ability to 3d print their own guns would make it feasible for felons, minors, mentally ill to have access to firearms. are you worried about those repercussions? no, i don t believe that access to information is ever tremendously negative or a bad thing. i know that people can use information for bad things, but this isn t a justification to, what, stop a publisher from speaking? now, nearly a dozen states sued to stop the firm from publishing the printable plans. president trump even weighed in, tweeting 3d plastic guns being sold to the public doesn t seem to make much sense! the white house later confirmed it supports the existing law on the books. the president is committed to the safety and security of all americans. he considers this his highest responsibility. the administration supports n