embassy in china, an explosion off the compound of the embassy. good morning. i m dave briggs. it is friday eve. 30 minutes past the hour. let s start with the u.s. and eu easing the threat of the trans atlantic trade war. both sides working to eliminate trade barriers. in a prens css conference with european commission president jean-claude juencker, the president spoke out. zero non-tariff barriers and zero subsidies on non-auto goods. it was a deal to make a deal. the two leaders agreed to resolve issues on trade like steel and aluminum and the retaliation tariffs. on things like denim and bourbon and motorcycles. in return, the eu promised to buy more natural gas from the
tease, dave. it will be interesting to see how republicans thread the needle between supporting the president and the plan for tariffs and his plan for bailouts for people hurt by the tariffs. we will get into that and also the former acting director of i.c.e. on. he has a theory about why the administration is having such a hard time meeting the deadline to reunite the children and parents separated. he will share with us what he believes is behind the confusion and policy. we also have big brain thomas friedman with his take on what he has seen over the last month. then does secretary of state mike pompeo know what happened behind closed doors with president trump and president vladimir putin? it was hard to tell. all of our analysts will give us some perspective on this. great. fascinating. the trade issue. i m fascinated with how the republicans will support the
we have a live report moments away. welcome to early start. i m dave briggs. good to see you. i m christine romans. it is thursday, july 26th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin with a trade truce. eu and u.s. easing the threat of the full-blown trade war for now. both sides working to eliminate trade barriers. in a press conference with jean-claude juencker, president trump called it a big day for free trade. we will work together for zero tariffs and subsidies on non-auto. it was a deal to make a deal. the two leaders agreed to resolve issues on trade like steel and aluminum and the retaliation tariffs. in return, the eu promised to buy more natural gas from the
the secretary of state refusing to provide details in the secret meeting in helsinki with the president and vladimir putin. as the white house announces a second summit will not take place until next year. more now from michelle kosinski on capitol hill. reporter: dave and christine, this was a chance for senators to get questions answered about what was said in the two-hour closed-door meeting with president trump and russian president vladimir putin in helsinki. secretary of state mike pompeo often with a snarky attitude would not answer many of them. saying they were private conversations. and asking did trump tell you what went on in the meeting. this was contentious from the start. has donald trump told you what he and president vladimir putin discussed in the two-hour meeting in helsinki? i m confident you have
barriers. in a press conference, jean-claude juencker and the president spoke out. zero non-tariff barriers and zero subsidies on non-auto goods. it was a deal to make a deal. the two leaders agreed to resolve issues on trade like steel and aluminum and the retaliation tariffs. in return, the eu promised to buy more natural gas from the u.s. and soybeans. both decided to hold off on further tariffs. that includes the threats to slap tariffs on imported cars. the president thinks the eu tariffs on u.s. cars is uneven. it is higher than the 2.5% the u.s. charges.