That it was giving too much power to the president. Do you agree with that . What is your view of this . I have mixed feelings. Youre talking about the authority that is given for the trade agreements. And what is the tpa, the actual acronym trade promotional authority. Trade promotional authority. There is an argument to be made by some on the separation of powers that by giving this authority to the president that youve taken power that should be the congress. There is also i guess, another argument that these are really treaties and they ought to be actually done as treaties and theyre not, theyre done by simple majority. But im also a big believer in free trade, i think free trade is a good thing. So there have been libertarians or libertarian conservatives, my father included who voted against some of the trade deals because they felt like they gave up sovereignty to international bodies. I think it is a valid point. I have voted for the trade deals, though because like a lot of t
Just for now. Thats how much has been spent in this congressional race in georgias sixth congressional direct, northern atlanta, where its been safely republican since the late 1970s. Last democrat to win here was back in 1976 when jimmy carter was elected president of the United States. Since then, all red, all the time. Maybe not this time . Jonathan serrie at a polling place in suburban atlanta on whats going down. Jonathan . There has been heavy turnout today. Thats despite the fact that its been raining on and off. People showing up with their umbrellas because they realize the eyes of the nation are in georgias sixth congressional district. More dramatically is the early voting. When you look at the figures, 140,000 people have already cast ballots in advance of todays election day. Thats more than a quarter of all registered voters in this district. Double the number of early voters that you had during the april primary here. Both parties are considering this race very important
Lastminute preps. You see downtown hanoi. The president has a ride of 15 or 20 minutes or so. Depending on how quickly the motorcade gets across town in order to go to the historic metro pol hotel. French colonial style. A place whereas you mentioned he will be doing handshakes and greetings in about 20 minutes or so with kim jong un. Their first meetings since last june in singapore. This, of course, being round two. But then they are going to have a working dinner in just about one hour from now going to be a small group, the president , secretary of state, mike pompeo, his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, chairman kim will have a couple of his top advisors. A real opportunity to get together. Whats on the table . Certainly bringing an end as you spoke to a moment ago to the korean war finally after decades. There was an armistice but never an official end. President trump wants to see denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. That was signed as an agreement back in the singapor
China has long served as a safe harbor for North Koreanproliferation and illicit trading networks and a transport hub forthese networks. The U.S. can work with China to spread capitalismin North Korea, even as we compel it to crack down on the NorthKorean elite and support for the North Korean's weapons of massdestruction programs.