agreements up here to sell our beef. the pending agreement signed more than four years ago with south carolina, panama and colombia, would increase u.s. exports by $13 billion a year. leading republicans say american exporters are paying a price. in the month of july alone, e.u. exports to south carolin -a increased by 36%. a lot of that is our market share. our workers, our formers and our service providers suffering. reporter: critics from the deal come from the president s party saying they only benefit multinational corporation and not workers. congressman from maine says he will vote against the treaties and continue to fight for fairer trade that promotes the export of american goods, not american jobs. during his august midwest tour, the president criticized congress for not ratifying the pacs though the white house has yet to send them to lawmakers. the hang up has been over trade adjustment assistants,
we know we can make progress. mitch mcconnell talled for taking action now. washington needs to quit doing what it s been doing under the administration. quit borrowing, spending, quit trying to raise taxes and quit overregulating. long-time republican senior advisor on capitol hill says the president must do more than talk about the problem. it s only about the tenth or twelveth speech he has given like that. i think that unless he comes up with something really bipartisan, something that both bodies and both parties can adopt, it s just words. on his midwest tour, president obama used the strategy of blaming the republicans. my attitude is, get it done. if they don t get it done, then we ll be running against a congress that is not doing anything for the american people. the choice will be stark and clear. congresswoman maxine waters, a democrat and town hall at detroit sounded like she is losing patience with
the headlines. it s wednesday, august 17th. from abc news, this is world news now. and good wednesday morning, everybody. i m rob nelson. > d diana alvear. and during president obama s midwest tour, , ck perry was campaigning not far away, spreading his message about jobs. his remarks about barack obama and his gop opponents got plenty of attention. governor perry has come o swinging, that s for sure. he s not bashful. got that texas swagger. don t mess with texas, right? also ahead, you have to give a specially trained police dog major credit and how about a treat? get this. the canine discovered $432,000 hidden in the most unusual places. that is only part of the story. later this half hour, let s be frank. we are relishing the headlines about two brands of hot dogs in a juicy legal battle. this wiener war is our favorite story of the day. i love that. the wiener war.
campaign numbers are down there, and this is part of the midwest tour. he needs to win there, and that is a fact, and he knows it. that is why he is there. okay. thank you very much, chris cillizza and we will have more time to talk about all of that, and for whoever took chris car, call hertz. that is going to do it for us on andrea mitchell reports. and tomorrow, we will have joe mcdonald was. and my colleague richard lui is in next. the president just kicked off a bus tour, and the president is sayi ing that we nd to send a message to washington, it is time to put country first. and now to minnesota, where i will talk to a woman who took this dramatic video of a stage that collapsed at a state fair, and we will get the latest. newsnation is minutes away. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief
biggest impact on the gop campaign for president may be felt a long way from there in south carolina. that is where texas governor rick perry is expected to announce he, too, is jumping in the race. also, dozens of people arrested in philadelphia. we ll tell you why they were all between the ages of 14 and 17. but here at the top of the hour, let s start with that breaking story out of pakistan. and i want to turn right to our reza sayah, who is live for us there in the capital of islamabad. reza, hello to you once again. what do we know? are we learning more about what happened overnight with this american? reporter: yeah, t.j. as we listen to the evening call to prayer here in islamabad, let s explain to you what we know. the way this kidnapping went down, it clearly looks like it was a very well-planned and coordinated plot. the target of this kidnapping, according to the u.s. embassy in islamabad and pakistani police, warren winestein, a development worker, one of t