Hey, edward. Reporter we do have some reduction in tariffs so 25 on 250 billion worth of tariffs and then 7. 5 on 120 billion worth of tariffs and those december 15 tariffs do not go forward. The president just speaking about this china trade deal saying that hes using those tariffs as negotiating points for the phase ii agreement to make sure china still comes to the table and the phase ii talks china wanted them to start immediately. The man who led the negotiating team here, u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer released this statement today. He says, President Trump is focused on concluding a phase i agreement that achieves meaningful, fullyenforceable structural changes and begins rebalancing the u. S. China trade relationship. The chinese say that the phase i deal is in nine chapters, and those chapters include these are some of the big points here, protections for intellectual property, ending the forced transfer of technology, expanding access to financial markets, buyin
Believe President Trump chances that reelection are very very good because he goes out there and routinely tells lies and hes convinced the electorate im not saying that those who didnt vote for him and who marched against you know his administrations actions those of the e. P. A. People hes put in at the e. P. A. Im talking about the people in places like West Virginia a state that i was actually born and raised in where the coal industry is pretty much dead these people have believed President Trumps lies that he will bring back coal jobs frankly you know he would do better if he went there and he said i have a plan to Bring Renewables here and to talk about how we can create jobs that rely on Renewable Energy and lets talk about all of the above approach instead he chooses to peddle false hoods and tell these people in coal country like i said West Virginia that he will bring back their jobs so this is really about what President Trump wants to do and he wants to be reelected and he
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We asked how you usually pay your muni fare. We broke it more than we had in past years. In the past we just had clipper as one groupings. In 2017 we broke it out between the pass and monthly pass. Adding those two you have 56 . One thing to call on the slide is cash at 27 . When you compare that sto 2016 its down slightly. It was at 29 last year. 27 . Not a big difference there in terms of the different types of fare payment as well as the rest of the options there. We also asked among riders who used cash as their primary method why. Far and away its do you prefer to pay cash as i ride. Over 50 said that. Theres actionable things on the list and things more difficult. The first one is tough. I just prefer to pay cash. You look at the others, Cash Transfer say better value. Dont have access to a card. Theres other reasons where you may take action on that. The first ones a tough one. And we did a tracking study thats been going on many years now. This particular question i think was a