Renegotiate nafta. Efforts to renegotiate nafta have been going on for over a year now in some form or fashion. This is about Bilateral Agreement between the u. S. And mexico. There have been talks over the last several weeks. We understand according to one u. S. Official the two countries have resolved a major stumbling block that has to do with aub automobiles and steels. It would increase the agreement to use north American Steel and how much of an automobile must be produced locally to qualify for zero tariffs. Nafta is a deal is a treaty between three countries, not just two. The idea here is that canada might rejoin the talks. These talks have been contentious at times. One official expressed optimism that canada would rejoin the talks. Theres skepticism that theres going to be any final deal in the near future. Athena jones lives from the white house. We will bring you that announcement as soon as we get it. Happening this morning, tributes pouring in for senator john mccain who
Expecting. Jeremy diamond is at the white house. The president said that he is excited about mcgahns replacement. We have some idea as to who that may be. Are we getting any indications from the white house as to who he is picking to replace mcgahn . I spoke with a senior white house official who says the sense inside the white house is no final decision has yet been made as to who will succeed don mcgahn. Thats despite the president s tweet where he said, i am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of don mcgahn as white House Counsel. I like don but he was not responsible for me not firing mueller or sessions. So much fake reporting and fake news. Despite the fact that the president hasnt named a successor for don mcgahn, the senior white house official said flood really does appear to be the top contender. He is the special counsel handling everything with regard to the special counsel investigation into russian interference and the questions of obstruction of ju
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All of this as the president is tweeting that white house us counsel don mcgahn is leaving this fall, a tweet that apparently surprised even mcgahn himself and despite news of another exit, President Trumps executive time is in full swing, the president insisting the white house is a smoothrunning machine, no kay yot to see here. Hes excited about the person taking mcgahns place and, oh, in case you were wondering, daughter ivanka, soninlaw jared kushner, the president tweets they had nothing to do with the counsels departure. Theres a lot to discuss thursday morning achlt thee that jones is at the white house. Athena, the president hinting he knows who will replace mcgahn. Erica, thats right. The president tweeting hes excited about the person but not naming them. He said im very excited about the person who will be taking the place of white House Counsel don mcgahn. I liked don but he was not responsible for me not firing bob muellerover Jeff Sessions. That is a reference to the fact
His accent. Make America Great again. Plus, how the birther candidate is now enacting birther policy on the southern border. Why doesnt he show his birth certificate . And the eulogy for john mccain. The intolerance for abuse of power. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The most incendiary claim was that there is dirt exposing the president to blackmail. It turns out there was a whole vault full of dirt on donald j. Trump. Not in russia. In the u. S. We dont know all the contents, we dont know who has seen them or who could be holding it as leverage over the president. We do know that the president wanted to get his hands on all of it. In 2016 according to the times, the president and then lawyer Michael Cohen hatched a plan to buy an entire trove of damaging trump stories collected by the National Enquirer and its Parent Company all the way back to the 1980s. That whole trove was reportedly kept in a safe by the publisher, david pecker, as the Associated Pr