his successor. the we have it all covered. let s begin with ivan watson live in beijing with our top story. reporter: hi there, jim. china has retaliated for the trump administration s tariffs that were imposed on imports of steel and aluminum last month. the chinese finance ministry said that seriously damaged chinese interests. it has singled out 128 different u.s. imports to china and slapped sanctions on them tariffs, rather. 15% on items such as fruits, nuts, wine, steel pipes. 25% owe pork and recycled aluminum. this amounts to $3 billion worth of u.s. goods coming to china. that s a drop in the bucket when you compare it to overall is trade between the two countries, which is close to $650 billion. but if you re a pork producer, a hog farmer in the u.s. right
he was here, the mob grew and grew and grew to the point where aides had to divert him from a planned stop at the water cow because too many people were packed in, waiting to see him there. they missed the turnoff to go to the pork producer s tent where he was supposed to be and the crowd of people was so thick that he couldn t turn around. the question is whether he can turn that excitement into actual votes. it s one thing to have people excited and take a selfie with you at the fair. it s entirely another to get them to show up in the dead of winter, school gymnasium and caucus for you. i caught up with his chief campaigner here. here is what he had to say about what he s hearing from trump supporters on the ground. the goal of the republican party is to expand the base. add voters. stop being outnumbered.
now wal-mart. they operate about 4 of her restaurants and smith field foods which services them. that s a pork producer. we have companies about nine that dean s camp are saying they come to her support. those are big names. she is not exactly getting rave reviews for that apology. let s talk about this one. delta airlines finally fined for bumping passengers and not offering the money they are supposed to do something to accommodate you. when your flight is over sold, if you get bumped tip clooe y typically you get compensated. delta fined 750,000 dollars because the transportation department said that they would pump people who did not volunteer to be bumped and not compensate them. it certainly happened to a lot of us. they think of it as the cost of doing business. second fine of this type in
bolland, 3-2 with less than a minute to go. and the blackhawks held on to beat the bruins for their second nhl title in four years. in chicago, blackhawks fans cheered the victory in bars and restaurants and hundreds poured out into the streets to celebration. congratulations to blackhawks fans. more fallout for paula deen. smithfield foods is dropping her. in a statement, the pork producer says it condemns the use of offensive behavior of any kind. during a discrimination lawsuit deposition, deen admitted to using racial slurs in the past but has asked for forgiveness. and now your first look at this morning s dish of scrambled politics. in massachusetts, democratic congressman ed markey is running in today s special senate election. he faces gabriel gomez and the
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