Independent you have a lot of leverage in the energy world. Also because we are the recipient purchasers of most countries goods other countries makes stuff and sell it to us they need to sell it to us, we make stuff, it would be nice to sell it to them but mostly we sell it to ourselves. Trump understood those things and realize we can fix the American Economy if he could get us off of middle east energy he could use trade wars to renegotiate the agreements with china, with japan, with south korea mexico and canada. The United States in a far better position, have much more leverage and then start negotiating my advice is that now that you have china in the phase 1 trade agreement, you have a trade agreement with mexico and canada, one with japan and south korea, probably get one with the bricks by the end of the year. We now have a consortium and trading blocs where we can go to china, a lot of us have the same complaints about the chinese treatment and we could go as a block led by
Floor speeches from the u. S. Senate, members continue to work on judicial nominations, senators came to the chamber to debate the federal coronavirus response. The economic impact, Internet Usage is in future aid packages. Week after week this capital has been a study in contrast. Call it a tale of two chambers. Over here in the u. S. Senate the lights are on, the doors are open and we are working for the american people. All month we have been in session. Is National Security legislation confirming key nominees and Holding Hearings on the Coronavirus Crisis and the effectiveness of the historic rescue package the senate wrote in the senate passed. We are heeding medical guidance and taking new precautions but we are showing up and getting things done. Across the rotunda crickets. Crickets. Their lights are off, the doors are locked, the peoples houses shown a grand total of two legislative session days since march. Two days in eight weeks, a blistering pace. Last week they flew into
holiday wishes come true. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. with a lot of americans getting a jump start on the holidays and traveling this week, we have a potentially dangerous storm on the move. water so high that cars and even a fedex uck g stuck. florida is drying out today after the same system dumped as much as seven inches of rain there. some roads there were completely flooded. all total today 56 million americans are under flood alerts. by the end of this weekend washout, the storm will have soaked every state from florida all the way to maine. we will get to the forecast in just a moment. but we begin tonight with george solis. reporter: tonight a storm is already packing quite a punch. charleston, south carolina, in the bull s eye today. fierce winds and torrential rain with high tide flooding neighborhoods. some cars were able to make it through the high water. and the fire department was patrolling streets helping to rescue people fro
,. won. president addressed americans black mayors and all mayors really in washington this. week touting policy wins on infrastructure, and the economy, at the midway mark of his presidents return. moving ahead in the next two years, and already challenges. republicans in the house are clamoring to use their new majority to investigate the president s handling of classified documents. and to put his department of justice under the microscope. just two days ago, the nation hit its debt limit setting up a high stakes confrontation over government spending. it is a battle president biden will have to face without his veteran chief of staff, don klain. nbc has learned, klain will leave his post in the coming weeks according to two sources. all of this, as we mark the 50th anniversary of roe v. wade, this weekend. seven months after the landmark ruling protecting abortion rights at the federal level was overturned by conservative dominated supreme court. it is another hot butto
From the u. S. Olympic committee. Charles grassley is the committee chair. Dianne feinstein, the Ranking Member, have introduced a bill that would require governing bodies of athlete tick programs to report allegations of sexual abuse immediately to Child Welfare agencies or governing bodies. Thanks specially to our witnesses but also everybody who is attending today. You are very welcome. Thank you very much for your interest in this issue. As you probably know, our committee, the Judiciary Committee, is no stranger to contentious debate. When it comes to championing the rights of those hoff been victimized, this committee has a clear bipartisan history. We are here today to build upon that bipartisan tradition and learn what more can be done to keep our children and Young Athletes safe from sexual predators. Protecting children from abuseers has been a top priority for me and a lot of other members of this committee over the years. Over 30 years ago, i sponsored the child Abuse Victi