of every kind. the wall street journal is reporting as part of a deal to avert tariffs mexico agreed to revisit u.s. demands for a radical overhaul of the immigration system. the safe third party designation. here s what secretary of state mike pompeo said when asked if there was another agreement. as for other agreements, there were a number of commitments made. i can t go into them in detail but each side was committed to a set of outcomes. so trump said tariffs would be reinstated if mexican lawmakers don t sign off on whatever this new unannounced as yet commitment deal is. pompeo added 30 to 45 days we ll seem some results on the border numbers. the late half brother of kim jong-un is said to be an inform end for the cia. new details next. early start is brought to you by
multiple plagiarism charges. is free speech under fire accused of using bias investigators to crack down on students who had uncomfortable statements. we ll lay out the case and you will decide. i m in dallas, texas tonight. we begin with kristin fisher, lots of breaking news with mexico aimed at stopping the flood of illegal immigration at our southern border. good evening. tonight president trump was successfully able to use the threat of tariffs to get mexico to the negotiating table and commit to take several concrete steps to help reduce migrants from illegally entering the united states. he made the announcement as he often does on twitter by saying i am pleased to inform you that the united states of america has reached a signed agreement
mexico into the united states. he says now that that problem is solved i m sure we won t be hearing any more about it in the future. the top republican mitch mcconnell follows up and says now the onus on my democratic colleagues in congress. they preferred to pick political fights with the president rather than get something done. here is what we can do. democrats are willing to do today is work with republicans to get more immigration judges. willing to work with republicans on hardening points of entry and finding a way to speed up and modernize our visa system. 90% of the folks coming to our country are because of visa overstays, not pouring across the southern border. these are a all things they re willing to work with republicans on. will republicans work with us on these things? shannon: as we touched on earlier, a lot of this is contingent whether mexico follows-throughs and take people part of this deal will
be those who are seeking asylum won t stay in the u.s. but in mexico. that s part of the deal. there are a lot of things on both sides of the border that have to happen for this to work. if not there is still a caveat the tariffs could kick in. what do you see happening? i think mexico got a huge wake-up call this president means business. i have some suggestion for my friend, richard and his democratic colleagues. there is something you can do. that is get nancy pelosi to take up on the house floor the usmca agreement. president trump has brought that agreement to congress. congress has done nothing. and maybe it s time for trump to put tariffs on congress. maybe that s what it takes to get them to act. withhold their pay. shannon: seems like there has been a lot of bipartisan support for trying to get the bigger deals done with mexico and canada knowing they re our biggest trading partners and neighbors. as this plays out it looks like
because of the soybeans, huge crop for china is a problem now. corn huge crop to go to mexico. also a problem right now. you aren t getting any benefits out of not many benefits. corn is up a little. shannon, sometimes on the farm when it rains, it pours. shannon: jeff flock out in the field for us today. house democrats are poised to vote on another contempt of congress citation for william barr. this time over documents tied to the trump administrations decision to add a citizenship question for the 2020 ken sus. they denied the demand for specific documents. saying they re protected by attorney/client privilege. the house committee is attempting a contempt vote for wilbur ross as well. teaming up with beijing against