A solution to the north korea crisis called on china to apply more pressure on young and one of its Nuclear Weapons program but he said there is Common Ground on how to deal with it we agreed on the need to fully implement all u. N. Security Council Resolutions or north korea and to increase economic pressure until north korea abandons its reckless and dangerous path all responsible Nations Must Join together to stop arming and financing and even trading with. The murderous north korean regime. Well earlier the two leaders announced a two hundred fifty three billion dollars in business deals between u. S. And Chinese Companies donald trump said the u. S. Trade deficit with china was one sided and unfair and vowed to fix it step lassen has more from beijing. The United States and china have actually signed an amazing amount of trade deals of two hundred fifty billion u. S. Dollars and of course that could be seen as a sort of trade off on the north korea issue which is a lot more diffic
Illinois 10th Congressional District has one of the most expensive races in the country as democrats try to take control of the seat for the first time in more than 30 years. Theyre aided by the recent remap of the district which makes it the most democratic Congressional District in the country that is held by a republican. The newlydrawn 10th Congressional District runs along Lake Michigan and up to the illinois wisconsin border and includes northern sub you ares such as buffalo grove, lake forest and glen cove. A couple of quick notes. This forum is being streamed live on our web site, wttw. Com chicago tonight, and you can join a live chat. If you have a question for the candidates, you can ask it there, and we may use it on the air. Also a note about our format tonight. This is not a formal debate. The candidates will not give opening or closing statements, their answers will not be timed, and they will not necessarily be asked the same questions. I will use fairness as my guide t
Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we kept police on the street, kept or teachers to me laid off in our classrooms from blowing up in size. And firefighters. So certainly we had to do something. The thing that i am really confused about, thats bad but there do the right thing on the taxes apparently. But now some of the economy is starting to be fine for millionaires and billionaires. Im doing the wrong thing by asking them to pay their share. And get we need to balance the budget but where is the money going to come from . None of
Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we kept police on the street, kept or teachers to me laid off in our classrooms from blowing up in size. And firefighters. So certainly we had to do something. The thing that i am really confused about, thats bad but there do the right thing on the taxes apparently. But now some of the economy is starting to be fine for millionaires and billionaires. Im doing the wrong thing by asking them to pay their share. And get we need to balance the budget but where is the money going to come from . None of
California. Then we look at one of Donald Trumps most powerful advisors, Stephen Miller, a 31yearold former aide to senator Jeff Sessions. The end result of this is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned. Amy we will look at how Stephen Miller went from pestering latino students to designing trumps immigration policy. We will speak with one of his former classmates and a reporter at univision. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Washington Post reports the white house is in fullblown crisis following the resignation of former National Security advisor Michael Flynn. On tuesday, the white house admitted that President Trump new for weeks Michael Flynn had discussed center than a call on december 29 with the Russian Ambassador and then lied