throughout areas of the southeast and the mid-atlantic. hit-and-miss showers and storms. sunday, looking pretty good in the northeast. much cooler. lower humidity. it will be enjoyable to be outside. looks nice in the ohio valley but strong storms in the northern plains. so the weekend s kind of hit and miss. we re not going to have plans. it s not picture perfect. make plans inside and we ve got you covered. be ready for the airline melee friday. yes, in the northeast. still ahead, global markets getting a boost on a potential thaw in the trade standoff between the u.s. and china. federal regulators reportedly take action against tesla ceo elon muflk over his tweets mulling the idea of taking his company private. sk o tweets mulling the idea of taking his company private.
. the escalating trade standoff with china prompting beijing to target specific crops in california. william la jeunesse has more on the story. reporter: from california fields to beijing market ises, a prolonged trade war brings both. china buys about 30% of the pecans grown in the united states. the big worry right now is what happens if we re in a prolonged dispute. reporter: the trump trade war took center stage. china is the state s third largest export market. you name it, we grow it here. reporter: since april china slapped 2 billion in tariffs on california commodities no grower likes to see tariffs
not account, that program, for future retaliatory tariffs. i talked to a man in iowa, a longtime third generation corn and pork producer updecora, iowa. he said the big question mark coming out of this, and i guess the big consequence of this trade standoff is the long-term impact. talking about export markets. they could, a lot of these farmers, like bob, could withstand the immediate financial impact. it s where our other countries, big import, like the lobster men. 20% of u.s. lobsters go overseas into asia. the question, are those markets going to begin to turn elsewhere and ultimately people like those lobstermen or like those corn producers relied on export markets before, those export markets will begin to turn to other countries instead of american-made products. a lot of those producers saying we don t want bailouts we want free trade.
chinese goods for a 10% tariff if china doesn t back down on the current trade standoff. the news sending stocks into a dive as american businesses brace for fallout from the trump trade war. and he and xi. chinese president gives a red carpet welcome to kim jong-un as he arrived in beijing for a debrief on the summit with president trump. what role is china playing in behind the scenes talks between washington and pyongyang. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following breaking news. president trump heading to capitol hill this hour to talk immigration with house republicans as the administration faces some fierce backlash over its policy of separating migrant families at the border. and as the house prepares for major votes on two immigration
president trump with big praise for scandal plagued epa chief scott pruitt. will that prove to be a political kiss of death? if this was my remark. it would have taken about two minutes. what the hell. president trump tosses the script and ignores key facts on voter fraud and immigration and more. the president ups the ante with the trade standoff with china. how will beijing respond this time to his new tariffs talk? i think the tossing of the script is symbolic. he has thrown out the playbook. he is going full sinatra. i m dave briggs. i m rene marsh. president trump is standing firmly behind scott pruitt this