in may the chinese military landed bombers on the islands for the first time. u.s. allies are fighting back against new tariffs imposed by president trump and china warns a trade war with the united states is responsible. the u.s. commerce secretary has gone to beijing to work out a deal, that is if he can. we ll have that story ahead. plus this he has no experience, restoring power, something he says he learned in one day from a retired power worker. nine months after hurricane maria, puerto rico struggles with a long power outage. we re on the island where residents now face a brand new hurricane season. can you actually love wearing powerful sunscreen? yes! neutrogena® ultra sheer.
we have to believe that at some point common sense will prevail. but we see no sign of that in this action today by the u.s. administration. reporter: the trump tariffs were also contempted by the editorial page of the wall street journal that scolded the president for starting a needless trade war with america s best friends. the paper typically supportive of the president went to say so much of donald trump as genius deal maker. the fears of a trade war playing out in key red states across the country with unknown consequences. from carmakers in tennessee to farmers in wisconsin, and in kentucky home of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said a trade war could stifle economic growth. you ve got toyota impacted. you ve got farmers impacted. i don t think anything good will come out of a trade war and i
vladimir putin and dufd haonald have met before on the sidelines of gatherings last year in vietnam and germany. and the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross is in china for trade talks, this after the white house said that it would pursue tariffs on chinese goods. the decision caught beijing off guard because it had already agreed to buy more u.s. goods. it wasn t that long ago the highest profile american that north korean dictator to kim jung-un had likely ever met was basketball star dennis rodman. but since then, a look at the space of developments. but we re reminded of the past year, why such calm now. brian todd has this perspective. reporter: kim jung-un is on a roll, one of his top lieutenants, a man believed to have a lot of south korean blood on his hands and who led a major cyberattack on the u.s., met in
red states, so clearly the states that will feel the burn. should the republican party or as the former speaker of the house john boehner jokingly called it the trump party, should the party be concerned about the impact on these states? well, absolutely. and remember that it is very hard to understand what the economic logic is behind these tariffs. we understand politically that the president is very concerned about the midterm elections, he is very concerned about holding firm to those campaign promises. he is thinking about his base. but broadly speaking, there are far more people in the united states that stand to lose than stand to gain. so this is not popular for the republican party. it doesn t look like the reaction from europe as you have shown and elsewhere will be good in terms of the impact on those that trump is seeking to court. but the other thing that is
important to remember here is that the threat of tariffs has been in place for some time. and even in this period prior to the actual decision the announcement of tariff has been a very negative effect as well because of course what has happened is that it has driven the behavior of steel consumers in the united states to actually buy more than they otherwise would have. on so t so the impact is already being felt and of course this will make it worse because now the question is what will the response be. leslie vinjamuri, thank you very much for your perspective. the former chief strategist at the white house has been speaking out to cnn. steve bannon spoke to fareed zakari and he made a prediction about one of the president s main campaign promises as the u.s. heads toward midterm elections in november. listen. i think that the wall is central. the wall is not just totemic, it