Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. The senator from maryland. Senator, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. What do you make of that quite unexpected News Conference today . It did seem Like Full Court press, agreeing with the fact there was interference, there is interference, and i wasnt as confident that we know exactly what were supposed to do about it, but it seemed like everybody in that room seemed to agree this is something we have to deal with. First, its good to be with you. Youre exactly right, it was very clear that russia interfered in our 2016 elections and it was acknowledged that it was mr. Putin, the russian government, that was behind that. They acknowledged that this campaign is continuing both in trying to influence how voters vote as well as we are concerned that they may even go into our election apparatus. No evidence that theyre doing that yet, but they are certainly exploring that. That was very clear. And they laid o
china is urging the united states to, quote, correct its attitude attitude after president trump escalated his efforts to get china to negotiate a new trade deal. let s talk about this. a lot of numbers here. stay with me. the president originally proposed imposing a 10% tariff on an additional $200 billion in chinese goods. he now wants to raise that to 25%. the proposed tariffs target products such as aircraft parts, diesel trucks, medical equipment, flat panel tv screens and much more. now, china retaliated to the first set of u.s. tariffs by imposing sweeping duties on its own range of american goods, including soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco and whiskey which is why all of that stuff we now have surpluses of. with the increased cost of goods, companies could be forced to cut costs and potentially layoff employees, according to the trade partnership. the tariffs and retaliatory