the whole thing expires in 16 years unless renegotiated. it means higher wages. especially auto workers. to stay duty free, 2/5 of a car sold in north america must be made by workers making $16 an hour. 75% of car parts must be made in north america to avoid tariffs or duty. the deal doesn t kill the steel and aluminum tariffs which mean higher costs. the next step is congress. does the president think the deal will pass? i think so. we have other alternatives. he did not specify the alternati alternatives. there is nothing the president likes more than rebranding. even as a real estate guy. even in tpp. it was an international trade deal that he despised and got out of. tpp would have modernized nafta
among the topics they ll focus on, if they do meet, certainly north korea, syria, with the new reports of the u.s. and russia have neared a deal to resolve the syrian civil war. there have been big differences over the future of bashar al assad. notably, though, the president today was strongness language, as you just played, specifically on the issue of trade. this is the first time the president is in this region after saying the u.s. will not be parent of any tpp, transpacific partnership, international trade deal, saying he doesn t want multilateral deals but would prefer the one-on-one deals. saying america s priority when it comes to its own economy is that any deals it has are fair, that they re balanced and based on a principle of reciprocity. a day after coming from china, where the president tried, sort of flattery to pursue deals of sorts. some agreement with his friend, president xi. the president much tougher, suggesting among other things he would not accept currency
on criticisms about white nationalist groups supporting him, he said i don t want to energize and i disavow the group. he had other comments and we will let you know about all of those. also breaking is new details on donald trump s top priorities for the first days in office. we had this for a few hours. a new video put out overnight by the transition team outlining actions he plans to take on day one. withdrawing from the transpacific partnership, the massive international trade deal and investigating visa abuses and fighting corruption by lobbyists and notably absent from the list, campaign themes that he talked about, building a wall and rolling back the executive actions on immigration. those were not mentioned in the video at least. this as first reported on morning joe, donald trump appearing to reiterate in the meeting with the new york times, backing off the pledge to lead the charge for an
more probable than not brady was generally aware. but when i do, i ll be sure to let you know about it. i just hope this doesn t change bill belichick s happy go lucky attitude towards the press. tonight, the united kingdom is facing a difficult election. he s got no plans. he s toast. i m sick and tired of hearing you shout out. president obama is speaking president obama is speaking at a dnc fund-raiser in portland, oregon. he s expected to talk about the biggest problems he has had with congressional democrats in his presidency. the international trade deal, known as the trans-pacific partnership, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren is leading democratic opposition for the president in congress. here is what president obama has said about senator warren s opposition.
but i remind people that, you know, there actually is probably less war and less violence around the world today than there might have been 30 or 40 years ago. it doesn t make it any less painful, but things can get better. we just have to be vigilant and have strong partners. it s about freedom of navigation off the coast of yemen. apparently. chris matthews today in the interview with president obama. it was at the same event today where president obama also specifically addressed a big fight coming up in congress over an international trade deal, it turns out politically to be a big fight between the president and his own party. i love elizabeth. we re allies on a host of issues, but she s wrong on this. now understandably, folks in labor and some progressives are suspicious generally because of the experiences they saw in the past, but my point is, don t fight the last war. wait and see what we actually have in this deal before you