And we have video of the chinese communication has been an issue, tax reform is hard to vice premier meeting with u. S. Communicate. Dagen wrote trump is his own communicator, he is the best trade representative lighthizer communicator. Right now, only video, american maria see you soon, have a great day, varney and Company Begins now. Video of the meeting. Treasure secretary Steven Mnuchin joined for dinner, this stuart history about to unfold deal pauses tariffs Going Forward but still 250 billion on varney and company. In chinese import under 25 dignitaries assembled in the tariff and another 120 billion under 7 and a half percent until white house for the formal signing of the china trade deal. It will be quite a show. The president , Vice President , cabinet, members of congress, Top White House officials will all be there and so will phase 2. He will consider releasing chinas toplevel delegation. The vice premier, the commerce tariffs as part of phase 2. So theres, nothing to do
Good being with us on a wednesday morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The humanitarian crisis is deepening in the wake of maria with some fearing the crisis along with the crippling debt could cause a mass migration to the u. S. The governor says without aid from the government such an exodus may be inevitable. If conditions are inhospitable, if we dont have the resources to rebuild properly, then yes, this is going to cause a problem for puerto rico. Of course it is going to cause a problem for the main land as well. Fema says 4 million meals and 6 million liters of water have been delivered so far and up to 26 military ships have been deployed to the island. But despite the effort, many say the aid simply isnt reaching them quickly enough. Nbcs laura aguirra has the latest. Reporter a familys desperation in a rural area of puerto rico. Four letters scrawled on their roof. A plea to help to anyone who might fly over. Search examine rescue crew members reached them, but in
Early today starts right now. Good being with us on a wednesday morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The humanitarian crisis is deepening in the wake of maria with some fearing the crisis along with the crippling debt could cause a mass migration to the u. S. The governor says without aid from the government such an exodus may be inevitable. If conditions are inhospitable, if we dont have the resources to rebuild properly, then yes, this is going to cause a problem for puerto rico. Of course it is going to cause a problem for the main land as well. Fema says 4 million meals and 6 million liters of water have been delivered so far and up to 26 military ships have been deployed to the island. But despite the effort, many say the aid simply isnt reaching them quickly enough. Nbcs laura aguirra has the latest. Reporter a familys desperation in a rural area of puerto rico. Four letters scrawled on their roof. A plea to help to anyone who might fly over. Search examine rescue cre
Chairman kevin hassette about the potential approaches to overhauling the nations tax code. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Good morning, everybody. I want to welcome everyone to the most informative hearing on how we can accelerate Economic Growth in the United States, what is haute holding back Economic Growth in america has been of central interest of this committee from the conyet of my term as chairman. Our hearings have produced useful information and insights. Im particularly pleased to have chairman hassette lend his insights today on the forces and constraints that are holding back private investment, labor force participation, and important just as important as anything else, wages. We hope to get a clearer picture of how the right policies can help the economy recover its full potential. The economy is dealing with the aging of the population, the slowing of a population growth, and technological changes that are altering the methods of production in america. Self imposed co
Finetuning. What are the amendments we are likely to see on monday and next week . And whatthe changes kevin brady will bring to the bill . Ms. Mcpherson the republican tax writers are quiet about one amendments they might offer this weekend. But the changes that members are seeking are in a few different areas. There are concerns about the state and local tax reduction. It does not keep the income tax portion of that. Some think itnd does not go far enough. Unclear if that will be addressed in the markups or not. There are concerns about the mortgage reduction. New homes, up to 500,000. He gets rid of mortgage interest induction deduction on a second home. Mr. Scanlon there are couple members that voted against the budget a week ago that have issues about the state and local tax provision in the bill. How will Republican Leadership work on keeping those members in line and getting their vote when it comes to the final passage . Ms. Mcpherson honestly, with today,promise just tom mcart