Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Carrying a recently deported mother and daughter turned around. This, as the government finally files a plan to reunite the 360 migrant kids still separated from their parents after missing last nights deadline. And galaxy quest. What started as a line at a rally could now be coming a reality. I said maybe we need a new force, well call it the space force. And i was not really serious. The administration now asking for 8 billion im going to say that again, 8 billion bucks over the next five years to launch the first new branch of the military since 1947. Whats the goal . It is not enough to merely have an american presence in space. We must have american dominance in space. Oh, my goodness. Players sat out the anthem during last nights game. While others, like Malcolm Jenkin of the super bowl champion eagles, he raised a fist. Kenny stills and Albert Wilson of the miami dolphins, they took a knee. We dont expect a
i mean, we ll remember months and months ago when he met with abe he talked about afterwards the big beautiful slices of cake they shared together, everything chocolate cake. everything is a performance, it s about the optics, being a strong man against other world leaders in ways they re now responding to. and i think that is why these trade policy decisions, or even his knowledge of them come secondary to the president because to him it s almost like a business dealing. it s dealing with people in a political way. or like a reality tv show, every day is a new episode and you don t need to worry about continuity or consistency. exactly. i want to go back to his lack of understanding of what a trade deficit means. he actually thinks we pay money to other countries. it s money we lose. yeah, this is the president of the united states supposedly conducting trade deals. and he has smart people around him. larry kudlow knows this stuff, mnuchin knows this stuff. you guys ar
way. he has interests in shipping companies, in china. for the chinese government. also has interest in while he s also participating in trade policy decisions on china. he has interest in the company that ships steel out of south korea while the trump administration decides to give south korea a pass on steel tariffs. all of these questions raise real doubts about how independent willbur ross is. and really wiping out financial conflicts of interest. and the problem in washington is that donald trump himself has not taken any serious steps to limit his own financial conflicts of interest. all of these people in his administration who are sort of flagrantly breaking the rules and aren t being held to account. scott pruitt is one. ross is another. scott pruitt left the building. tom bryce left the building. steve, what s your take? how is this going to unfold for ross? you know, it depends on i
we re only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary and both rick santorum and mitt romney are proving to be untouchable. reporter: the battle for the gop nomination has come to illinois and in the land of lincoln the republican party is a house divided in an uncivil war of words. i m somewhat experienced in the economy, i m not an economic light weight. president obama is. we re not going to be successful replacing an economic light weight wit