conversations have taken place with other world leaders and the people around the president thought, oh, my goodness, if this ever gets to the public, we re fixed, we re finished. i don t know what s in there. i hope the day comes when america can see it. how about the quid pro quo with ukraine? you were talking about the 400 million in military aid that the u.s. gives to ukraine and the next question then is about china, right? we know that there have been these conversations with president xi from back in june. we know that the u.s. is embroiled in this trade war that affects every single american. do you think this is all connected with regard to investigatoring the bidens? hard to say. when he came to ukraine, the president was anxious to be invited to the white house? to the white house. it must be i m sure it is a very honor to have the president of the united states welcome this new president personally. but when it comes to the china situation, it is such a complex
manifested in particular. really the issue i m hearing a lot about is rural issues from farmer who are interested in how these democratic candidates are going to take on the impacts of the tariff and trade war the president has started. really a lot of focus this weekend on rural issues and agriculture. elizabeth warren is just one of those senators who put out plans on that issue. she ll be touring around the state making a different point at each stop highlighting a different part of her plan. kasie. ali in iowa for us. thank you very much. congressman crowley, let me go to you here just quickly to kind of put a button on this. why do you think there was this evolution on the white supremacist question? she was much more direct about it? i think in many respect it s response to the president himself and his inability to emote emotion, quite frankly, to the american people, to the victims and families.
president trying to use it to his advantage. michael smerconish, thank you for being with us. brianna brianna, remember, every moment we talk about the wall we re not talking about the mueller probe and i think that s what s really going on here. that is a good point indeed. your show, sir, and we can catch this. let s bring up that beautiful picture of michael smerconish again, saturdays at 9:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. from coast to coast we see the signs of the shutdown getting worse and no sign of it getting better any time soon. just a few examples. tens of thousands who work for the irs, the coast guard and tsa are going to work without pay. subsidies and loans for farmers and ranchers who are already suffering losses because of the trade war the president has going with china they re in limbo and today warnings that economic growth could stall. that is the big warning today. the shutdown is also causing security concerns and we begin with ed lavandera at the d
hilliard who spoke with michael avenatti and former florida republican congressman david jolly. thanks to both of you for being here. you spoke to michael avenatti but you also spoke to voters. so what are they saying? do they want a fresh face? i think let s put into context where we are in the political system here. 85 days out from the midterms. the iowa state fair. it s veterans day here at the iowa state fair. no talk of omarosa going on or the president s tweets. when you talk to the voters, they re talking about education, health care, the trade war the president has engaged farmers into. where does avenatti come in? he was here multiple days and went out to a form. the keynote over the likes of other congressmen. when you were talking to people on the ground here, democrats, about michael avenatti, it was compelling. michael avenatti was making the case to iowans that he s more than a porn star s lawyer as he put it. for 18 years he s been fighting
talking about soybeans this is your bread and butter. how much of a relief is that? it is a huge relief. we are excited to be in the european market. we have soybeans to sell and we are looking for new customers. rob: it got pretty dicey among all different types of agriculture, people were getting worried, republicans coming out against this trade war the president was starting. how nervous did you get? how nervous did your friends get? initially we were very nervous. this happened in late march, early april, the market dropped by $.50 a bushel in one day, here it goes, but we take our time, we listen to what the administration is saying, what