Kristin fisher has the news this hour. For the second day in a row President Trump is put a tremendous pressure on schools to get back open this fall. Back opened with and purchasing classes if they dont be threatened in a tweet this morning that he may cut off federal funding if not open. The Vice President backed up that statement during a briefing this morning, but he phrased it differently. We will look for ways, getting states a strong incentive to get kids back to school. Andrew cuomo says he wants schools to reopen in the fall but says the decision is up to him, not the president. He wants the schools reopened. Its not up to him. Its not up to him. Its not his Legal Authority. Just like it wasnt his Legal Authority to say hes going to decide when the economy reopens. In addition to this push to hold classes, President Trump is pushing the cdc to change its guidelines for reopening grade guidelines the president called this morning expensive and impractical. Todays Task Force Briefing at the department of education, the Vice President announced the cdc will be putting out new guidelines next week. The head of the cdc said the agencys guidance should not be used to justify keeping schools closed. I want to make it very clear that was not the intent of cdcs guidelines. Its to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed. The thing that many schools are still struggling with and this is something that was asked about repeatedly at the briefing is how do schools reopen while still keeping students at least 6 feet apart . A lot of questions to be answered in there. Right now he is meeting with the president of mexico who arrived at the white house about an hour ago. Theyll be holding a briefing. Maybe not a briefing, but making statements in the rose garden and 30 minutes and then there is a dinner tonight. Not officially a state dinner, but about as close as you can get to a state enter in the middle of a pandemic. Bill really interesting. He flew commercial to get there. Ten Business Leaders from the u. S. And mexico. See you later. In texas officials apparently requiring schools to have in person classes. Thin order toreceive state fund. How to get students and teachers back and safely. The superintendent michael. Welcome to our coverage here. Whats the plan in dallas . Thanks for having me. We do know its important to have our students become back to school and we want them to go back to school but they have to be safe. We have gone to Great Lengths to have shields, plexiglass, to separate the students. We are starting School August 17th. We have had pivot from our parents. We started this journey, 20 said they would do on line learning and that has pivoted to 50 because of the recent spike. We are having to pivot as things change in texas, but we do expect we can open safely if the parents choose to bring their students to our schools. Bill you are leaving that decision to mom and dad, but when the plan goes forward as of today . Thats correct. We will have those opportunities and we think we can execute. Ive been there for 26 years and have never faced anything like it, but we have to be prepared. Our parents need to go back to work. We have to find a way to make this work. Bill a few things from the education agency. Option to choose remote learning. What do you think about the others to say we are not going to do it, not so fast. I dont think we have a choice. We need to put every effort forward and we owe it to our families, our communities and of the students are falling further behind. We will try to execute it, all the expectations that are hoisted upon us. Bill hoisted. Heres the Vice President mike pence from earlier today. What we have convey to governors is whatever support they need to get kids back to school, we will make sure they have it. Whether its testing, equipment or other resources. We stand ready to provide those resources to the state. Bill i know you pride yourself and being independent, but will you need the governments help . No doubt about it. We know there been several bills. One of the big challenges we have is connectivity. We started the issue of that, we connect our families to the broadband so they can have access. This is not possible. Texas is losing money on revenue, so it will be important for the federal government. Bill what about the order to offer the and person classes to receive state money . I think theyre trying to incentivize the behavior. I get it. I would love to be able to delay it. We will have to deliver on the promise. Its important to students to get back to learning. This has been quite an ordeal since midmarch. We need to have some kind of learning going on. I would prefer to have an 100 virtual, but thats not an option. We have two problems solved. Bill the Vice President said time to get our kids back to school and talked about in Person Learning being essential. Its where they receive services for Mental Health and poverty. He is not wrong about that. Hes not wrong. We worry about our students. Many of our students when we have issues with child abuse, our teachers are the ones who are poor at that and we havent seen our student since early march. We need to see them under the right conditions and safety is the most important thing. If the parents to want to send them then they wont send them. Bill very interesting. It seemed to have a pretty good handle. What if things go the opposite way . Whats the plan there . I need to communicate with my school board and if we have to delay the start of school for a few weeks we will do that. I dont think were ready at this point. We have to delay till after labor day, thats an option we will need to consider. Right now we are trying to open up on time. Bill what do you do . Say that again . Bill have you tested the front door for the school, where does that begin . We will have to do temperature checks, everybody has to go through that temperature check. Thats the first test. We have to pay a bit depending on what issues we get at that point. Testing is not wildly available and it certainly couldnt happen for 103,000 students. Bill very interesting to talk to. August 17th is the date. We will bring you back before then to see how its going. Thank you. Good luck. New york city mayor bill de blasio talking about the citys plan along with other issues. Taking a lot of heat over his handling of the virus and tensions with the Police Department. You know, we heard calls for the mayors recognition, resignation from blm protesters and now we are hearing it againe from elected officials. Of course as the violence as a crime spike across new york city. I want to talk about that now. Gun violence up 130 compared to last june. When you look at the whole year, police say they havent seen crime numbers like this since 1996. Bill de blasio has blamed coronavirus, specifically that the courts are not fully functioning. It was under his watch that the nypd disbanded its crime unit and the city defunded the Police Department by close to a billion dollars. Last night ray kelly was on hannity warning that the city could return to the bad days of the 70s and 80s if something doesnt give. They say its at a record level of the future is quite frankly very bleak in new york, certainly for the next 18 mont months. Lee zeldin and going a step further and calling for the mayors resignation. Listen to this. I believe he has to be removed and the city wont survive him staying in the remainder of his term. Now his term ends at the end of 2021, if you were to resign Giovanni Williams would be next in line to succeed until a new mayor is elected. He wants even more cuts made to police. We have reached out to his press secretary and we have reached out to the Mayors Office to comment. Bill thank you. We will follow it. New reality meanwhile from hong kong. The Chinese CommunistParty Opening a new security office. That was supposed to have a high degree of autonomy. They say beijing has made empty promises and threatens National Security. We will talk to Morgan Ortagus in a moment. The u. S. Supreme court giving conservatives a win by a lopsided margin. By the ruling of religious liberty today . Also, reaction about cancel culture. They are on deck to tackle that. Standby. Guys safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. Little things can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. 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He said hes evaluating any instance where the Chinese Communist party could access americans private data. State department mistakes woman, welcome. Several topics to rifle through. China, what are we as a government trying to do here . Thats an excellent question. What were trying to do is to look at the Chinese Communist party and chairman xi for who they really are. I think we are guilty on both sides of the aisle, for decades, almost 40 years of not seeing the Chinese Communist party for who they really are. When we look at social Media Companies that are based in china. When we look at technologies like wildlife, wildlife, and he think that this administration has been talking about, this is because we have some animus towards these companies, but rather we have American National security in the forefront of our minds. We are also very concerned about the american peoples private data. When we download one of these apps, when i review you some other infrastructure, we are concerned that american citizens private data gets into the hands of the Chinese Communist party. They hacked into our information and the second term of the Obama Administration and we lost many People Security clearance information. We know they have the ability to do it. Bill two questions. If i download one of these apps, do they have all the access they want and my phone . That is something our officials are looking at. In the United Kingdom with their taking a more aggressive approach. Mike pompeo has been talking about this for the past two years, warning western companies that those values, especially as it relates to National Security and privacy are not shared by these companies that are controlled by the Chinese Communist party. When Companies Like facebook and google, twitter say were not going to allow the Chinese Communist party to have access to our data, thats great. If other Companies Want to follow suit we would welcome them. Bill big tech seems to be on board. When it comes to hong kong, anything you have done for the state department doesnt seem to change any of the behavior. The chinese have certainly been increasingly more aggressive in the past year. The big difference is that the American Media is now covering it. They were incredibly aggressive during the Obama Administration stealing our intellectual property, the provocations, stealing our private security information. The list goes on and on. Theyve been doing this for quite some time. The big difference is that this administration is not ignoring it. We are shining a light on it. They continue to erode the freedom and autonomy of hong kong and were standing up to that. Bill whats the effect of pulling the u. S. Out, and he west dollars significantly as the president plans for next july, and joe biden says if he wins in november he will get back into the world health organization. Im sure he did. If you look at what secretary pompeo did, we notified the congress that we are beginning that process. Listen, there is no one more generous than the american taxpayer. 200 billion for the Global Health infrastructure. We will continue to do it, but what we wont do is find an organization that screwed up on covid19, screwed up on a bullock, and hiv aids. We have to create a u. S. Government new entity because of the massive screwup the w. H. O. Had done on aids. We will still be generous and fond Global Health. We are by far the most generous country on the face of this planet and we will continue to be, but were going to be good stewards. Bill this question came up repeatedly, there was a big fire over the weekend and i know a lot of questions came. Those questions were not answered. What is the extent of the fire . What did it do ultimately, no matter who was to blame here, to the Nuclear Program . Im not at the point where i can answer those questions all the fire youre talking about, but i would say the threat from the Iranian Regime remains. Secretary pompeo announced that we interdicted another shipment of weapons. This violates the Security Council resolution embargo against iran. There in nefarious, and will continue to go after them. Bill would you say that fire is months or more than th that . I cant go there. Thanks for trying. Bill come back soon. In a moment here the u. S. Supreme court giving a wind to conservatives what todays decision on obamacare is Birth Control mandate means going forward. Children suing for moving classes online. Do they have a case. Andy mccarthy weighs in on both. Next. But did you know that your va benefit lets you easily refinance to a lower rate . One call to newday can save you 3000 a year. With newdays va streamline refi theres no income verification, no home appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. 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They didnt reach the more basic religious liberty question which is whether the contraceptive mandate violates the religious freedom restoration act. That is why you have the decision and set about being Something Like the 54 cliffhanger. Bill shameful decision, but it does not grant a license to discriminate. 72 does not mean much, is that what you said . The reason it 72 is because its going to end up being a very temporary and narrow decision and the case is going to continue. It wouldve been nice if they decided the core religious liberty question which could put an end to the case. Instead its going to go back to the lower courts and they will have a litigation that lasts, who knows how long about whether this is all proper under the act. This is why i think the justice in his concurrence was right. The court should have breached the question of whether the mandate violates the act if the court had decided it did, that would have been closer to the end of the case. Bill why did they not . I think chief Justice Roberts wanted to have the case decided narrowly so he could have a bigger margin. That makes the court look marker regional, a decision wouldve been the usual conservative judges against liberal judges thats a thing i think he is avoiding. Bill i want to get your thoughts on this. Kansas state university, two students want to sue their school because theyre not getting their proper education. They did not want to sign up for online virtual classes. They paid full to get education and classrooms. There is also a case at Harvard University as well. Did they have a case where they could say, i paid you x amount of dollars and im not getting the value that i paid for . They have a case they can bring. What usually happens in these things in my is its going to come down to what the fine print says when you sign on the dotted line to go to a school. Its going to all depend on the agreements that are in place, essentially a contract between the school, and the kid who goes to the school. Bill as a parent yourself, would you want to pay full for that . I dont want to pay full freight anyway. Of course not. There is a certain expectation that people have when they lay out the money that they lay out of what a College Experience is. This clearly is not going to match up to it and it allows the cynics to say, why dont you pay the 200,000 and gave me the thing that set i went to harva harvard . Bill i think this conversation is happening in millions and millions of homes. The outcome will be interesting. Nice to see you. Think you, sir. Minutes from now the rose garden is all set up. A joint declaration with the mexican president as the new trade deal has taken effect. How will that and other topics play out on the trail . Chris stirewalt and Donna Brazile will talk about that. Kanye west says hes taken off his d5 hat and throwing his own hat in the ring. Thats not all. Come on in, were open. All we do is hand you the bag. Simple. Done. We adapt and we change. You know, you just figure it out. Weve just been finding a way to keep on pushing. Book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. The open road is open again. And wherever youre headed, Choice Hotels is there. Book direct at choicehotels. Com. It really is like a gets no respect. Its nafta 2. 0. It is far more important in terms of dollars and cents and trade, then frankly the china phase one deal. Its about two times, may be more than two times as important. Twoway trade with canada and mexico. Bill larry kudlow talking about the trade deal with the u. S. Mexico, and canada in place. We await the president s of event and the rose garden, hoping to sign a declaration with the mexican leader this hour. David, how are you doing . This is you are part of the world, brother. Ive been covering up for 12 years. Bill tell us about it. Its a strange relationship because President Trump is a conservative, and its what thy call him, hes a leftist. His economy is in a tailspin. It was even before the virus effectively shut down a lot of the economy the way it has here. It was down 6 before that. Mexico needs the United States more than we needed them. 77 of all of their exports, to the United States. For us its a fraction, 358 billion is how much their exports come to the United States. Despite their ideological differences, they really need to reach out to the United States. Its interesting that the Prime Minister of canada did not come. Hes ticked off at the u. S. Because President Trump has threatened new tariffs on aluminum exports that canada wanted to send to the u. S. Despite differences like that that mexico still has with the u. S. , very desperate to increase trade in any way possible with United States. He screwed up so much with that economy putting more money, government money into their oil company before russia and saudi arabia began to turn up production and send the oil prices plummeting. He was spending money that he didnt have at exactly the wrong time. Hes desperate for a friend and he hopes he has one with donald trump. Bill thank you, david. You think about the trade relations between the u. S. , canada, and mexico. Nice to see you. Right on. Former dnc chair and fox news contributor. It is wednesday. Whats happening . We may get interrupted. For the moment we are looking decent. Heres the tweet. Economy and jobs are going much faster than anyone except me expected. The biggest in history. China virus, mortality rate is among the lowest. Shaping up for a good third quarter. New record highs, 401 k s on their way. Heres how i view this meeting. It is about the economy. Its about immigration. Theyre both to very big Election Year stories. Chris . Was that kanye or trump . [laughter] [laughs] nafta is important, its important because there was a threat for threat for period of time that we wouldnt have naf nafta. Trump got out of nafta, so maintaining that relationship is really, really important. It would have been economically catastrophic to lose it. When it was first envisioned, this is a moment where the president can talk about this stuff and focus on it. Hes not here for a lot of reasons, but one of the reasons is coronavirus. He says hes not going to travel internationally, unnecessarily when he has work to do at home, which is a good look. This is sort of the campaign that mightve been. The president was waxing nostalgia on what it would be like to have been able to run without the double body blows that they have suffered from coronavirus and racial unrest. This is the campaign they wanted to have. Bill i think this is very interesting just watching this year. The media as they are, gathered in the rose garden, i assume theyre wearing masks. I assume they had temperature checks earlier today. Not a lot of social distancing. The overall image is something we havent seen in months. You have a foreign leader who has come to the white house for this event this afternoon, talks to get to know each other better and they have a big dinner tonight. Big in terms of covid times. Lets continue to say that, covid time, social distancing, wearing a mask. With our Manufacturing Sector is trying to reopen, we need our Manufacturing Sector to be open and create the jobs we need. This new nafta which democrats worked so hard for, strong label positions to ensure that workers are not losing their jobs to workers in mexico and other places. This is important. There are strong environmental protections there. The president stated on this deal was signed he said, its all the very best but its good enough. Lets see if the president cannot implement it so workers will come out ahead. Bill to both of you i wanted to bring up this cancel culture letter that is the first, i would argue chris, the first pushback since the statues started coming down. They write, repressive government for a Tolerant Society hurts those who lack power and makes everyone less capable of participation. The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, arguments, and not to push them away. Is this the First Step Towards pushing back on that . This has been a longrunning battle. We are now seeing a division sort of on the american left. The western left. You notice the signatories here. Salman rushdie who once carried a price on his head for writing things that were considered unacceptable to islam. These are people who know from wednesday, theyve been targeted for their thoughts and ideas. It represented a broad coalition. People have gotten sick of it and we are seeing on the left broadly speaking, a division between progressives who want paradise on earth, and liberals who want more freedom, more speech, all of that stuff. Thats a divide we will continue to see play out. Bill 30 seconds. Do you see at the same way . The intolerant pushback . The intolerance didnt start last month or last decade, it was in our culture for a long time. I do believe the cancel culture, former president obama spoke about. Its one we need to Pay Attention to. Its toxic. It doesnt lead to civility or dialogue. Its one way or the other, the highway, and i believe we have to have these conversations and they cannot be 32nd conversations. Bill this one has gone on more than that. I wanted to get to the party for kanye west. We will leave that for next time. Happy birthday, kanye. Bill to the rose garden we go. First, news out of the lawyer for the officers charged with the death of george floyd asking the judge to dismiss the charges. The motion says there is not enough evidence to prove that thomas lane committed a crime. The story in chicago. Today the attorney for former Minneapolis Police officer thomas lane filed that motion asking to dismiss the charges of aiding and abetting murder against thomas lane. It reads that he was patient with george floyd who appeared to be on drugs and not complying with the quest to get into a squad car. The motion to dismiss him did not intentionally conspire with Derek Chauvin to murder george floyd and transcripts from his body camera video indicate that he suggested placing george floyd on his side versus lying flat. A portion of the transcript reads, he asks, julie roll him on his side . He responds no, he staying put where we got him. He says okay, i worry about the delirium. He responds, thats what we got the ambulance coming. Course eventually died. They later tell fox news that is hold body camera video tells the entire story. That video could be released as soon as today. His attorney told fox news that george floyd was not willing to get inside the squad car, saying he couldnt breathe from the beginning and was asking to get on the ground instead. They responded because he allegedly passed fake bills at a corner store. We are getting our first look at the alleged fake bills. The attorney for thomas lane claims he was trying to step away the counterfeit bills after joe horners called 911 for using that fake cash. The police chief tells fox news that he expected all of the other officers to intervene. Not just make suggestions. Since George Floyds death, the Minneapolis City Council has ruled that choke holds our band. Bill matt finn, thank you. A twominute warning, we will see that sticks. Keep an eye at the white house. A Beautiful Day in the rose garden. A push to reopen schools, there were concerns about getting kids back in the school safely. I will speak to a doctor about that. We should see the mexican president and we will hear what they have to say together as they have a rare moment on the International Stage during these covid times. Back in a moment. What do you think . I dont see it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Bill our timing was only off by 18 seconds. Lets drop in. Tremendous pleasure to welcome everyone to the white house. My good friend, weve had a great relationship. Mr. President we are moved that you chose to make your firstborn visit since taking office, very successfully taking office i might add to be with us at the white house. The relationship between the United States and mexico has never been closer than it is right now. As the president said a little while ago, people were betting against that. They were betting against that. Its never been stronger, never been closer. We are doing a tremendous job together. We are cherished friends, partners, neighbors. Our cooperation was founded between the two of us. We honor the great dignity of both nations. We have the opportunity to strengthen the bond we have forged since the impressive election victory more than two years ago. A victory the Vice President they joined celebrating. That was a very exciting day for them. Each of us was elected on the pledge to fight corruption, return power to the people, and put the interest of our countrys first. I do that and you do that, mr. President. The tradition of Great Respect between mexican and american president s goes back to the early days of both of our nations. A particular president , abraham lincoln, and president benito, who each held one another and very high, esteem. They were great friends and they did great things together. We are grateful that this morning president lopez laid a wreath at the memorials that stand to each of these leaders right here and our nations capital. That was very beautiful ceremony. Our countries are linked by trade and travel, history and culture, faith and family. The United States is home to 36 million incredible Mexican American citizens, Mexican Americans uplift our communities and strengthen our churches, and enrich every feature of national life. Youre hardworking, incredible people. Theyre also great businessmen and women and make up a big percentage of our Small Business owners. Theyre very successful. If there like you, their tough negotiators and great business people. Working alongside president , were building a secure partnership. Together we have addressed many of the most complex issues facing our two countries. That really went unresolved for many years and frankly far too long. That should have been resolved long before i got here. We are achieving Great Strides and remarkable breakthroughs and strengthening our relationships for decades to come. With everything we have accomplished, the potential of the future with the United States and mexico is unlimited. Far, far greater situation for both countries than anyone thought possible. Today we celebrate the historic victory be achieved together just days ago when nafta was officially terminated. One of the worst radials and history. And replaced with a brandnew beautiful usmca. We want to think in it. I spoke with and will be speaking to the Prime Minister in a little while. Nafta slashed wages and illuminated jobs, the usmca includes groundbreaking Labor Protections for workers and both nations. This landmark agreement will bring countless jobs from overseas back to north america, and our countries will be big beneficiaries. We are already seeing the fruits because it started. Its the most advanced trade deal ever reached by any country. It will bring enormous prosperity to both american and mexican workers, and canada. We want to thank everybody. We will have a special day with canada. Theyre coming down at the appropriate time. We want to congratulate canada. The Prime Minister. This has been a tremendous achievement. The largest radio ever made. We made a big one with china, but this is the largest radio ever made. Our two governments are in close cooperation to stop the listed crossborder of cash, drugs, guns, and stopping human trafficking. We are forging critical partnerships across the western hemisphere to combat the cartels and the smugglers, and to ensure safe, humane, and lawful migration. We have been helped greatly by mexico on creating record numbers in a positive sense on our southern border. Its been really, very, very tight and weve done a great job. I want to thank the secretary who is here. Chad, you are here someplace. Where is chad . What a great job you are doing. You work very closely with mexico. Thank you very much, chad. Weve also worked closely in the battle against the coronavirus together saving countless, thousands of lives. Its been my honor to help mexico procure 600 ventilators, and its going to be a higher number than that. They needed them very badly and we were able to make them were making thousands a week and were hoping a lot of countries. One of the first it may be the first that i spoke to was mexico. We have a lot of them and mexico, saving a lot of lives. Mr. President , we are in this fight together and we are doing very well. A couple of things on that, to further announce the u. S. Is number one and testing, number one in the world in testing. The mortality rate is the lowest, just about the lowest of any nation and the world. We are safely reopening our country and we are safely reopening our schools. We want the schools to be open and going. In the fall. Most of them i think youre looking at it that way. We are finding out that learning by computer is not as good as learning in the classroom, the campus. I think youre finding that too. We want to learn in the classrooms. We want them open in the fall. Following president Lopez Obradors remarks, we will sign a joint declaration committing ourselves to a harmony. This is a proud moment in history for both of our nations. Mexico and the United States. With the signing we pledge the close and continued friendship between the United States and mexico. We accelerate our progress towards an even greater tomorrow, and thats whats happening. A greater, maybe even a far greater tomorrow. With the prospering region, flourishing hemisphere and two sovereign nations growing and accelerating sidebyside, working together. Thats what weve been doing. Mr. President , we look forward to hosting you for a beautiful dinner later on this evening with some of your friends from mexico, and some of our great friends from the u. S. Its an honor to have you with us. We would love to have you say a few words. Thank you. Thank you very much. Friends, paydays, and gentlemen, i truly celebrate this meeting with you, President Trump. My visit to a great extent has to do with importance right now and this time of World Economic crisis. The importance of the effect of the mexicou. S. Canada agreement, usmca, having been able to close this deal constitutes a great accomplishment, benefiting all three nations and our peoples. As it is well known, north america is one of the most economic regions of the planet. However, our region is inexplicably a region of trade deficits. We export to the rest of the world about 3. 6 trillion. But we import about 4. 2 trillion. That is, we have a deficit of 611 billion. Which is translated into capital flight, less opportunities for companies and businesses, and job source losses. This new agreement seeks to reverse this imbalance through greater integration of our economies and improvement in the functioning of productive change to recover the economic presence that north america has lost in the last five decades. Suffice it to say that in 1970, the region constituted 40. 4 of the world gdp. And now, the share in the Global Economy has gone down to 27. 8 . Thats why this agreement is a great option to produce, create jobs, and foster trade without having to go so far away from our homes, cities, states, and nations. In other words, import volumes of our countries, imports to the rest of the world may be produced in north america at a lower transportation cost with reliable, reliable suppliers, reliable visavis the companies, of course and the utilization of Regional Labor force. Of course, it is not a matter of closing our countries to the world. It is a matter of taking advantage of all the advantages that we have, because we are neighbors as well as the enforcement of a good policy of cooperation for development. This agreement allows us to attract investment from other places of the hemisphere, bringing those investments to our countries provided we comply, we honor their principles of producing merchandises with high regional content. And also, trying to help salary and Labor Conditions that are unfair for our workers of the exporting or importing countries of consumption goods. It is also important to point out that this agreement signifies the integration of all three countries. Because we are all contributing with productive capacity, market technology, experience, expertise, highly Skilled Labor force, and we end up complementing each other. For instance, mexico has something which is extremely valuable to make this economic integration effective and to boost this integration, economic and commercial integration in the region. Im talking about this very Young Creative and responsible labor force. Lets not forget that the participation of workers is just as important as the role of businesses and companies. It really would be no good to have capital and technology if we dont have good workers that are outstanding workers, because of their imagination, their talent, and their instinct and they do their work. On the other hand, with this type of agreement and respecting our sovereign state, instead of distancing ourselves, we are deciding and opting to walk together towards the future. Understanding that is why we are united. And we are setting aside differences, or we are solving those differences through dialogue or respect. We had perhaps moments in which our minds have not been togeth together. And there have been problems that are not yet forgotten. However, we have been able to establish explicit agreements of cooperation and coexistence. For instance, in the 40s during the second world war, mexico helped meet the needs of the United States in terms of the Raw Materials needed by the United States. And it gave its support with the labor of Migrant Workers that were known as since then until until now, we have been consolidating our economic commercial trade relationship as