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tougher border measures at the mexico border in exchange for any additional funding for ukraine. the us military aid package that has stalled would include $61 billion for ukraine as part of a larger package. congress has approved more than $111 billion since the war began, but the biden administration is warning that money is running out as the war in ukraine ticks closer to its two—year mark. our correspondentjess parker has the view from kyiv. hes here on a rescue mission to liber...

trial. a trial that threatens to upend his personal fortune and real estate business. the former president could take the stand in his own defense on monday, but today the court is hearing from an accounting expert who described new york attorney generals letitia james claims of fraud as meritless, saying, quote, my main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud. this is trumps first appearance since an appellate court reinstated a gag order barring him f...

the same outfits. putin is basically ruthless dictator barbie. >> all right. good morning. and welcome to "morning joe." its wednesday, december 6th. weve got a lot to get to this morning, including donald trumps response to questions about his promise to use a possible second term to seek revenge and retribution. well show you what he said. plus, republican senator tommy tubervillle finally drops his hold on hundreds of military promotions. but hes trying to spin it as both sides no...

Because of climate change. partially that institutional investors dont want to hold them in their portfolios. it is not an easy time to list. if you take aramco on profits alone, $111 billion. theyre in a league of their own. the final point is there is concern about peak demand. we consume 100 million barrels of oil a day. could that come in 20 years? even so, aramco is efficient enough to beat the competitors. people dont want to hold oil and gags talks right now. . >> thanks for that. well ta...

Lighthouse or spoke with china regarding u.s. china trade talks. they agreed to hold meetings with the ministerial level in washington in the coming weeks. u.s. officials say the talks will most likely be held at the beginning of october, a month later than originally planned but in the face of mounting tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in goods, china appears eager to get back to the table. >> the trade teams of the two sides of ink communicating effectively. the two sides agree that j...

Time, right? youre going to buy lots of goods, a great many made in china. but keep this in mind, china started this many, many years ago with unfair trade practices like forced technology transfers. thats the white houses view. and so nowings as you know, president trump has repeatedly said this has cost the american consumer hundreds of billions of dollars, and now it is time for a trade reset or more tariffs will hit the chinese. let me take you inside the numbers. more trade tariffs coming o...

House with more. hello, kevin. >> reporter: mike, good to be with you. a couple of views on that premise. on the one hand, its simple. you import chinese-made goods, youre going to pay more. if you buy chinese-made goods, youre going to pay more too, but the other viewpoint certainly from the white houses perspective, if you want to avoid those tariffs, just dont buy goods made in china. let me take you inside the numbers and explain for the folks at home exactly what were talking about, those n...

There go the dragon right there. >> reporter: thats the dragon. >> constantly watching it. frrks. >> reporter: its actually the biggest oil refinery in america and its owned by a saudi arabian company that made $111 billion profit last year. almost twice as much as apple. meanwhile their neighbor who lives here was driven out by the flood waters of hurricane harvey and almost two years later cant afford the repairs to move back in. this is why communities of color are were aides that the gap bet...

Rebuild your house over and over again. >> reporter: for almost 20 years hes been the kind of concerned citizen who grabs a camera when the toxic clouds get bad and has air quality officials on speed dial. >> he was like what do you need to see it for and who are you again? >> reporter: he has a stack of complaints and a few wins. >> and were constantly fighting those kind of battles. im forever the guard at this gate. as you can see from my place, there go the dragon right there. >> thats the d...

Gave its domestic companies $111 billion in loans and guaranteed assurance to help them sell their various products overseas. china is just one example. japans company has $33 billion. south korea $24 billion. and by contrast, the u.s. total was just $15 billion. keep in mind that south koreas economy is less than one-tenth the size of americas. now this creates a very uneven playing field. one in which its tough for many u.s. companies to compete. and if american firms are struggling to compete...