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Credit. tell us how significant this is. >> this is important because over the last week we heard from chinas ministry of commerce and the ambassador in the u.s. severing on the table. and whatsed he blifrpged. he backed down on a very important issue. cheeseburgera tariffs and intellectual permanent. it will take time for implementation the important thing here is president trump pushed him off center. i think trump will condition to we gotta get him to a place we need to be. is taking on china...

He later tweeted when youre already $500 billion down, you cant lose. regardless of how you feel about trade deficits, the president is lying. according to the commerce department, the gap between chinese goods and services imported into the united states and american goods and services exported to china was just over $375 billion in 2017, up from $347 billion in 2016. there is no way you can add or subtract these numbers to get to $500 billion. thats just a made-up number by the president. the ...

Leading womans business executive in this country, according to many, and we buy -- >> weve been listening to president trump right now as he announces what will be a $50 billion -- he said about $60 billion. the white house told us a short time ago, a $50 billion trade -- tariffs skushs me. ali velshi, lets walk through some of the numbers. the president deserves a little fact checking on his numbers. >> to the point about the 60 versus 50, put that aside, the president says we have an $800 bil...

Those things that contain aluminum and steel. so there is trying to help the president understand the context of what his policy means once its executed. >> thats part of it, hagar. according to his own administrations comments reports, some of his statements have been exaggerated. last year we had a trade deficit of almost $800 billion. bad policies and leaderships. according to the new york indianapolis too, the department of commerce reported an $810 billion deficit in goods in 2017 but a tot...

With me. >> let me unpack that. it is true that u.s. does have a trade deficit. but what that means is a lot more complicated than the president is making it out to be. so lets start with the basic question. what is a trade deficit? it is quite simply, the gap between how much more the u.s. imports compared to how much it exports. official figures from last year put our deficit at $566 billion. not 800. lets examine the presidents claim. he said in his tweet yesterday, last year we had a trade d...

Times," the senate plan calls for nearly $1 trillion in new taxes, modest cuts in government spending but leaves the government with $566 billion in annual deficits over the next ten years. the house plan balances the budget by 2023 with big cuts in domestic spending and major changes to medicare and the tax code. charlie rangel, new yorks most famous congressman, is here with me. former chair of the house ways and means committee. start with the chasm between the two plans. is there room for co...

>> a lot of interaction, that budget battle goes on. the president is heading back to meet with senate republicans and house democrats. just one day after the house budget committee approved paul ryans blueprint plan which would balance the budget in a decade. patty murray released a plan which would cut annual deficits, but leave the country with a $566 billion shortfall after ten years. this while that back and forth continues on another issue, the white house tours. who exactly is to blame? t...

>> bill: uh-oh. that might be me. i dont think american power is back. how can it be when you have massive debt, chaotic government in washington and no entitlement reform? how can it be? one more thing, medicare spending stands at $566 billion this year alone. 566 billion. if you take medicare off the table, we might be getting some control over the budget. how would you do that? well, you make changes. you factor in wealth and age and raise a little bit of the age, you know. if you are making ...

>> bill: uh-oh. that might be me. i dont think american power is back. how can it be when you have massive debt, chaotic government in washington and no entitlement reform? how can it be? one more thing, medicare spending stands at $566 billion this year alone. 566 billion. if you take medicare off the table, we might be getting some control over the budget. how would you do that? well, you make changes. you factor in wealth and age and raise a little bit of the age, you know. if you are making ...

>> bill: uh-oh. that might be me. i dont think american power is back. how can it be when you have massive debt, chaotic government in washington and no entitlement reform? how can it be? one more thing, medicare spending stands at $566 billion this year alone. 566 billion. if you take medicare off the table, we might be getting some control over the budget. how would you do that? well, you make changes. you factor in wealth and age and raise a little bit of the age, you know. if you are making ...