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Farm and the pacific rim countries, they like high-protein wheat, and thats what we raise here. so being the market is low, ever since last year at harvest this time, i sold wheat for $5.70. the market today is $5.82. there used to be up to $1 bonus on protein from 12 protein to 17, there would be a $1 spread. right now theres 5 cents. so we raise a lot of high-protein weeheat, so were taking about a $2 hit from last year, $2 to $3 hit. and were about $70 to $75 an acre were losing by harvesting...

Came into office? i mean that is stunning. tell us what its been like for you and for other farmers during the presidents trade war. >> well, every time we think the markets stabilized -- i sold a lot of grain last year at harvest for $5.70, and that was at a loss. i felt bad doing it, but i didnt have any room for it. well, it ended up that was an awful good move, and right now our market is $3.96 here locally. so its -- at $4.40 a bushel, i lost $70 an acre just putting my crop in this year. n...

President trump says he is open to making a deal in his trade war with china but only if its what he calls a good deal, a fair deal for the united states. what about the americans who are getting hit hard in his trade war? im going to talk to two of them now. bob kuylen is here, a wheat and sunflower farmer from north dakota. also arnold kamler, the ceo of kent international, a bicycle company. were so glad to have both of you on. bob, lets start with you. you say you have lost over $400,000 sin...

>> yet whites colleagues credit the officers quick thinking with ultimately saving duffys life. >> officer white, in seeing that mr. duffy is halfway out the window already immediately starts to slam on his brakes because theyre traveling on the local freeway, and the speeds there are 65, 70 miles an hour. and officer white was able to get his car down to about 30 miles per hour before mr. duffy made it out on to the freeway. 70 miles an hour had he gotten out that window, he possibly could have...

Edgewise here. >> on the subject of passion, one group that has supported the president quite passionately is the political arm of what used to be the obama campaign, organizing for action. this is the grass roots movement that president obama launched. this grass roots movement is doing nothing on syria, has announced it will not get involved. so paul, you heard your friends at the table say the president needs to stir up position. what does it say if his own political army wont get involved to...

Onto an amendment. whats amazing to me is that this huge grassroots movement is not being covered by the major media. >> so we are happy to have you on the show to talk about it, ben. i guess i wonder a couple things. we talk about corporations and whether or not they are people or not people. one thing you guys -- ben & jerry has been involved in the political debate and social responsibility. you pay a livable wage to your workers at $15.70 a year last year. how did you get interested in money...

Because people saw passion there where they feel that mitt romney has either flip-flopped or hes been very flat. but does he have to pivot to economic issues? >> i think for the next few days, hes got to stay on the social issues part. you noticed last night romney made a very aggressive comment about obama trying to get rid of religion in america. i think what you see in the primaries, whenever he tries to veer to the economy, they gain on him. he has to stay in the over the top rhetoric to win...

But weve stalled well behind the all-time high of $4.11 a gallon. that was back in 2008. however, one gas station in orlando has decided to put the petal to the metal. on friday, sun coast energy near the orlando airport was charging $5.69 a gallon for regular. thats the highest price in the nation. >> what is wrong with people like that? honestly, that is just -- >> supply versus demand, my first hand. >> i was going to say, you guys know that. >> but its obnoxious. weve been surmising that tha...