Another day of falls for world stocks but they regain some ground following positive signals from the u. S. Treasury secretary this time stephen asia saying a trade deal between china and the United States is about 90 Percent Complete russians begin to spark hopes of a deal at this weekends g. 20 summit in japan where trade is expected to top the agenda u. S. President all trump will meet his chinese counterpart xi jinping in attempts to calm the trade war its been raging for almost a year now. This is the current status of the u. S. China trade conflict. Washington has slapped 25 percent tariffs on nearly half of all imports from china. The levies now affect 250000000000. 00 worth of goods. And u. S. President on the trump is threatening to extend the tariffs to the rest of chinese imports. China has retaliated with Counter Tariffs Beijing is charging
extra duties on u. S. Goods worth some 110000000000. 00 the 2 countries are still negotiating but so far talks have been unable to reso
Considered. Otherwise have done it and its shown to make the lives of sex workers safer. Back when he was asked in march, he said he didnt have an answer for that. Thats going to wrap up this hour. Ill see you tomorrow morning on today. Andrea mitchell reports starts right now. Big mistake, President Trump with a stern message for iran after iran shoots down an unmanned american drone in what the u. S. Is calling an unprovoked attack over International Waters and iran claims violated their airspace. These are very precisely guided, unmanned, run by high tech computers. I would bet almost anything that was in International Airspace. I think its a dangerous situation. High tension wires are up in the region. We expect to hear from President Trump this hour. No apologies. Joe biden standing by his controversial comments about working with segregationist
senators in the past. Cory booker is demanding he apologize. Apologize for what . Booker has called for it. Cory should apologize. He kno
So, you know, as claire was saying, there are so many more substantive allegations now including this misuse and abuse of a highly classified Intelligence Community Computer Network system. And for people to say that this didnt fall under the dnis purview is wrong. The dni is responsible for maintaining the integrity of those systems. And if it is being used to cover up political corruption, that requires an investigation. And whether or not the senior official was asked to hide that material inside that Computer System. So i do think that donald trump and his associates are in a heck of a lot more political trouble right now than they were 48 hours ago because of the substantive flow of these allegations coming through,
again all reinforcing the theme that this is a corrupt white house that will stoop to doing anything in order to prevail in elections as well as to cover their krucht trackcorrupt track. Weigh in on the idea that President Trump took all of the conduct detailed in the
About, yet he went to him to work on an issue thats so important. That says everything about his life. Thanks, antjuan, and thank you, trymaine as well. President clinton and President Obama are set to speak in baltimore. Andrea mitchell reports starts right now. Thank you, craig melvin. Next on Andrea Mitchell reports, the Justice Department opens a Criminal Investigation into the origins of the fbis russia probe. Whats the crime . Whos under investigation . And why are the findings of the nations 17 Intelligence Agencies and the Republicanled Senate Intelligence Committee not enough for the Trump Administration . Falling in line. Republicans escalate their assault on the house Impeachment Inquiry, trying to slow down the pace after two weeks of damaging testimony. Plus going home. Thousands gathering in baltimore this hour, including two former president s, for a final farewell
to congressman Elijah Cummings. The man that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called our north star. And g
Says oil prices could spike to unimaginably high levels if the world doesnt come together to deter iran theyve been attacks on the saudi oil sector the Worlds Largest crude exporter sharply reducing production still havent been so and says he prefers a political solution to a military one thats helping ease Oil Prices Today but not the saudis worries fitch has downgraded their Credit Rating citing the rising tensions. Saudi arabias message is clear an Armed Conflict with iran would have catastrophic implications for the Global Economy and send markets reeling its a stark warning and one riyadh hopes will prevent Military Action by its long time rival a spate of attacks on Saudi Oil Facilities allegedly orchestrated by iran earlier this month led to a huge spike in Crude Oil Prices as saudi output sputtered in a rare interview with u. S. Broadcaster c. B. S. The Saudi Crown Prince issued a stern call to action. And that if the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter iran w