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>> all tactics, very little strategy. and he found himself this week in a battle with china, which i think a lot of people understand why were having that. but at the same time, he said, wow, i better back away from the auto tariffs for japan and europe. i better back away from the steel aluminum tariffs with canada. i might need some friends in this battle with china and he didnt have too many with him at the table. >> ambassador heyman former u.s. ambassador to canada and co-author of the bran...

>> my statement of bottom line of the report was clearly accurate. >> the attorney general says he has no exception speaking, a popular speaking to the hill. bob mueller and bill barr have known each other for 30 years. this moment, bill barr tells me he considers bob mueller to be a friend. >> bret: bill, thanks. two big stories out of the white house today. president trump says he hopes the u.s. is not on a path to war with iran. iran boasted its military power and missile range. the president...

>> now that weve had a full list of these tariffs, we are going to work with the united states on timing for ratification, but we are very optimistic. >> another piece of good news on the trade news, auto tariffs been lifted for six months. still, the dow has fallen for four street week, the longest losing streak and close to three years. weighed by ongoing u.s. china trade tensions with state media saying a trade war will only make china stronger, its the companies who make a lot of their money...

>> vaughn, stick around as we continue to monitor what the president says. eli, again, were expecting president trump to officially announce it. you never know what hes going to do until he actually does it. but vaughn really, i think, puts the human face on this, right? this is a president who ran on getting good trade deals, who ran on helping farmers throughout the midwest in places like iowa. and yet, here you have vaughn whos spoken to people who say theyre being hurt by this trade war. >> ...

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White house reporter eli stokols. thank you, both, for being here. thank you. i really appreciate it. eli, i want to start with you, to set the scene, president trump minutes from now is going to talk at the national realtors association. were going to bring some of the remarks live. we expect him to announce this officially that hes going to lift these steel and aluminum tariffs. what could that actually mean for the usmca, this deal that he struck with mexicowants to get through congress. this...

President demanding something, not getting it and relenting after trying to put pressure on a situation, not getting what he wanted, and pulling back. but they reserve the right to put tariffs in place in the future. and, you know, theres some measures in terms of enforcement that they believe will be added that they agree to that are concessions i think from canada. >> and democrats still have some concerns surrounding the environment. so this is not a done deal yet, right? but it does alelevia...

Think youre right. think the fact the economys been good with recent strong jobs numbers, the president does, in his mind, have a little bit of political wiggle room here, perhaps, to be a little more aggressive certainly as it relates to china, but whats notable about what we expect the president to announce in his comments today, and what we reported earlier today about the auto tariffs on ya pjapan, eu, president was delaying the imps so of those for another six months, the president wants th...

Crazily. the auto tariffs out of the way, that helped markets. now the steel and the aluminum. >> neil: thats a separate deal. do you think telegraphed potential good news? >> that helps. but with china were hearing everybodys backing away, nobody wants to talk anymore. chinas probably not happy theyre being called criminal and crooks. i hope it goes underground. i even think the economy and the average person out there, doesnt want to hear this anymore. lets go back to business. lest go back to...

Is not the case we want to bring to the supreme court because i think this one will lose. >> the law wont go in the books for six months, the aclu and planned parenthood are planning to file a lawsuit to block it. alabama is one of 16 states to pass restrictive abortion bills. anc a delay in tariffs against the european union as the trade war with china, deciding whether to hike tariffs on cars coming into europe at 25%. that would have alienated allies and devastated global supply chains. the...