Stoking the trade dispute threatening an additional 100 billion in tariffs. China responding saying it will use any measure to fight back and has very detailed countermeasures at its disposal if needed. China is retaliating with tariffs on 50 billion worth of u. S. Products including pork, soybeans, wine and fruit. The it the for cat caused wild swings on wall street with the dow tumbling 570 points just yesterday. Now, the president s new top economic adviser larry kudlow is trying to cool talk of a trade war, take a listen. Were not running a trade war. If you read this, youll see, this is a proposed idea which will be vetted by usdr. Nothing has been executed. There may be negotiations in the next couple of months, i hope so. I think everybody hopes so because i guess to your point in the beginning, i dont want to disrupt the economy, the president doesnt want to disrupt the economy. We need not disrupt the economy. For more, lets bring in our panel Charlie Savage, washington corres
Times oped. And a new report suggesting jared and ivanka believe one person is behind it and is, quote, destroying the presidency. Details next on msnbc live. We begin with a live picture of the white house where the search appears to be intensifying for the person behind the scathing New York Times oped, President Trump campaigning last night telling reporters he has a list and Jeff Sessions is in further neglect if they dont investigate. I think it is a National Security matter. They should look at it and look at it very strongly and we should find out who it is because why should we live with somebody in the white house who is really subversive in a sense. I could think of four or five, mostly people that either i dont like or respect, but theyre there because in some cases they have to be governmentally. Meaning theyre protected. We have a lot of people that are protected. But i thought of two or three or four people, people that i havent do you want to name them . No, i dont want
Good morning. Its 7 00 in the east, 4 00 a. M. Out west, theres a lot to tell you about. From the report about a new potential whistleblower to a subpoena for the white house, to what trump told a republican senator about ukraine aid. And the president firing back at democrats. When adam schiff made it up, you talk about pinocchio, that should get ten pinocchios. Adam schiff. We dont call him shifty schiff for nothing. Adam schiff made up my words. Adam schiff representative, congressman, made up what i said. The impeachment inquiry turning to Vice President mike pence. A new take on which key player is the most vulnerable. Plus the andrew yang surge. Why his name is coming up regarding the november debate. And new this morning, there is new reporting of what could become a major piece of evidence in the impeachment inquiry. The New York Times reporting that a Second Intelligence official is considering whether to file a whistleblower complaint about the president seeking foreign help
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