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On monday, a volunteer found this tackle bag that belongs to one of the missing firefighters, but it was more than 100 miles from where the men went missing. stephanie mccluney hopes that her husband put the bag in the water on purpose, like a breadcrumb to his location. >> he strategically took out heavy items. he only had things that he knew we could identify. >> reporter: theres a bit of talk here about a debris field, but authorities here say they cant too much stock into that, because there...

>> its not being considered at this time. >> reporter: but just hours later -- >> payroll tax is something that we think about and a lot of people would like to see that and that very much affects the workers of our country and we have a lot of workers. >> reporter: still, the president insists there will not be a tax cut any time soon. hes promised tax cuts before for the middle class, ahead of last years midterms, only to abandon the idea after election day. >> lets get right to cecilia vega, ...

Tonight. >> reporter: president trump today defending his trade war with china, saying its worth it even if it hurts the economy. >> whether its good for our country or bad for our country short-term, long-term, its imperative that somebody does this. i am doing this whether its good or bad for your statement about, oh, will we fall into a recession for two months, okay? the fact is, somebody had to take china on. and the smart people say thank you very much and the dumb people have no idea. >> ...

>> you know, your candidate might be better on, i dont know, health care than joe is, but youve got to look at who is going to win this election. and maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say, okay, i personally like so and so better, but your bottom line has to be that we have to beat trump. >> reporter: in iowa today, the former vice president asked about his wifes comments. >> she was making the case, you should pick the person you think could win, because none of our issues will matter ...