this trade war goes on. the chinese saying they will retaliate. when the u.s. tariffs go into effect next week. making people very nervous. from beijing. the trump administration will slash the number of refugee admissions to record low next year: this years cap of 45,000 will be lowered to 30,000 in 2019. our correspondent has more. reporter: the admission of refugees to the u.s. have already been at record low. in four decades this program existed. the current fiscal year cap was 45,000 refugees admissions. now the secretary of state announces this administration is dropping that to 30,000. so you clearly see this stance of the administration. the direction it s moving in. especially when you consider even with the current 45,000
little, shall we say premature. kristin: premature. he s a busy man. can nt do everything, right? well, china and the u.s. will attempt a breakthrough in the escalating trade war before a new round of tariffs take effect next week. that round 16 billion dollars, that will go into effect on thursday as china levies them against the u.s. matthew, let me get this, we ve got 16 billion worth of more tariffs going into effect on thursday and hearings this week for potential of $200 billion more tariffs. i mean, what does this all mean if they all go into effect or u.s. consumers? well, first off, let s be very clear, there s nothing positive for u.s. consumers or really americans for being in a trade war. so, that s very important. but the fact is, that we have a president who is using tools in his toolbox that i think previous presidents have not used before. and so, right now, the stage
these rules are propose you had. they won t go into effect for at least 60 days. for 60 days the public has a chance to respond and give their input. bret? bret: ellison, thank you. up next, north korea appears to be trying to evade u.s. sanctions. we will tell you how. first, here s what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 9 in the twin cities with cleanup from a flurry of unexpected tornadoes that swept through central iowa thursday. at least 17 people injured. the storms flattened building in three cities and forced the evacuation of a hospital in that area. no deaths were reported. wdr ghmplet louisville as kentucky governor matt bevins administration says it s reinstating dental and vision care for hundreds of thousands of medicaid recipients. those benefits have been adrunbeenabruptly cut after a je rejected a plan to overhaul kentucky s medicaid program. this is a live look at austin, texas from our affiliate fox 7 there the big story there
see them before u.s. snapback sanctions go into effect august 6. the date the trump administration is supposed to start penalizing countries who continue to do business in iran. germany, france, britain signed onto the nuclear deal and will be subject to the so-called snapback sanctions. insiders at the nato summit tell fox news the leaders of all three countries plan to raise the snapback sanctions with president trump directly but missed out on their chance. coming out of the summit, it talks about iran. talked about the threat from iran but stayed away from all of this because of course there is no consensus. they hoped him in person pressure might persuade the president to waive or listen these sanctions, something the trump team is acutely aware of. we will enforce those sanctions. there will be a handful of countries who come to the united states and ask for relief. we will consider it. but make no mistake. we are determined to convince the iranian leadership that this
2020. if the tariffs do end up getting enacted, the full extent of the tariffs we re talking about, there will be an impact on consumers. the question is not if but win. the difficult part is timing of when consumers will feel it. this is why traditionally republicans have been very much opposed to tariffs because they end up falling disproportionally. the affect falls on american consumers. you ll see higher prices for regular goods that people pbuy t the local walmart or target. that s why we have disfavored far ri tariffs. the question is when do that go into effect. the question about 2020 is when people could feel the pinch of this and that would be bad news for the president. there s folks who look at the numbers and say we import a lot more from china than china imports from us. we can stand to levee a lot more