jenna: fox news alert, waiting for the white house daily briefing to begin one day after a new trade deal is announced with china, aimed at boosting access with certain sectors of the american economy into the chinese economy. i m joined by secretary of commerce bill wur ross, a main part of some of these big deals. secretary ross, nice to have you on the program. thank you for having me back. jenna: i kept the intro becausic, i d like you to explain to the viewers what is the practical impact of the deal for everyday americans? well, the practical impact is it will create more help for the economy and more jobs for americans. it will do so in the livestock industry because for the first time after decades of fighting, american cattle will be able to be sold in china. china is a $2.5 billion market
to bring up? . i mean, he talked about safe zones, yesterday with the foreign minister, earlier this week, rather, brought it up on the calls. saudi arabia? i m not going the get ahead of his conversations that he will have. the president has been publicly clear about his desire to address that situation. and some of the solutions that exist. but in a lot of readouts we have had that as part of it, because he beliefs that that has to be part of the solution. john? in the interview that the president conducted yesterday with nbc he indicated and confirmed that on three separate occasions he asked the director of the fbi and received assurances from the fbi that he was not under investigation by the fbi. why was the president so consumed lie by this to ask that question on three separate occasions? i think because the narrative continued to be perpetuated and he wanted clarity to make sure. i haven t spoken to him about
the fbi serves at the pleasure of the president. the president made the decision to replace mim as he has stated very clearly now, publicly. the president is focused on making sure that he finds a replacement that has the leadership qualities to lead the fbi. that s it. cam? one followup on that briefly. when you said tuesday, what you said doesn t match what the president was laying out. walk through why the discrepancy in terms of the decision? it s always the president s decision, that s it, final. look, as i mentioned to zeke, this is ultimately the president, always going to be the president s decision. everyone who serves at the pleasure of the president, is going to be the decision to hire some one or fire some one. he made a decision, in part based on the recommendation, and he s now focused on making sure that we have a replacement at the fbi to instill the proper leadership.
and begin to move the region toward the peace, security, and stability that the people there so deserve. so what you re seeing is a galvanizing part of the president s leadership and bring the leaders together and bringing them together for a positive agenda. who s against ending this catastrophe? who s against confronting the terrorists, who are the enemies of all civilrized people? confronting iran who s participating in the cycle of violence and bring prosperity, peace to the region and the people who so richly deserve it. thanks. it is crucial in the intelligence community, somebody leading the national security council, to ask you, there have been reports including from our network, intelligence officials are concerned how james comey was fired. do you believe that threatens national security? i told shawn i would pass those questions to him, he will be happy to answer these. i d like to focus on the trip
nearby elementary school was on lockdown, the kids taken home. no i.d. on the shooter or victims outside of columbus, ohio. this is a developing story. and we will keep you updated as details come in. jenna: thank you, appreciate it. what a story, we ll continue to watch that. we are s another alert getting attention today, major cyber attack forcing hospitals across the u.k. to turn away patients. the british national health service saying computer systems were impacted. no evidence that patient data was compromised. the attacker apparently are demanding the hospital pay a ransom. officials telling patients not to go to the hospital unless it is an emergency. the spanish government also reporting cyber attacks on some of its computers. jon: the white house unveiling a trade deal with china, part 169 hyundai push after the president s meeting with the chinese president. what does it mean for your wallet? the secretary of commerce joins us next. and we re awaiting the white