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A positive but we dont have that dynamic anymore do you think that the germans or are they naive when they think about the threat posed by but let me well i think that the historically germany has has been less than them thoroughly. bust when it comes to vladimir putin. the idea that germany will for example become more dependent on russia for gas by building north stream is something that perplexes those of us who are looking at it from you so you agree with the troubled ministration that the p...

Calling the united nations attention to the issue, is one of the ways of doing that. >> reporter: a key question tonight, how should president trump respond to this? the president did say recently he would support the south korean sending food aid to north korea but this is a delicate balance. analysts say the president has to show humanitarian concern while not buckling to kims play for leverage. wolf? >> important story indeed. brian todd reporting. thank you. coming up -- breaking news. new...

Recession? >> it can if it gets to full-scale trade war. >> which china says it has. >> right. its definitely hurting the chinese. were their biggest export market. they dontus, already hurting us in terms of higher consumer prices. if you get to 25% tariffs on $550 billion, thats a huge price increase for americans. if were going to tip into recession, thats one thing that could do it. >> what is it doing to china? evenian just joined me and said the chinese are going to make a deal. >> its alw...

Think that the historically germany has has been less than than thoroughly. robust when it comes to vladimir putin. the idea that germany will for example become more dependent on russia for gas by building north stream is something that perplexes those of us who are looking at it from you so you agree with the trove of ministration that the pipeline deal should be x. well i dont think its just the trump administration who thinks that i think the the administrations already europe think that i m...

With a win/win. if we can agree on the rules it will be the best thing that ever happened to america, it will be the best thing that ever happened to china. we can grow together. >> sandra: you describe our economy hotter than a pepper. the chinese economy is in the doldrums. is this the time to act? do they have the leverage to try to fight back? >> the chinese economy is in trouble. they report 6% growth but they dont always report accurately. they have a credit crisis. im not saying they have...

It isnt about impeachment. its about impeachment as a purpose, a constitutional purpose. >> joining me now, new york congressman jerry nad lersch the chairman of the house judiciary committee. sir, thank you so much for being on the program. its great to have you. >> thank you. >> lets start with your comments earlier this morning as well as what the house speaker said later on as the day progressed. are you moving closer to undertaking impeachment proceedings because it would give you more tool...

I think thats an active discussion inside the kremlin right now. >> lets talk about the active discussion on trading floors and in farms. what do you think is happening with trump and russia and these negotiations? the president is claiming hes got leverage with these tariffs, hes got china backed into a corner. does he really? >> the chinese are taking much bigger economic hardship from the tariffs so far than americans are. the u.s. economy is doing a lot better right now than the chinese econ...

Dont expect this food crisis to approach those levels but theyre concerned over how kim jong-un is managing this crisis. >> theyre willing to put parts into missiles and funds in the military but dont put funds into taking care of their population. they put more into imports of cognac and high-end cars than food imports. >> reporter: and the timing of north koreas announcement of the drought is raising questions tonight. it comes just a few days after kims regime tested short-range missiles, whi...

American partners. and for more on the story im joined by alan tilton from business desk welcome and 1st of all what do you make of this u.s. move to declare a national emergency so its ministration can target big telecom companies well right now its kind of hard to see exactly if its a justified move or not because i mean a cynic could say this is just another step in the ongoing trade conflict between the u.s. and china and that donald trump is attempting to use while way to get a little bit m...

I dont think its just the trump administration who thinks that i think the the administrations already europe think that i mean its its very few administrations that dont think that its a obvious thing that that if you have russia which is a country that uses all of its power as leverage and has used gas as a weapon and its turned off the gas on numerous occasions to fight with its neighbors all of a sudden become more dependent on russian gas seems to be to meed to be something that i dont unde...