There was a bit of a gain earlier in the morning. But were back down. Were not at session lows, but were close to it. Down 278 points. Joining me now is bill griffith, and former chairman of the White House Council of economic advisers. Let me start with you, bill. The United States imports about 350 billion worth of goods from mexico like vehicles, machinery, fruit, vegetables. Trade with mexico accounted for almost 14 of all u. S. Imports in 2018. And this isnt a matter of things getting on a ship and getting off at an american port and going back, this is a supply chain that is interlinked between america and mexico. It is, and what does it mean . It has to mean higher prices here for u. S. Consumers if Companies Choose not to pass not to absorb those higher tariffs themselves. Ill give you two examples. General motors, almost half of the wildly popular trucks that they make come from mexico. That would be a lot for gm to absorb. Beer, 75 of the beer that they make, comes from mexic
Impeach the president but we want to do what is right and what gets results. To me its a dirty word, the word impeach. Its a dirty, filthy, disgusting word. It had nothing to do with me. Navy conceal. The president denies he had anything to do with the request to move the uss john mccain out of sight or hid it during his visit to japan. They thought they were doing me favor because they know i am not fan of john mccain. I wasnt a fan of john mccain. I never will be. I couldnt care less whether or not theres a boat named after his father. Coming up, the late senator mccains good friend and colleague with his reaction. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trump began his day in attack mode unloading on Robert Mueller less than 24 hours after he told the nation he could not exonerate the commander in chief after a two year investigation. I think hes totally conflicted because as you know he wanted to be fbi director and i said no. He loves comey. You look at the rela
The News Conference. Hans, we heard about an extended gunbattle that took place in the public works building. What can you tell us about the victims in the hospital . Reporter well, there are four surviving patients we know of. Three of them in critical condition, one in fair condition, stable condition, three of them are here. We know, david, one died on the way to the hospital, and two deceased overnight. At least thats what the hospital announced. Theyre not providing information on the deceased or patients, pending notification of Family Member that pertains to age, gender, and what condition theyre in, what surgeries they had, where they are now. I know were going to get a briefing at 8 00 a. M. Shortly after, hospital officials are supposed to give an update, then well be able to give you the latest on how the patients are doing. David . Reporter this is part of the system in Virginia Beach, largest city in the commonwealth of virginia. Not every victim was brought to that hospit
Said, sir, approximately 150. And i thought about it for a second and i said you know what they shot unmanned drone plane, whatever you want to call it and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead. Yeah. I didnt like it. I didnt think it was proportionality. Harris this development. Iran has released images as you see on your screen now which iran claims to show the debris from that navy drone. The revolutionary guard saying some of those remnants were recovered from waters in iranian Territory National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is live at the pentagon. Jennifer . Atmosphere here at the pentagon here today as opposed to yesterday. U. S. Warplanes were in the air, im told. Navy warships were in position and ready to strike with tomahawk missiles and just waiting the go orders. You heard the president explain his decision to stop the mission at the last minute, but there remains serious questio
County the times theyve agreed to agree to restart the talks. Kristin a lot. Leland im Leland Vittert. President trump sounding optimistic as he agreed to head back to the negotiating table with china. A lot of questions if they can make a deal and if were giving up too much. And the president a couple of hours ago, now 1 a. M. In the morning. The big question now, does the president head to the dmz or not . Yeah, i dont think theres any question hell go. The real question, i think, would he be meeting with kim jongun once he gets there. I think a lot of people are talking about trade. You mentioned off the top, the u. S. And china would like to make a deal. I think for the World Economics it would be great, but as my mom would say, the devil is in the details. Trade was a big story at the g20. You and i have talked about this at length. Its important not just to get the sides together, but to get the World Leaders to come to some sort of an agreement to keep the economic engines rolli