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Urging caution in nafta negotiations. president trump says his tough talk is forcing mexican authorities to crack down on illegal immigrants. abbott says while the president is negotiating to keep provisions, they need to be protected. where something is made, the other is protection for investors. abbott says benefit taxes greatly. larry kudlow suggests the u.s. and china are negotiating, not fighting. that reportedly helped reverse the dive for stocks. president trump is softening on nafta tal...

On a two-day visit to mexico city, the seventh round of nafta talks. talk to me. >> yeah. i was -- harris, i was real encouraged by what i saw. look, what theyre putting together is the nuts and bolts of a very good trade agreement where u.s., frankly, does better. mexico and canada do as well. by putting our strengths together, frankly, together we can compete and win against china, europe, anyone else in the world. what i also saw was a commitment from mexico and canada and the u.s. to finishi...

>> if the were to be across the board tariffs imposed including on european union countries then we would be very upset, we would consider it unfair and we would use our rights under the wto to take what we call rebalancing action by imposing tariffs on american products because thats the way the system works. >> rebalancing action, he calls it. in other words, tariffs on bourbon, on blue jeans, on cheese from places in the united states, nancy? >> i think just broadly from the white house persp...

Conversations happening. one is, what are they going to do about daca? and the other is actually executing these. >> we hear of folks literally coming in from one block and taking the parents and leaving the kids behind so social services can come and pick them up. it is an epidemic. in los angeles, theyre building a private detention center for 300 people. who is going to fill them? >> the secretary of state trying to fix what the president did last week. there was supposed to be a visit from t...

Morning to the news ever coof c departure? >> could be a rocky day. futures are indicating the dow could open more than 350 points down. that is as investors react to gary cohns exit from the white house. european markets are also in the red. you are seeing move in the u.s. dollar as it slumps against other major currencies. that all on worries that now that the trump administrations biggest supporter of free trade is out, the president will move ahead with protectionist tariffs and risk sparkin...

Allies. youre a former white house chief of staff. youre very familiar with trade negotiations, nafta, the aftermath of nafta. were now shutting down the zent round of nafta talks today. they have not gone well. the ambassador to mexico, 31 years at the state department resigned in the middle of those talks last week. there are vacancies throughout the administration in this area. and you have theresa may with the president on the telephone saying this is really bad. its bad for the allies who w...

The european union has come out and blasted this, saying theres no good reason for it. and there is some word on the floor that that may not be the last of the tariffs that are imposed. thats what has wgs all street worried. the other big question, ali is whether or not the nafta talks, north american free trade talks are now doomed because this is a real shot across the bow in terms of trade and that is why the market is down better than 400 points on the trading session. >> and fair to say whi...

Assad regime including threats from russia and iran. this comes as syrian citizens may be victims of another gas attack. six people were reportedly treated for chlorine intake after a missile strike at a damascus suburb. assad has killed more than 90 of his own people with a chemical attack last april prompting the us to destroy a syrian airbase with 59 missiles. two countries vowing to fight back against donald trump for keeping his campaign promise. >> probably terminating nafta at some point....

General eric schneiderman already has launched an investigation constant inclined to use tech out of her thank you so much. the fifth round of nafta talks has come to a close and the three countries involved have yet to resolve any major differences u.s. officials brought up some sort of issues at the meeting donald trump made revamping the agreement which he calls the single worst deal ever approved a key element of the election campaign but throughout negotiations canada and mexico have contin...

Densely-populated areas in the u.s. first damage estimates from tropical storm harvey, especially the oil industry, u.s. gas futures hit a did two-year high. wall street closing with its first weekly gain in three on the promise of tax reform. gary cohen saying the president starts public campaign for reform this week. tax cuts fueling market rally since the election and stocks from janet yellen on friday, saying the u.s. financial system is safer now than during the financial crisis. we will ...