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Than to fend off the increase to 5% that would take place on monday. you know, tariffs are the presidents preferred negotiating tool. weve seen him deploy them and not just with respect to mexico and all over the world on -- on medal, aluminum tariffs that he put in last year. the president is insistent that tariffs hurt the country they are imposed on and doesnt seem i think fully cognizant of the fact that they hurt american consumers. hes resisted -- wes resisted the advice and caution of his...

Could go into effect on monday at 5%. based on my conversations the real know kus focus is making s dont get boosted up to 10%. thats when you really start to see that trickle down effect. president trump weighing in saying its a simple thirng to solve underscoring his broader goal of protecting the border. >> it was always controversial to be combining tariffs and a threat of tariffs on mexico with immigration policy because there is no nexus there and it seemed like a negotiating tool. bill le...

Wisconsin. >> joining me now for this weeks legal brief is criminal defense attorney janet johnson. thanks for being with me this morning. >> thanks, jessica. >> lets start with the case out of colorado, patrick pleaded guilty to charges he beat to death, his fiance, the mother of his child. they are wondering if prosecutors are going to seek the death penalty in this case. >> we have nine weeks to decide. you know, i think this is a period, as a defense attorney where theres discussion going on...

Believes he has a good working relationship with their president. i think you would like to continue that. that means he needs to be able to speak privately with the president of china. if he is able to do that, there may be an opportunity to move forward with disarmament with north korea. china understands their position. they will hold the position and use it as a negotiating tool with united states on trade. david: good to have you here. thank you. >> coming up, using dogs to stop potential s...

The president today he was willing to do anything to took to secure the border. when you look at the specific authority and how the fund were intended to be used, obviously if we build a wall it will help with drug interdiction. fund for that if you were leaves me with less concern than a blanket declaration allowing the robs of resources from anywhere. >> you believe the president should be wary of declaring a national emergency. >> any president should look at executive action as a last resort...

Theyre at and how they can move forward. however, the other factor here is that we are told this is a one-year agreem. in the past, these agreements have been for five years. that meanses in a year from now, less than a year from now, actually, the u.s. and south korea will have to sit down to the table again. it will give the u.s. some more negotiating room to get more money for keeping its u.s. forces in south korea, but this agreement right now does ease the anxiety for u.s. officials that we...

Use paychecks and people and essential government services as a negotiating tool. so open the government. at least six of the seven bills which have nothing to do with homeland security, and temporarily pass a homeland security measure so we can negotiate. i believe what youll see this week is a measure by democrats to pretty dramatically improve border security. the president has talked about drugs coming across the border. indeed, 85% of those drugs are coming through the checkpoints. so were ...

Types of negotiations could be on the table if we could bring the democrats back to the table. >> the president could say, okay, im open on daca. >> before the shutdown began i brought up daca as a negotiating tool. but everything that happens at the border this is all a part of it as well. the president needs to have a true counter proposal come to the white house. i think talking is very important. >> months before that there were 25 billion dollar for the border

Congress is getting paid? is that like a conversation? >> there is definitely legislation being put forth that i support that congress should not get paid in the event of a future shutdown. more importantly, there is legislation that i believe will emerge that ill fully support that says a shutdown shouldnt be possible in the future. we cannot allow a shutdown to be a negotiating tool. to bring the country to this form of crisis so that you can get what you want, its absurd, it should not be all...

Of the presidents own party voiced skepticism with trump about using his emergency power. >> emergency declaration is something, obviously, that has been kicked around, contemplated but i think, frankly, im not crazy about going down that path. >> but some republicans believe hes already made up his mind. >> after listening to the president yesterday, listening to him this morning and listening to speaker pelosi, i think hes going to invoke the national emergency act. >> reporter: declaring a na...