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Object to chinese practices just as free traders have done for years. >> if china maintains is third world status as they have in the wto, then other countries are free to take whatever actions they want. >>chris: has any other country joined us in threatening tariffs if china doesnt clean up its act? >> i cant answerhat. i dont even want to answer that. all am saying is, my trade coalition of the willing ll put the whole world bend the ited stateactions against china. this will have a big effec...

Who this person was, whether they were acting alone. >> yes, its a good question. since were in the unknown, a lot of the motive will start to come about and well learn more as additional details unfold. the question will come, you know, is this someone who acted alone, was he or she perhaps self-radicalized, and then decided to act, or was he or she directed from someone else? the reason why thats important is because a lot of the tariear terrorist groups, when you look at isis and al qaeda, in...

Hype. theyre gorgeous. reporter: while the blooms seem to come out like clock work there is a science behind it and this guy is the master bloom forecaster. >> there is some natural processes that we can predict out there and this is one that we can kind of predict. reporter: for the last four years, the national park service , has been predicting the pink petals timing. >> if you can tell me what the weather is going to be we can tell you what the bloom is going to be within reason, within a fe...

That is the big worry, especially in soy beans. china buys one out of every three soy beans produced and im standing in the number one soy bean producing state of illinois. it would certainly be a devastating situation if the tariffs were to go in place and ultimately, our hope is both countries can walk back from the edge of the cliff and work out a solution. neil: do you think that cooler heads will prevail? because what the president arctticulated about china, is this the way to go about it? ...

Offense in any cabinet because of insubordination. >> thats right. this seems like inside baseball, but there are processes in place. those members that are trying to follow the rules and are submitting their salary increases, some get approved, some get turned down. dont take well to this process. he uses the authority under the safe drinking water act. one of these people is a former chemical lobbyist, its not even clear this person qualifies. that deliberate throughtin of the white house proc...

To fix or is that something where the white house might get involved. >> thats the important point is we in the obama administration all salary increases for political appointees has to be cleared by the white house. thats to ensure theres party n -- parity in the agency but across as well. we had tone of ethics because president obama set that tone. you have donald trump who, frankly, not only is indifferent to ethics but been blatantly hostile to it. they clearly havent set up the processes to...

We had the tone of ethics, because president obama set that tone. you have donald trump whos been belate an thely hostile to ethics. they havent set up the processes to check these kinds of abuses. >> on the staffing issue, the large raises we are discussing. the way thats been reported out. scott pruett denies any of it. it looks like the white house may have not cleared some of the people who he wanted to hire. and, therefore, the administrator seems to have decided with his senior staff he wo...

Wanted to hire and therefore scott pruitt decided he would use the safe drinking water act as a way to circumvent the white house turning them down to get those people hired any way. is this going behind the white house back, that would seem to be fatal offense this any cabinet because of insub board nation. >> there are processes in place. those cabinet members trying to follow the rules and submitting salary increases dont take well to somebody who goes around the process and gives yunilateral...

Ethics. because president obama set that tone. youve got donald trump, who frankly not only is indifferent to ethics but has been frankly blatantly hostile to it. they clearly havent set up the processes to check these kinds of abuses. >> on the staffing issue, the large raises we were discussing, the way thats been reported out, and i should say that scott pruitt denies knowing about it, denies having signed off on it. the way its being reported out is it looks like the white house in this case...

Cabinet just because of insubordinati insubordination. >> thats exactly right. to the outsider this seems like inside baseball but there are processes in place. those cabinet members that are trying to follow the rules dont take well to somebody who goes around the process and gives unilaterally these alary salar increases. whats egregious is he uses the authority under the safe drinking water act. the deliberate flouting the white house process in and of itself should mean he gets taken to the ...