receive federal funding after a federal disaster was declared there, shep. shepard: he hasn t seen his car since the middle of martha. sums this up. that s all you needed. hasn t seen his car since march. can you imagine? team fox coverage continues. jeff flock is in dwight, illinois, which is 60 miles southwest of chicago. the farmers are hurting, aren t they? shep, the first time this farmer has gotten in the field. this is the back of a corn planter there. i don t know if you can see the seeds popping out, this ground is terrible. larry, let me show shep, this is what they re planting. look at that. you think something will grow in there? not 100% sure about that. i want to talk to matt. it s his farm. first day he s been out in the field. you timely got a sunny day. yeah. rare around here this year
they re optimistic they can reach an agreement. they have until monday. that s when the president will start the tariffs. shep? shepard: thanks, rich. thank you. so what about republicans on the hill? the majority of them say they stand against the tariffs. but would that actually block them if it comes to that? team fox coverage continues. david spunt live from capitol hill. david? good afternoon. it s interesting to see how this is playing out here on capitol hill. i spoke to several republican staffers. they re watching this closely. we re talking about allies of president trump. these are the people that he counts on in the house and senate. many are against this tariff policy. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said this week that his republican colleagues have serious concerns about this plan senator ted cruz, a neighbor of mexico raised red flags and john kennedy of louisiana spoke to the president about his concerns
could retaliate and that could be expensive for consumers and farmers because mexico is america s largest trading partner by a mile. more than $650 billion each year. we have team fox coverage. first to rich edson live from the white house. rich? president trump argues the mexican government needs to do more to prevent migrants from coming through their country and tariffs is the right incentive to do so. that s why the foreign minister here meeting with mike pence and mike pompeo. the u.s. customs border protection warned of a full blown emergency that they apprehended and denied entry to 144,000 migrants last month alone. those are totals that officials say they have not seen in more than a dozen years and a surge that they say is overwhelming
these tariffs saying trail policy and border security are separate issues. this is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and counter to congressional intent. by the way, shepard, in the last half hour here, the republican senator from pennsylvania, pat toomey has come forward saying the president s tariffs threat against mexico is misguided and he says it s congress that should be in the driver s seat as it relates to tariffs. bottom line, we await to see whether the u.s. chamber of commerce files its lawsuit. if it does, the courts could have their say on this one and whether or not the president has the authority to move forward. shepard? shepard: blake burman live. thank you. so we reported tariffs are taxes and if put into effect, prices on stuff could go up. team fox coverage. jeff paul with more. jeff? yeah, shep, across the board tariff will not only impact consumers but could hard hit many corporations that lean on mexico for production.
of course, companies bring all sorts of products across our southern border which means if the tariffs kick in, we could see price hikes. not just on cars but also on meat, fruit, vegetables, beer and furniture. president trump says the tariffs will force companies to move from mexico back to the united states. that s his decision. supply chains are not built overnight and some business groups are already threatening legal action. noting that american families and companies will pay the price. because as we all know, a tariff is really a tax which somebody has to pay. for instance, take an american car company. you raise the cost of bringing the car into the united states by eventually the president says 25% and either the car company eats the cost or more likely raises the price. we have team fox coverage. jeff paul reporting on businesses facing the biggest hit. first, to blake burman live at the white house. blake? we ve heard from president trump on twitter.