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Welcome back. time now for "the lid." the panel is back. nafta. you know, theres a lot of like under the radar news that used to be above the -- or on the radar news. the renegotiation of nafta, shawna thomas, today canada and the united states are in a contentious moment because of an off-the-record comment that the president made to bloomberg that seemed to say, look, im not going -- i cant say to you that canada has got to take it or leave it because then theyll get mad essentially and someho...

>> thats right. i think thats the way trump voters view it as well. this is a promise he made during the campaign. i think the key decision was freezing canada out and then negotiating directly with mexico. >> which was a surprise. who would have thought the president, what he said about mexico. >> ambassador bob lighthizer plays a big role. kushner is getting a lot of credit as well. once that fwreemt was basically esht goed, -- once ayatollah agreement w -- once that agreement was negotiated, ...

Become useful to the united states. >> obviously the big test is going to be china. this version of bullying tactics work? >> no, not with china. by the way, i would say as always with any trump deal, the important thing is to look at the actual details. >> the irony, it will be barely a change. >> its a lot of muscle flexing. in the case of canada, dont forget the states that put everyone did over the top, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, they care about trade with canada. >> particularly mic...

Buildings? yes. lets look at the details of what the bottom line is. that we dont know and wont know. i agree with you lighthouizer i fantastic. >> the difference between china and canada, chinese have a way to manipulate in ways canada and mexico cannot. he can put pressure on them, they can put pressure on us and also manipulate the country. the chinese president can say, you know what, we dont like american products anymore. part of the culture there is maybe they stop buying american product...

These countries, the united states, mexico and canada, we are just -- we are linked in an economic way that all three need to get on the same page. plus congress is involved in this. congress is basically said to do president, hey, if you want to renegotiate want to renegotiate with mexico, thats great but youve got to do it with canada, too. we want to deal with all three. they have to ratify this deal. they can fight about it or not. theres congressional machinations they are going to get arou...

Original for auto parts and supplies. auto workers in michigan and ohio will be paying attention in 2020. >> they upped labor standards. canada had to say, okay, i have to consider it. >> what a great way to end a friday. remembering another american icon with a celebration fit for a queen. >> we did not -- did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages.

Usually ignore because the democratic party in texas hasnt really been a thing in a long time. >> by the way, youre describing the andrew gillum campaign in florida. he was showing up in places people hadnt gone before. >> and beto has been all across the state. if i can go to a bar and get 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 democrats who didnt used to tell people they were democrats to show up, if i can get enough of those people out plus the big cities in texas, maybe weve got something. >> howard, very quick...