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Relatively quiet about the trump tariffs and giving donald trump a very long leash in which he appears to be getting himself all tangled up politically. donald trump launched the trade war with china because he thought the united states trade deficit with china was too high. now it is higher. axios is reporting president trump's trade war has led to even bigger trade deficits with china, even though it was intended to improve the trade balance. but it's not just china. the deficit has increased with most of our other trade partners, too. among the u.s. '15 biggest trading partners, the trade b...

American jobs would be in "immediate jeopardy." about $1.7 billion worth of commerce flows across the border every day. and 40% of all fruits and vegetables that come into the u.s. come from mexico, which could mean higher prices at the supermarket. hardest hit could be el paso, whose republican mayor is sounding the alarm. what happens to the city of el paso if that border shuts down? >> well, it's critical to the city of el paso and it's critical to texas and it's critical to the nation. it would be harmful all the way around. >> reporter: $103 billion just in el paso? >> just through our po...

>> the president met defense secretary mattis and armed services chairmen for lunch last week and reports leaked out the white house was seeking $750 billion for the 2020 pentagon budget. a shocking figure when just last week the president said $700 billion was his top line. weeks before the president demanded a 5% cut from all government agencies. it's been to rebuild the military after years of budget cuts and caps. this year's defense budget is $716 billion. the pentagon was hoping for $733 billion for the 2020 budget. some political insiders have argued the president's choice of $750 billi...

-- hammer and chuck rocha and ron meyer joined us on what we can expect. >> trump gave democrats everything they could have ever wanted, $303 billion and everything in spending and they haven't been able to pass this. >> we shouldn't be kicking this down the road every four to five days because you need people in the military and stock market to make sure people have stability to we can go on with what's happening. rob: well said, we are expected to see details of the bill later today this after last month's patch work deal was passed for temporary funding. julie: you want free food? rob: sure...

Senator -- five rib fractures and bruised lungs. >> juli briskman out of a job for flipping the bird at president trump. she was riding her bike when the motor kads passed by. the photo went viral. the she used the picture on took and twitter pages but her company saw it and she was fired for violating the firm's social media policy. that will get you every time. let's check on cnn "money" stream this morning. global stockmarkets mostly higher after another record day on wall street. the do you, nasdaq, s & p 500 all hit highs. president trump this morning is taking credit for these records ...