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♪ thank you so much for being with us. at this hour there are a lot of questions about where things are headed in israel and gaza. we could be just hours away from either military operations resuming in gaza to take out hamas, or the fragile truce between israel and hamas being extended. two very divergent paths this war could take today. and even before getting there, there is uncertainty about today's expected hostage release. so far 40 israeli citizens have been freed since the truce began and another 18 foreign nationals. >> at this moment today's release hangs in the balance...

This is from the "new york times". china would have needed to purchase $227 billion of u.s. exports in 2020 and $274 billion in 2021 for a total of $502.4 billion. over the two years, according to chad bowen. that was just over half of what was promised. what happened, brian? are you saying it was a bad deal the trump administration made? >> that agreement was flawed in multiple ways, including unrealistic commitments and not having a mechanism to hold china to act to the commitments it did make. we are holding china accountable where they have made commitments to say if you're not going to li...

Is bracing a cheap energy fuel. why is coal dying in west virginia. it's dying because it can't compete economically. in the bill that we are trying to get through right now, we have $227 billion of expand tax supports for clean energy, over ten years. that's $27 billion a year. now, seen from one vantage point, that seems like a lot of money. the imf, international monetary fund, has calculated that the united states subsidizes the fossil fuel industry in the united states to the tune of $650 billion every year. that's about as much as we spent on medicaid. the fossil fuel industry in the uni...

There. we want to open up their markets so that we've got two-way trade, not just one-way trade. >> i'm joined now by gordon chang, author of the book "nuclear show yodown" and the coming collapse of china. we have these things everywhere, on the bottom of the cup. i'm sure it's the same thing. is the point of this to try to get to the a level where it will be in china one day you'll have stickers that say made in the usa? is that going to happen? >> it's possible. the chinese announced $45 billion in purchases of american goods. obama administration says 235,000 american jobs. we have to put ...

Arrives in the u.s., worried that his country could topple this country as the super power. to understand, look at these trade figures, the u.s. sold just $69 billion in exports, a $227 billion trade deficit. "new york times" columnist nick loss crist tauf who was stationed in china is with me. the president said his top priority is the u.s. economy. what do you think he's going to try to accomplish with the meetings this week? >> i think that he's going to try to be a little more assertive. when he had his summit in beijing, there was the sense that the chinese walked all over him, that they ...