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Than four years ago? a lot of americans will say, i got a job, my wages are up, i feel good about life, i have optimism. again, incumbent presidents running on a strong economy don't lose and if the economy continues with the numbers overall, i don't see trump losing. >> rashad, president trump points to low unemployment numbers for african-americans as opposed to the wages we've been talking about. how does that play in 2020? >> president trump has been masterful at coordinating an economic con. using propaganda through his strategic media push. here's the truth of the numbers. back in 2018, ...

California is the third biggest importer in mexican goods. $44 billion a year. we're actually outside of a mexican restaurant here. one of the big things of course that we're talking about is avocadoes and produce. california and the u.s. imports a ton of produce from mexico. i'm going to pop up that graphic. there are a lot of different industries, of course, of mexican goods coming in including vehicle and parts. $93 billion. electricy machinery. medical instruments, appliances. furniture, plastic and then $7 billion of vegetables. $5 billion of beverages and spirits and $5 billion of fruits...

With mike pompeo and jared kushner. this past hour the president making a bit of a personnel announcement, announcing that emmett flood will be departing the white house later this month on june 14th. he was brought on to help the president and the white house deal with the special counsel's investigation and now that that is wrapped up, he will be departing. arthel: thank you very much for that update. eric: what could this mean? the auto industry could take a major hit if the tariffs are enacted. in 2018, 17% of cars sold in our country were built in mexico. and vehicles are the top import f...

Mexico is responding, mexico's president, as patrick was alluding to, saying in their response, the statue of liberty is only an empty symbol. that coming from america's close ally and greatest number one trading partner today. patrick, thank you so much. let's talk about everything that patrick and kaitlan were laying out. what are we talking about when you're looking at tariffs on goods coming from mexico into the u.s.? it's a wide range and can impact almost everyone. christine romans is here. she's taken a closer look at all of it. what are we talking about? >> just about any kind of produ...

Nia-malika henderson, michael bender with "the wall street journal," npr's tamarah keith and rachel bade with "the washington post." i want to talk about what allison was saying and how why it's not theoretical and how it could affect every single consumer person in america. we have something to put on the screen to give a little more context about autoworkers and auto parts and so forth. u.s. goods imported from mexico, $93 billion vehicles, 5.9 billion vegetables, 5.8 billion fruit and 3.6 billion wine and beer. you know, it's summertime. i think a lot of people like to drink their wine and ...